Official 930 Club COLONOSCOPY thread

vansmack wrote:was getting the procedure done annually.analy 

FTFY

and great news on the remission!
Should have good in the Good news thread

vansmack wrote:

Bamboo-Hatch wrote:
10!
jez, do you get a badge for that?
Is your next one free

I was diagnosed with Crohns and Colitis about a decade ago and was getting the procedure done annually.  However, my most recent colonoscopy revealed that I am currently in 100% full remission so I don't have to get one in 2021.  Kind of the best news from Covid-days…. 

Bamboo-Hatch wrote:
I think the feet raised thing is recommended daily too

Absolutely.  I use my daughters step-stool for washing her hands on the daily….

Damn… sorry to hear about your GI issues…. I have my own, but not that bad…. yet.

most rock and roll thread evah?

As I recall I started this as a mock thread of the non rock and roll aspects of the board


It has come back to bite me in the…

walkie,talkie wrote:
This thread . . . hits me, right in my he-cunt.

Beat, that.

there was this gem in here

Bamboo-Hatch wrote:
and great news on the remission!

Yada wrote:
Damn… sorry to hear about your GI issues…. I have my own, but not that bad…. yet.

Thanks.  It's all good though.  My diagnosis explained a lot about what was going on, got me in better shape than I had been in since my teenage years (until the baby came) and introduced me to my wife.  Hell, I even drink kombucha now (as long it includes alcohol).  So long as I down pass it on to the kiddo, a minor blip at this point. 

vansmack wrote:

Bamboo-Hatch wrote:
and great news on the remission!

Yada wrote:
Damn… sorry to hear about your GI issues…. I have my own, but not that bad…. yet.

Thanks.  It's all good though.  My diagnosis explained a lot about what was going on, got me in better shape than I had been in since my teenage years (until the baby came) and introduced me to my wife.  Hell, I even drink kombucha now (as long it includes alcohol).  So long as I down pass it on to the kiddo, a minor blip at this point.

Curious how much you've changed your diet, etc.? Any triggers that have caused you problems in the past; stress, drinking too much, a big cheese steak?

My god…what is this board coming to?  I think we need a boardie death pool thread.

Yada wrote:
Curious how much you've changed your diet, etc.? Any triggers that have caused you problems in the past; stress, drinking too much, a big cheese steak?

For the first six months after my diagnosis, I kept a diary of everything I ate and drank and recorded any pain it caused and how it impacted my bowel movements.  This revealed that nuts, corn, and some of the microbrews, particularly in draft form and in particular wheat beers, caused problems.  I was pretty diligent about it with times, quantity etc.  It also revealed that some rye alcohol also caused problems, but not as serious.

Knowing all of this, I eliminated these from my diet, and pick and choose my moments when I break the rules, knowing full well the consequences.  Only in the last two years have I really started to drink draft microbrews again and haven't had the same reactions as I used to. 

The only other things I'm still working on is travel.  No idea why but flying, in particular with time changes, seems to cause a reaction, usually after about 48 hours in.  It's been bizarre and always happens at the worst times, but it's 3-4 hours midday of "crohns fatigue" nearly every trip.  Still can't figure it out, especially as I used to work internationally and had no troubles travelling.     

 

vansmack wrote:
and some of the microbrews, particularly in draft form and in particular wheat beers, caused problems.

hypothesis: it's the yeast that was causing you distress.  big macro brewers filter out the yeast so those wouldn't bother your GI, whereas craft breweries almost never filter (or if they do, not to the extent that BMC do).  wheat beers in particular contain more yeast in suspension than other styles, it's what gives them their cloudy look (and also contributes to their taste).

yeast can make it through the digestive system relatively unscathed - in many folks, this leads to gas (if someone's homebrew makes you fart, tell them to take steps to leave more of the yeast behind - ping me for methods).  perhaps it was the yeast that was was irritating your lower tract?

One more prep tip. I find that a shot of warm/hot water after chugging the prep liquid helps to quickly get past the viscosity and taste.

sweetcell wrote:
hypothesis: it's the yeast that was causing you distress. 

The next thing you're going to tell me is that nuts and solid corn are hard on the digestive track and difficult to digest…

Easy colonoscopy today.
highly recommend GBMC in Towson.
Clean, well-staphed, easy access to drugs, etc.

I read it as "well-stapled" and was wondering what kind of colonoscopy you were having.  Happy for you it was just a mis-read on my part

Shit i still need  to do this.

Why o why did hutch start this thread?

To torment me from the grave?

7 pages!
..this thread is going places (well up your bum to be exact)

excontradiction wrote:
Shit, i still need  to do this.

POTW

For the old fucks on the board:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/09/health/colonoscopy-cancer-death-study/index.html

Cock wrote:
For the old fucks on the board:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/09/health/colonoscopy-cancer-death-study/index.html

When the study authors restricted the results to the people who actually received colonoscopies – about 12,000 out of the more than 28,000 who were invited to do so – the procedure was found to be more effective. It reduced the risk of colorectal cancer by 31% and cut the risk of dying of that cancer by 50%.