http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018739105Oh my.
The big guy in Bellevue's big fan:
steve2470 (25,902 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 06:05 PM
I'm singin' the colonoscopy blues yea
#1- Someone has to sit in the lobby for X minutes until you're done, and then has to drive you home. NO FREAKING TAXIS ALLOWED! wtf...ok ok....
2- The pre-pooping.
3- Can't drink water before you do it. WTF. Yes, that's not a zombie typing that. Only crushed ice to slake your thirst.
NRaleighLiberal (36,992 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 06:10 PM
1. #2 (no pun intended) is the worst! the procedure is nothing much at all (because you're out!)
I've had 3....one night my daughter (who did the Peace Corps in Madagascar) was visiting during one of my preps. As I was running (and running and running), she laughed and said "welcome to my world"!
The ex-patriate primitive, who likes to brag about not living here in dirty old America, and who name-drops:
DFW (17,307 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 07:40 PM
2. Been there, done that 3 times, 3rd time unlucky
Third time unlucky NOT because they found any cancer, but because even though they KNEW I was on blood thinners, they told me to go off the blood thinners ANYWAY ten days before the procedure. OOPS.
One of my stents clogged right back up and I had my very first heart attack half an hour after they released me. Nice, eh?
It was a very mild heart attack (sure didn't feel right, but I don't have them on a bi-weekly basis either, so I had no basis for comparison). I didn't have any perceptible muscle damage, but the cardiologist had some VERY nasty words for the guy who did the colonoscopy. He also told me that the white platelets that clog up my arteries need about ten days to regenerate after I stop the blood thinners, so DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN. I didn't and I won't. I might not be so lucky next time.
steve2470 (25,902 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 07:45 PM
4. wow that sucks!
Glad you survived that my friend!
DFW (17,307 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 07:52 PM
5. That makes two of us!
Since I had filled out all the forms as to what meds I was taking, and all the info they needed, my cardiologist went ballistic when he saw they told me to go off the blood thinners for ten days prior despite what they knew. He said they could work out something if they saw something they had to snip off (or worse), but if a patient is on blood thinners, it's because he NEEDS TO BE ON BLOOD THINNERS!!! He basically said WTF were they thinking?
Luckily, I was in Dallas, and we live 20 minutes from Presbyterian Hospital, one of the best medical facilities in the Southwest. Perot gave them a couple gazillion dollars to build new modern facilities, and it shows. With the payment and the insurance games afterward, well, THAT was a different story. I even entertained Obama in person with that one, and I think it sank in, considering how he continued to fight for the ACA in the aftermath (this was 2011, and I told him the whole story in 2012).
steve2470 (25,902 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2015, 09:20 AM
10. can I ask President Obama's reaction ?
If it's too private, I understand.
DFW (17,307 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2015, 09:31 AM
11. In this case it's OK
He was interested enough to ask me to send the numbers to Pete Rouse of his White House staff so he could have the info at his disposal. Pete was there, and I got his email and sent it to him. He wrote back acknowledging that he got the info.
I didn't hear back further, but judging from the whole dialogue after that, I think it was noted and stored for future reference. I didn't see any rush of health insurance companies rushing to contribute to the Obama campaign, so I assume what I told him at least reminded him who his (and our) friends were NOT.
There's more at the link above; mostly primitives anecdoting about their own bowel clearances, including the hunter primitive, who actually watched his with curiosity.
