My 2 cents
I am a fairly wimpy/wussy person. My father who is 82, has had polyps removed from his colon 3 times in the past 20 years. When I turned 50, I told myself "you got to get in to do this." I dilly dallyed for two years. My friend who is 6 months younger than me beat me to having a colonoscopy 5 months ago.
My colonoscopy was today. I did the two day prep - drinking some stuff last night around 6:00, and the rest early this morning around 6:15 am. The prep work was not great, but better than I thought it would be -- the hardest part was drinking 48 ounces of liquid (the prep solution plus water) in 1 hour. The procedure itself is nothing. Once the technician put the IV in my arm, I went to sleep right away. From the time my dad and I got to the hospital to leaving the hospital was just over 3 hours. In fact I drove the 6 miles home from the hospital -- that is how good I felt leaving the hospital. Glad I had finally had it done. I don't need another colonoscopy for 5 yrs. because of my dad's history of polyps. Just my 2 cents.
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