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[RJ749]

Like most guys I am guilty of avoiding visits to the doctor.

Even when a good friend called 5 years ago and asked me to get a check up I took two years to see the doc and another two now to get to the clinic for my colonoscopy procedure.

Is it just the time? Just the not knowing?  Just what is it that keeps many of us from getting to a doctor for check ups?  Guys are the worst.

Anyway, I have a friend with prostate cancer who has gone to the second round of it in just the past few months and he is coming to visit at the end of the month.  I have to get the colonoscopy before he arrives.  He motivated me to get my physical ultimately after that first friend I mentioned had passed away and this friend had been operated on for the prostate cancer.

So my message to all of my "friends" here is get your annual checks and if you are 50 or older and haven't gotten a prostate screen or a colonoscopy done, "Git 'er Dun"

I had the colonoscopy today and it is no big deal just a bit of time investment.   

[Capo]

Like most guys I am guilty of avoiding visits to the doctor.

Even when a good friend called 5 years ago and asked me to get a check up I took two years to see the doc and another two now to get to the clinic for my colonoscopy procedure.

Is it just the time? Just the not knowing?  Just what is it that keeps many of us from getting to a doctor for check ups?  Guys are the worst.

Anyway, I have a friend with prostate cancer who has gone to the second round of it in just the past few months and he is coming to visit at the end of the month.  I have to get the colonoscopy before he arrives.  He motivated me to get my physical ultimately after that first friend I mentioned had passed away and this friend had been operated on for the prostate cancer.

So my message to all of my "friends" here is get your annual checks and if you are 50 or older and haven't gotten a prostate screen or a colonoscopy done, "Git 'er Dun"

I had the colonoscopy today and it is no big deal just a bit of time investment.   

Right on Rjob and they knock your ass out-you don't even know you was violated....unless you get roses!! The success rate with early diagnosis is in the 90% range!

[MUFFMAN]

I had one done about three years ago. Glad I did although nothing serious had palups removed and my stomach isn't in total knots anymore because of it. Like the man says, GIT ER dun. THE MUFFMAN

[Fired00d]

Roger,
Glad to hear you had this done, and thanks for reminding us to take care of our body's. I've had the colonoscopy done twice and on a regular rotation to have it done. I lost my sister to colon cancer so I started getting the procedure done in my early 40's because of the family history. As was mentioned it's a painless procedure and well worth the time if they find something early.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Chief]

Roger,
Glad to hear you had this done, and thanks for reminding us to take care of our body's. I've had the colonoscopy done twice and on a regular rotation to have it done. I lost my sister to colon cancer so I started getting the procedure done in my early 40's because of the family history. As was mentioned it's a painless procedure and well worth the time if they find something early.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Yeah, the exam ain't nothing, but the prep work is just crappy.

[Fired00d]

Yeah, the exam ain't nothing, but the prep work is just crappy.

Yea, they do "clean" you out before the procedure.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[mr_magoo]

Roger thanks for the reminder.

[hard10]

I had mine done at 39. There is family history. Like mentioned it was very simple. They put you under and you don't know anything was done. Just don't try to drive home afterward as you will be still under the influence of the drug.

[sadunbar]

As a prostate cancer survivor 2 years out, I applaud your encouragements to have regular physical checkups and colonoscopy examinations...   

[MUFFMAN]

Yeah, the exam ain't nothing, but the prep work is just crappy.

BUTT it's worth it.THE MUFFMAN

[RJ749]

Thanks guys, hopefully we encourage some of our fence sitters to get out there and have the check up they have been putting off.

Time's a wastin' and it's just as easy to do it as not do it.

[pado]

I was full of crap to start with.  A little bit better after the procedure.

[Hugh Janis]

The best part is the monster fart after the procedure.  To most males amused by flatulance, that alone, is worth the price of admission. 

As a side note, colorectal cancer screening should begin annually after your 50th birthday unless you're an african american male or have family history, then earlier.  The colonoscopy is a confirmatory tool.  If you've had a positive stool test you should have one.  The stool tests have come a long way and there is one available now with no dietary restrictions and is 87% sensitive.  Don't waste your time with a sigmoidoscopy.  Greater than half the tumors are found in the ascending colon which can't be reached with a sigmoidoscopy.  Missing even one polyp can be dangerous.

[Fired00d]

The best part is the monster fart after the procedure.  To most males amused by flatulance, that alone, is worth the price of admission. 

As a side note, colorectal cancer screening should begin annually after your 50th birthday unless you're an african american male or have family history, then earlier.  The colonoscopy is a confirmatory tool.  If you've had a positive stool test you should have one.  The stool tests have come a long way and there is one available now with no dietary restrictions and is 87% sensitive.  Don't waste your time with a sigmoidoscopy.  Greater than half the tumors are found in the ascending colon which can't be reached with a sigmoidoscopy.  Missing even one polyp can be dangerous.

Wasn't going to mention that, but you're correct. From working around males most my life (military/fire service) you acquire a tendency to be proud of such things. When the Doc told my wife that this would be one of the side effects of this procedure she just cringed and said he's bad enough all by himself don't give him any help.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[RJ749]

Wasn't going to mention that, but you're correct. From working around males most my life (military/fire service) you acquire a tendency to be proud of such things. When the Doc told my wife that this would be one of the side effects of this procedure she just cringed and said he's bad enough all by himself don't give him any help.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

I was a bit disappointed in this result, I guess when a person sets a high standard in regular life the effectiveness of the additional help is not as great

[Fired00d]

I was a bit disappointed in this result, I guess when a person sets a high standard in regular life the efectiveness of the additional help is not as great

It only increases tone/volume since your system is cleaned out not much to take your (others) breath away.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[SPIDERMAN]

Gents
          Thanks to the miracle of modern science, it is no longer necessary to have this procedure done in the process all of us are such woos puppies about. Utilizing imaging technology of the sort brother Beagle works on, this is now being performed in San Diego as a "virtual" process. Think MRI. Check it out in your respective local area before handing yourself over to a guy with a pair of latex gloves, a tube of KY and a long fiberoptic cable.

B B

[RJ749]

Gents
          Thanks to the miracle of modern science, it is no longer necessary to have this procedure done in the process all of us are such woos puppies about. Utilizing imaging technology of the sort brother Beagle works on, this is now being performed in San Diego as a "virtual" process. Think MRI. Check it out in your respective local area before handing yourself over to a guy with a pair of latex gloves, a tube of KY and a long fiberoptic cable.

B B

True BB great one of the techno revolution, but you still get the latex gloves if they see a polyp.  All in all not a big deal anyway, sometimes it's best if the tech can eyeball the cylinder walls before you go for a complete rebuild anyway.

[CVOJOE]

Sorry B.B. & Matt, but most docs will not recommend the Virtual Colonoscopy as a suitable substitute, and most insurance will not cover it. Certainly more pleasant experience, but still has the 'prep work' I would think.

Having had a younger brother that had colo-rectal cancer and survived, after giving up a huge chunk of sigmoid to the surgeon, I was on the 3 year plan for two cycles and then went to 5 years. It's a horrible experience, the post Hog-Tunes gaseous phase aside.

Get her done is good advice right doc?

[Twolanerider]

Get her done is good advice right doc?

With Special Ed leading the way previously this bit of sound advice has come up before.  Have dealt with prostate issues already.  Earlier than is the norm but caught early and treated well.  Just past five years clean and it's all "behind me."

Without being at all graphic just screw the sense of indignity.  It's a small small thing compared to the alternatives.  For that matter if you're still able to harbor the sense of indignity you actually ought to consider yourself lucky.

Once you've been through it there's an extended period of time where it seems anyone in a white coat wants to slap on a rubber glove.  Internist, proctologist, oncologist, dentist, hygienist, clerk at the video store or checkout clerk at Macy's selling the line of winter whites.  You quickly just don't give a damn and lose any of the false or unnecessary taboos or bits of hubris you thought you needed to begin with. 

So yeah, like Roger said; get yourself checked out for the various things we need to get checked out for.  If the spec is 50 than do it.  I was 42 and got lucky.  Whenever, just do it.  It ain't that big a deal.

[RJ749]

Twolane's wrap up reminded me of a conversation I had with a good friend just the other day.

He had his teen daughters pick him up after the appointment and he managed to totally embarass them, a normal occurrance with teens and dads I imagine.

First off as he came out of the anesthetic he told the nurse she had just seen one of the best asses in the entire state (he recalls none of this of course) and simultaneously ripped one of d00d's favorite tunes.  Then one the elevator on the way down to the garage his melodies continued to a elevator full of other folks getting on at floors other than the surgical floor where one may understand the melody.

He had me totally in tears before he finished his story.  It's good to have some humor about this and as for dignity, well best of luck on that side

[Twolanerider]

Twolane's wrap up reminded me of a conversation I had with a good friend just the other day.

He had his teen daughters pick him up after the appointment and he managed to totally embarass them, a normal occurrance with teens and dads I imagine.

First off as he came out of the anesthetic he told the nurse she had just seen one of the best asses in the entire state (he recalls none of this of course) and simultaneously ripped one of d00d's favorite tunes.  Then one the elevator on the way down to the garage his melodies continued to a elevator full of other folks getting on at floors other than the surgical floor where one may understand the melody.

He had me totally in tears before he finished his story.  It's good to have some humor about this and as for dignity, well best of luck on that side

That brings back some memories....   Believe me on one thing brother.  As amusing as it might be when you don't know what's going on; there are times when air guitar is the LAST thing you want to play .   

[RJ749]

That brings back some memories....   Believe me on one thing brother.  As amusing as it might be when you don't know what's going on; there are times when air guitar is the LAST thing you want to play .   

Discretion is often the better part of valor here, I haven't taken any chances after the first few hours, you may get a very bad surprise.................

[BADBUD]

 

[Sean M Cary]

 

Man, I sure am glad I ain't as old as the rest of you on this thread 

[Fired00d]

Man, I sure am glad I ain't as old as the rest of you on this thread 

That's why we share this with you so you'll know what to expect.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Hugh Janis]

Man, I sure am glad I ain't as old as the rest of you on this thread 

That doesn't mean you shouldn't be checked out.  That's the mistake that 40 somethings make.  colo-rectal and prostate cancers are asymptomatic until it's too late.  Screening is uncomFARTable at most.  Having a health scare AND small children at the same time certainly gets your priorities straight.

[iski]

In my forties, they found a polyp.  Very small - benign - never got to see it in person, which I somewhat regret for reasons I cannot fathom.

So now, every few years, I am one with my bathroom for a day.  Don't look forward to it, but considering the treatments/prognosis of what happens when this gets into an advanced stage, it ain't so bad.

Procedure itself is fine - never know what the heck went on, but have seen some weird smiles from medical personnel, so figure it may have been entertaining for them........

[Sean M Cary]

That doesn't mean you shouldn't be checked out.  That's the mistake that 40 somethings make.  colo-rectal and prostate cancers are asymptomatic until it's too late.  Screening is uncomFARTable at most.  Having a health scare AND small children at the same time certainly gets your priorities straight.

I have a eerie feeling that my melanoma will get me long before any other  cancer can get me...  It's what dad died from.  I am a twice a year to the skin doc and get something removed type.

Sean

[Twolanerider]

Man, I sure am glad I ain't as old as the rest of you on this thread 

When I was 41 I probably thought the same thing.  Before I'd left 42 behind I'd come to think nothing of an entire company's personnel thinking my ass was their rubber glove's target rich environment .

[RJ749]

I bet you didn't think we had them 

Oh, did I tell you about the corn kernal?      

[Fired00d]

I bet you didn't think we had them 

Oh, did I tell you about the corn kernal?      

Ewwww!!!!

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[RJ749]

Ewwww!!!!

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

  hey I didn't ask for pictures................

[mungam]

As for the prep work.....
Best advice I can give is to get some baby wipes or thoses kids "can do" wipes or something similar.
They also work well when you get montozumas revenge.
 

Steve

[RJ749]

As for the prep work.....
Best advice I can give is to get some baby wipes or thoses kids "can do" wipes or something similar.
They also work well when you get montozumas revenge.
 

Steve

Good point Steve and a jar of Vaseline doesn't hurt either.

[Twolanerider]

Good point Steve and a jar of Vaseline doesn't hurt either.

Having spent a few months in an ER a long time ago I can tell you that this is not necessarily the case.

[Fired00d]

Good point Steve and a jar of Vaseline doesn't hurt either.

You bunch of tender a.... Just joking that particular orifice will be overworked so you might as well be gentle as you can to/with it.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[RJ749]

Having spent a few months in an ER a long time ago I can tell you that this is not necessarily the case.

Well, it isn't for a MACK truck..........................

[Twolanerider]

Well, it isn't for a MACK truck..........................

Don't even get me started on toy trucks.  There are fetishes out there that even abnormal folks like us have never dreamed of.

[mungam]

Having spent a few months in an ER a long time ago I can tell you that this is not necessarily the case.

You are supposed to take it out of the jar before you try to use it.

Steve

[RJ749]

You are supposed to take it out of the jar before you try to use it.

Steve

I forgot who we were talking with.  He's on about the toy trucks and here you go being practical.

[spydglide]

well, Rog, this thread went the way of most... ...but, thanks for the reminder anyway.    har!  spyder

[mungam]

I forgot who we were talking with.  He's on about the toy trucks and here you go being practical.

Well I do work for a living and can't respond as fast as you guys are moving the flow of the conversation

Steve

[WFP]

While a serious topic,

Both of my sisters (twins to each other) are Gastroenterologists, one in Boston and one in Hartford....i can't tell you how many times i had to walk away from the dinner table when they started talking shop...scoping this one or that one.  So remember, they do talk about all the a$$holes they see...

and for all of you who love to talk about dead cats...it is not the same when they bring the one to the kitchen to do their med school homework...

When Someone I know was being diagnosed with Salmonella, they had to scope them without any anesthesia  ...  the blood curdling screams were worse than any horror movie...

all I know is that they really need a better alternative since that port is intended to be an EXIT ONLY location!

/Bill

[RJ749]

While a serious topic,

Both of my sisters (twins to each other) are Gastroenterologists, one in Boston and one in Hartford....i can't tell you how many times i had to walk away from the dinner table when they started talking shop...scoping this one or that one.  So remember, they do talk about all the a$$holes they see...

and for all of you who love to talk about dead cats...it is not the same when they bring the one to the kitchen to do their med school homework...

When Someone I know was being diagnosed with Salmonella, they had to scope them without any anesthesia  ...  the blood curdling screams were worse than any horror movie...

all I know is that they really need a better alternative since that port is intended to be an EXIT ONLY location!

/Bill

    No truer words have been spoken here.  Exhaust ports should never get any input lest one hydraulic a rod.....................

[Fired00d]

Don't even get me started on toy trucks.  There are fetishes out there that even abnormal folks like us have never dreamed of.

And you would know of these how??

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Twolanerider]

And you would know of these how??

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Like I said, you spend even a little time trolling an ER and riding the wagons and the stuff you'll discover is.... um.... unusual.  Like you never supported a meat wagon's run that wasn't weird.

[Fired00d]

Like I said, you spend even a little time trolling an ER and riding the wagons and the stuff you'll discover is.... um.... unusual.  Like you never supported a meat wagon's run that wasn't weird.

To many times.

Not in the same family as this, but I had a weird experience once. Shortly after being certified as an EMT we had a call for a woman down. Upon arrival we found a female semiconscious and inebriated. While doing my Pt. assessment (checking ABC's) she comes to and notices a male above her w/his hands on her (checking radial pulse). Well, not really sure who she thought I was, but she grabbed my hand and tried to position it below her navel at the same time humping upwards. I was so shocked at this movement I jumped back and walked away , and another crew member finished patient care. Needless to say no sooner then we got back to the station this story spread like a wild fire. Had this been a female a little younger and with a little less wear on her (remember she was inebriated and it appeared she stayed in that constant state) I might not have reacted like I did..... Ok, I know I wouldn't have reacted like that if she'd been good looking.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[RJ749]

To many times.

Not in the same family as this, but I had a weird experience once. Shortly after being certified as an EMT we had a call for a woman down. Upon arrival we found a female semiconscious and inebriated. While doing my Pt. assessment (checking ABC's) she comes to and notices a male above her w/his hands on her (checking radial pulse). Well, not really sure who she thought I was, but she grabbed my hand and tried to position it below her navel at the same time humping upwards. I was so shocked at this movement I jumped back and walked away , and another crew member finished patient care. Needless to say no sooner then we got back to the station this story spread like a wild fire. Had this been a female a little younger and with a little less wear on her (remember she was inebriated and it appeared she stayed in that constant state) I might not have reacted like I did..... Ok, I know I wouldn't have reacted like that if she'd been good looking.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

I wondered where that nickname "Humpy" came from..........................

[Twolanerider]

I only had to do ride-alongs for a few evenings a week for three months to finish the EMT certification.  But that was long enough to discover that I was no where near as weird as I thought I was.

[FNGw/08SERK]

I only had to do ride-alongs for a few evenings a week for three months to finish the EMT certification.  But that was long enough to discover that I was no where near as weird as I thought I was.

..sounds like a need for a poll 

ahh crap I don't know how the he!! to set one up-oh well 

Howie

[BADBUD]

I bet you didn't think we had them 

Oh, did I tell you about the corn kernal?      

Looks great. Biopsy on the kernel? Check out mine

[Sean M Cary]

Looks great. Biopsy on the kernel? Check out mine

Wow - this is way past nasty.

[RJ749]

This thread kinda died a quick death after the pictures began showing up

[Sean M Cary]

This thread kinda died a quick death after the pictures began showing up

yeah - go figure!   

[Hugh Janis]

yeah - go figure!   

Yup, it pooped out......

[Sean M Cary]

Yup, it pooped out......

thats better then it being cock blocked...

[iski]

Suppose we should be grateful this board does not have a "Post your operation scar pic here" thread.


 

[Sean M Cary]

Suppose we should be grateful this board does not have a "Post your operation scar pic here" thread.


 

but that would be cool...

[iski]

but that would be cool...

It has a great potential to be the sickest thread ever on this board.  And there have been some weird ones. 

[RedDevil]

Had mine done about two years ago and was told to come back in 10 years for another one.    Doctor asked if he could use my pictures as examples of what a good colonoscopy should look like and I said, sure, it's not like some one's going to look at them and say "Hey, I think I recognize that a$$hole!!"  Had the doc rolling on the floor with that one.   I asked them if I could have a 6-pack of the the "joy-juice" they gave me for the procedure, to take home...that stuff was great.    The prep for the procedure is worse then the actual procedure.  Get it done people...women too, my wife had one done also, no one's immune from colon cancer.

   

[Sean M Cary]

Had mine done about two years ago and was told to come back in 10 years for another one.    Doctor asked if he could use my pictures as examples of what a good colonoscopy should look like and I said, sure, it's not like some one's going to look at them and say "Hey, I think I recognize that a$$hole!!"  Had the doc rolling on the floor with that one.   I asked them if I could have a 6-pack of the the "joy-juice" they gave me for the procedure, to take home...that stuff was great.    The prep for the procedure is worse then the actual procedure.  Get it done people...women too, my wife had one done also, no one's immune from colon cancer.

   

Man, you just set up the perfect Navy joke...but since I am moving back to your neighborhood next year - I     will        refrain, in the interest of future harmony and to have someone to ride with....

Whew that was tough.

Sean

[spydglide]

Man, you just set up the perfect Navy joke...but since I am moving back to your neighborhood next year - I     will        refrain, in the interest of future harmony and to have someone to ride with....

Whew that was tough.

Sean

So nice to see a gentleman exercise 'control'.  har!  spyder

[RedDevil]

Man, you just set up the perfect Navy joke...but since I am moving back to your neighborhood next year - I     will        refrain, in the interest of future harmony and to have someone to ride with....

Whew that was tough.

Sean

  Thanks Sean...discretion IS the better part of valor.