My Procedure (Page 2): But that would involve leaving the house and shopping. :sm02:...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Real Nikon Lover wrote:

Yes. Just had mine along with endoscopy. Glad they used two separate tubes. :) Jerry I survived on chicken broth, and jello up until the night before when the fasting started.

Everything will work out in the end. (I know thats a bad pun)

Good luck Jerry.

Jim

But that would involve leaving the house and shopping.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

SteveR wrote:

This is a photo forum, Jerry. Send us pictures!!

I'm hoping I can get stills or a video.

I was able to get a picture of my brain. I had to show my wife proof that I actually had one. That large empty spot in the middle is why I keep forgetting thing. The memories fall in there, and I can't access them.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

jerryc41 wrote:

I'm hoping I can get stills or a video.

I was able to get a picture of my brain. I had to show my wife proof that I actually had one. That large empty spot in the middle is why I keep forgetting thing. The memories fall in there, and I can't access them.

That only shows us that you had a brain 15 years ago in 2007.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DirtFarmer wrote:

That only shows us that you had a brain 15 years ago in 2007.

brain...me...15...what?

pendennis

The colonoscopy before last, revealed a couple of benign polyps which were benign, but it changed my timing from once every ten years, to every three years. The last one was completely clear, but I'm having another done in August. The day before was all that I had to have "clear" liquids. The stuff to clear the GI tract is nearly undrinkable. However, I refrigerated mine, and it went down very easily.

I did reserve one of our bathrooms for my use only. The next morning my procedure started at 6:30, so I was in and out by 8:30. The nurse brought me some cheese-peanut butter crackers and V-8. Nothing ever tasted so good.

If this one is as clear as the last, I may go back to every ten years. At age 75, I could get one more, maybe.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

pendennis wrote:

The colonoscopy before last, revealed a couple of ... (show quote)

I think I'm on the five-year plan.

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

DirtFarmer wrote:

My doctor made me really happy when she told me that colonoscopies are not needed over age 70.

For my first one I had to drink a gallon of goo. For the last one, it was 4 liters.

Ah, the 'advantages' of the metric system.

That is odd. I just had one done at age 66 and they said come back in 10 years for your next one. Your colon looks like a 35 year old. I guess it depends on how good you brush and floss. LOL

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

DirtFarmer wrote:

That only shows us that you had a brain 15 years ago in 2007.

It also shows an extremely shrunken frontal cortex. Demonstrative of someone who doesn't give a $hi7. HA HA

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

And there’s also the easy Cologuard test. It’s pretty damn accurate in diagnosing whether or not you have colon cancer, but useless for diagnosing and removing polyps that MAY become cancerous in the future.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Real Nikon Lover wrote:

It also shows an extremely shrunken frontal cortex. Demonstrative of someone who doesn't give a $hi7. HA HA

I recently had a CAT and MRI of the brain, and the reading was that “it’s not the brain of a 20 year old, but perfectly normal for 76”. Now that was certainly comforting… Started to ask what that meant, but decided TMI - just one more thing to worry about. All the systems are eventually going to fail - the goal is to have them all fail at the same time

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

TriX wrote:

I recently had a CAT and MRI of the brain, and the reading was that “it’s not the brain of a 20 year old, but perfectly normal for 76”. Now that was certainly comforting… Started to ask what that meant, but decided TMI - just one more thing to worry about. All the systems are eventually going to fail - the goal is to have them all fail at the same time

Amen. My doctor said the goal is to let you have as much fun as possible, as long as possible and then hit the wall suddenly without a downhill slide. Many of my relatives lived to the century mark or thereabouts and were active right until the end. Hoping the genes carried through. I still work 10 hour days and commute 120 miles a day in LA traffic and past the 65 year mark. Hoping the wall I hit isn't a center divider.

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

jerryc41 wrote:

I'm hoping I can get stills or a video.

I was able to get a picture of my brain. I had to show my wife proof that I actually had one. That large empty spot in the middle is why I keep forgetting thing. The memories fall in there, and I can't access them.

Is that where the colonoscopy is going?

mikee

DirtFarmer wrote:

My doctor made me really happy when she told me that colonoscopies are not needed over age 70.

Did she say why?? Atr 73 year olds unable to get colon cancer, or do they hmjust figure youve bern around long enough?

BTW, my mom died of malignant colon cancer surgery complications at 72; 6 months after a "clear" colonoscopy. Good luck.

mikee

TriX wrote:

I recently had a CAT and MRI of the brain, and the reading was that “it’s not the brain of a 20 year old, but perfectly normal for 76”...

Upsetting if you're 53!!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Real Nikon Lover wrote:

That is odd. I just had one done at age 66 and they said come back in 10 years for your next one. Your colon looks like a 35 year old. I guess it depends on how good you brush and floss. LOL

If you have polyps, they want you to come back more often.

"Your colon looks like a 35 year old." That doesn't sound too bad, but, "You're only 35, but you look like a colon," sounds insulting.