Maybe OT: Jim Harbaugh and the colonoscopy
March 16th, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
walls of the Vatican...' lol
March 16th, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
Kind of a shitty topic.
If you have ever been in for a colonoscopy then you would know there is more shit on your toothbrush than there is in your bum during the procedure.
March 16th, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
...but he did play one on TV
My coach did that to me once but lifted my waist about 2 feet in the air. Landed on the football right in the bread basket after a shoe-string tackle at a full sprint. Falling into the endzone, I bobbled the ball and pinned it to my stomach like an idiot. Could not get a gasp of air for about 30 seconds. Thought it was all over boys and it was my time to go. LOL The old school and smart coaches know that trick to help expand the lungs or something.
That's it? Holy hell man. In the first 18 years of my life I got the wind knocked out of at least twice a month.
Turn your head and cough
March 16th, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
The colonoscopy was not bad at all for me. I thought the prep would be horrible, but it was fine. But colon health is nothing to be taken lightly. If your digestive system stops working, you're gone. Colon cancer is obviously horrible, but it's pretty treatable if caught early. So, if your doctor recommends it, it's very wise to have the colonoscopy done.
Pretty much what True Blue Grit said.
Now for the TMI section:
I had lemon drink mix ready to mask the supposedly horrible taste of the prep. (People had told me it would taste like motor oil or worse.) I wound up drinking the last 2/3 straight. Perhaps the flavoring has improved over the years.
For those who've not had the experience, the resulting explosion (or series thereof) was quite amazing and not something I'd want to repeat for no reason. I've come close to that only after some dodgy curries.
I did the test without sedation and, other than what the GI doc described as "a hard right turn" at the beginning, it wasn't that bad. (Yes, I turned down a sedation opportunity, but I didn't want to burn any PTO. Family and friends had done the same -- no sedation, that is -- and assured me that it wouldn't be a big deal.)
You like that without sedation don't you? NTTAWWT
I've performed colonoscopies without sedation, for various reasons, usually because the patient couldn't get anyone to drive them home. Usually it isn't any problem, because the colon does not have pain sensors. But what it does have is stretch receptors, and we are putting air in the colon in order to see, so some gas pains can happen. Also, if there is a tight turn, it may stretch it as we push around that. I always tell them to just keep passing gas throughout whenever they feel they need to. I rarely haven't been able to complete one.
The sedation is pretty fantastic. You wake up feeling a little tipsy, in a good way. I have had three colonoscopies in my 20s because of some GI issues, and I have never experienced what the prep does to your ass in any other circumstance. The most satisfying feeling is being able to eat after the procedure is over and just gourging yourself.
I thought the prep was the worse part. The procedure itself you don't even know it's happening as your asleep. I swear duriing the prep you could've strapped the space shuttle to my back and I think we could've launched into space.
I literally just scheduled my first colonoscopy for next week, so this thread showed up right on time.
better to know. I've had a number of these now; pretty routine, really. Look after your health, folks. Knowledge is power.
colonoscopy scheduled but had to travel so cancelled and haven't rescheduled. Maybe I should now that i'm 50.
Mike D'Antoni tried to have a colonoscopy done, but his head was in the way....
*rim shot*
Women:
#1 Breast
#2 Lung
#3 Colon
Men:
#1 Prostate
#2 Lung
#3 Colon
Colonoscopy should be done at age 50, sooner if family members had early cancer or you have other gastrointestinal symptoms.
Yearly Occult-card in between (check for blood in your stool).
Colon cancer- catch it early ~ 95% chance you survive, catch it late 95% you don't
Colonoscopy is a test and treatment, it there are polyps (pre-cancerous growth) they will be removed almost eliminating your risk of colon cancer.
New indications for those that don't (or won't do a colonoscopy):
lung cancer wouldn't even be on that list . . . also shows how prevalent prostate cancer is. So prevalent, in fact, that it happens more often than a cancer that comes about primarily from people ingesting carcinogens.
Also, per my doctoral thesis work, your prostate doesn't last as long as people do and most older men have prostate hyperplasias, whether they know it or not. Get that checked 1-2 times per year as well.
Well said, just one quick correction: if you had colonoscopies, you don't need the yearly occult blood cards in-between. If you choose not to have a colonoscopy, you can have yearly blood cards done, with a colonoscopy done if one turns up positive. But if you had a colonoscopy, you are all good and don't need to get the cards in the interim.
always, ALWAYS schedule surgeries for the first day of the ncaa tournament. then you have an excuse to sit in front of the tv, essentially for as long as you like.
"i'm still in some pain, honey. i think i just need to rest."
that harbaugh. never misses a trick.
I had my vasectomy in March. Staying home from work with frozen corn on my balls while watching Basketball would have only been better had I not had two healing incisions in my scrotum.
It's cheap, easy, and permanent. I think it was about $300, but insurance covered it. In my case, my SO had an IUD, but they had to remove it a few weeks later due to some cervix issues. All-in-all, I simply don't need to worry about pregnancy any longer.
I also recommend no longer wearing condoms with your Ashley Madison chicks.
A Colonoscopy is not a big deal. I had one when I was 28 and I was up and moving around just fine afterwords. The prep is over talked and not as bad a taco bell dump. Its harmless and you dont feel a thing. If you think something is wrong or you are of age, GET CHECKED... ITS NO BIG DEAL..
Looks like he's lost a little weight so far this off-season as well. A better, faster Harbaugh with an actively monitored posterior. Watch out world.
He definitely had quite the gut last season. Thought that was a little strange.
I wonder if he told the doc to "find the asshole, that's where the knuckle goes."
And i have had the colonoscopy twice. Once when i was in the early 40's...then again at 50.
About a year ago the doctor asked me if i was willing to try a new-ish procedure. The poop in a box cologuard. I said sure.
They sent me a box thru Fedex.
Its quite simple. They show you how to attach the box to your toilet. Then you just sit down and fill it up. After that...it gets closed and sealed up and sent to the Lab in i think it was Minnesota. It took about a month to get the results back (all good).
Its a much simpler and less expensive test than a full colonoscopy. My insurance at first balked at paying for it (it cost $650) but did eventually cover it.
All in all....not invasive. Not difficult. No time off of any sort. The entire process did not take 10 minutes.
True story: in my early 20s a guy i know pooped in a box and put it in the bedroom of another guy I know.
Fact: you do not want to be the person who has to open that box.
It's almost a sure thing that a colonoscopy thread will devolve into "My brother's friend took a shit in a paper bag" thread.
then colon cancer is statistically the most likely killer for you in your middle ages and it is practically 100% curable with early detection via a colonoscopy.
Please do not put it off! Do by 40 if you have a family history and 45 if you don't. DONT WAIT FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO TELL YOU, especially if you don't have an annual physical, Be Proactive.
I've had two and the prep is not that bad and it is the worst part of the procedure. I am the biggest freaking medical wimp and it is not bad at all. Actually the anesthesia they gave me was awesome and I slept unbelievably well that night too.
Some of you guys drive me nuts here but I want to see all of you live as fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters for a long long time. Plus you want to tell your grandkids of the Harbaugh renaissance period.
Am guessing they found remnants of some B1G refs up in there.
I had one at 47. The worst part is drinking the SuPrep. Disgusting. Other than that, it was no big deal. The coolest part was the doctor gave me my results with small pictures of my perfectly clean and polyp-free colon.
The prep solution is the worse part. I had one when I turned 50 and it was clear. I don't have to have another until I'm 55, about 2 more years. I would recommend those with a family history to have one when your 35-40. If no family history you can wait until you turn 50. It may take only 10 years for a polyp to turn into cancer.
Just FYI: there is such a thing called "virtual colonography" which is an alternative to colonoscopy. It can be an option for those with "failed" colonoscopy (couldn't make that hard right turn or get through a stricture) or refuse to get one. It's a CT scan tailored to your colon.
Cynics may suggest that GI docs don't often recommend them because they don't tend to make money off of them. Radiologist literature says they work pretty good though. Downsides: 1) if they find anything, they can't do anything (biopsy, polypectomy) like they can with a scope, 2) the prep is basically the same (and just about everybody says that's by far the worst part, 3) we still stick a tube in your butt (but it's skinnier and doesn't go as far in...its used to inflate the colon with air), 4) insurance coverage may be tricky.
Personally, I think old-fashioned colonoscopy is the way to go...but something is better than nothing.