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Originally Posted by TiHabanero
Well, Dr. Thickfinger went up the ol' discharge chute and found nothing more than a few small polyps. Same as last time. This is what I observed while there:

Money, lots of money in this business. 4 docs pumping them out for 8 hours a day. I recommend this as a career field. The place ran like clockwork. Every 15 minutes someone was called into the bowls of the building, and someone was rolled out with a dazed look on their face. Lots of money to be had in this line of work.

Safety in sterilization was the first and foremost thing on my mind. They have machines that sterilize the "wonder hose", but it does make me nervous thinking that some guys inners could be left on that thing as it goes up the ol' wazoo.. Boy oh boy, that thing is really long!!. 4 ft is what they told me. I shudder just thinking about it.

The nurses and docs are very jovial people. I asked if the "wonder hose" was cleaned often enough to protect cross contamination. The response totally dead panned "Every five procedures." I responded in like with "I expected at least every other." We had a good laugh about it. I asked the doc and nurse if they felt like peeping tom's. They just smiled and knocked me out. I took that as a firm "yes".

Fentanyl is unbelievable. I don't smoke, do dope, or drink, but I tell you what I now know why people get addicted to this stuff. I have not slept that good in a decade at least! Wow! Waking up with the headache afterwards is not so nice, but who's complaining after sleeping that soundly. I did tell the nurse to go easy with the stuff. She didn't listen.

Will I do it again, No. I'll be 70 next time around. and I'm not interested in getting to 80. Nor am I interested in the raw bottom from the prep solution!
Great description and very humorous. Sounds like you had a good report.

I've had quite as few procedures due to a family history of colon cancer plus removing 13 polyps on my first couple scopes. I did wake up towards the end of one of my procedures and watched them "bag" one of the polyps. I recall being awake being pretty uncomfortable but then again I had numerous filings in my teeth without Novocaine while I was younger and was able to tolerate that. I wholeheartedly agree about getting the scopes done. They've even improved the "draino" you drink the day before to make sure there is absolutely nothing left inside of you. I had one earlier this year and didn't have any polyps so they've put me on the 10 year followup, My physician said my last one might just have been the last one I ever have done with Cologuard becoming more common.
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