Last October, I failed a colonoscopy. No, they didn't find cancer. They couldn't find anything. I was still too full of crap. They figure my guts slowed down after the chemo. I got rescheduled.

This time through, I've got not one, but 2 jugs of the happy juice to down starting this AM, and continuing until 0100 Monday AM.

Zero Hour, 9 AM.

And I think its gonna be a long long time.

Where's Rocky Raab for the countdown?

Tell Renegade50 when you see him: Pics or it didn't happen-- are you sure???

Best of luck to you. I hope everything comes out OK.

One Jug was enough for me good luck getting in down.

Good luck

You never get use to that juice! Good luck.

They most likely were not surprised by this.

Good luck.

Yeah, One of the things I never mentioned during my chemo rants was that there was a great concern about constipation. I had several levels of laxative proscribed. They told me I had to keep eliminating. In truth, I was slow, but fairly steady throughout, and I'd didn't think anything of it all after over a year. Obviously, I wasn't quite over the effect.

Mine was preceded by dulcolax and magnesium citrate. Very thorough cleaning. I did eat lightly for the day prior to starting the countdown. Of course the special prescription juice is going to enrich the pharma cartel.

Doing the countdown for my wife, Shaman. She has a colonoscopy this morning. Between us, we've had something like eight of them over the years and the funny thing is that the "prep" was different for every one of them. Not sure why that keeps changing, except that some of them were particularly disagreeable.

Doc says that since all of mine came up clean, I'm done with them at age 77. Wife however has family history; her father died of colon cancer. So she has this one and probably one more five years down the road.

What’s with old fuggs having to post all their colon health issues on a supposed hunting and shooting forum?

From my experience, just go pour the prep in the toilet. Its going there very very soon anyways.

Best of luck and plan for a great meal afterwards!

Chris in AL

Soon it will all be behind you.

It’s an age-related phenomenon, the compulsion to discuss one’s personal situation with strangers, whether or not they’re interested. I’m about the same age, and know the feeling, but usually manage to stifle it. It’s a struggle……

Well, I'll tell you, callnum. Your elders, in their wisdom, are trying to tell you that your "happy go lucky" attitude will someday come back to bite you. You may think you are bullet proof and immortal but so did we. And all these things will come to you, also. The only difference will be whether your Doctor says you have something manageable or to get your affairs in order.

Naturally, you will now reply that won't happen to you. No, not you. Because you're special. Uh huh.

I greatly fear, they have thrown me on the scarp heap,

Helps too if you just stop eating about 3 days before

These chow hounds that think they need to demolish a Bob Evans biscuit bonanza, bringing trouble upon themselves. Give it a fuggin rest. Let them guts rumble. Builds character.

Even with non torso surgeries, I stop eating 2 days before.

You know you dont have to click on it, homo leftist pig

I always laugh when I see “the mountains of pa”


Is that like back in the holla next to granddaddy’s still and the local meth suppliers double wide?

Do you ever shut the fuqk up

I am due as well. The kit arrived right before Christmas.

No denial to the "homo leftist pig" label, speaks volumes of you and your butt bud Buzzy!

Had my last smack in the best time for our whitetail season[Nov. 8] of early MZ season.

Was very pleased to nail a decent one on the Sat. Prior

Hope all comes out well Shaman.

When balls are slapping on his chin.

Don’t forget to show up with roses and chocolates for your colonoscopy. 😂

Show up with this bumper sticker across your ass cheeks:

Seems to me the Dr. should be the one bearing gifts…..

Two words…..Baby Wipes 😊

The first time I did it, lo these many years ago, I was well past 50, and well overdue. The doc had never asked for one, and I didn't feel like reminding him. As it turned out, half a century of using my alimentary canal the way one might use a borrowed 4X4 had taken its toll. I had a slew of polyps and a couple were . . . well, questionable. The surgeon snipped everything and sent it off to the lab and luckily nothing was malignant.

That was a close enough shave. My Mom's best friend had a husband that was a puss about it. He waited until he was showing outward signs to go to the doctor. The surgeon sectioned his bowel, and told him to be back every 6 months for a checkup. The doofus was too scared to go back. He assumed ambient temperature 2 years later, dying in agony.

Colon cancer is one of the easiest malignancies to detect early and fix permanently. It grows slowly, so you've got plenty of time. However, after 45, you're rolling the dice.

I gave up-to-the-minute reports on my first colonoscopy as a public service to this forum, and I had a bunch of emails from guys who said they had seen the light.

I suggest y'all put down the chicken and get thee to church-- or the proctologist.

Sister in law died from not having it done.

This is the answer. If the prep was a painful and/or very unpleasant experience it's your fault for packing your gut like you will never see food again. Eat less, not more in the days before. Eat easily digestible food, not gut bombs. Common sense.

Try a high fiber diet . Bran Buds will keep everything moving . I eat a bowl of that every morning .Keeps me schitting like a goose .

The instructions I got had a low residue diet for three and two days before, and a clear liquid diet for the day before. Other than tasting bad the prep was no big deal. Sure, I needed to stay near a toilet, but it wasn't like I was passing brown cinder blocks with the power of a Saturn V rocket engine.

I had my first colonoscopy last summer and it was easy peasy. I took the pills for prep along with lots of water. Being a meat eater I was surprised that I didn't have any polyps, 10 years and ill do it again.

It helps not having an outhouse in a blizzard.

Bring a disposable diaper to wear after the procedure. Sometimes a phart is more than just gas.

That could be anytime for me.

Best of luck Shaman!

Mines a week from today. Not a terrible thing to endure but few look forward to it. The Dr. consult afterward is the nervous part.

I have always said think of how much the crime rate would drop, if you were convicted and part of your sentence was a colonoscopy prep.

Doc said I could go the easy route this week with just a sample.
I forgot and here is ups, yep it was schit kit like I've never seen before, 30 page illustrated instruction manual and 4 page shipping instruction pamphlet.
Haven't read a manual that large since drivers ed and just can't get motivated for that.

You don't have to be that old to have problems.
A good friend died at age 47 due to ass cancer. That was before they started recommending your first butt cam at age 45.
And it's age 40 if you have colon cancer in your family.

It's good to get your butt cams on schedule.
Good preventive and a horrible death if you fear the cam and get unlucky.

I’m sure you will be perfect [bleep] !😂😂😂

Shower, don’t wipe.

Thank me later.



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What's with the colons, corksuckers, schiettheads and commie scum like you having to post on the Fire.?

Where are your hunting and shooting posts and pics on the Fire?

Boom
Winner. Winner

Every week there is a colon thread from some do nothing boomer that doesn't hunt or shoot. The fire should be named "Old Fudds Health Issues"

Might do ya some good to get one take ya boi frind along

Well, I guess that does it for the Bran Buds recommendation.

Let me put it this way, it's hard to shoot, or fish when you're dead. Take care of your health folks.

Much thanks Captain Obvious.

I nearly died FROM having one. GI doc found something he couldn't check with the scope. Scheduled me for surgery. Nearly died twice during the 16 days following surgery. 1x dehydration due to an Ileus. 1x sepsis due to non-seal. Multiple complications and follow up surgeries. Still alive, Thank you, Lord. However, will never be the same.

Kicker... Two year post op, finally got around to looking at test results. 16 biopsies of the "problem area". All 100% normal. Zero cancer. Zero pre-cancer.

A good friend of mine also died in his mid forties from colon cancer. No family history.

A brother in law died of colon cancer. He didn’t want to bother with a colonoscopy. Finally the lower abdominal pains got too bad and he asked his wife if black poop was normal? 😳

CAN NOT BE EMPHASIZED, ENOUGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are more Blessed than lucky they can do the test. I don't know when it started.

In the 60's.

Don't worry. I survived.