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harvestmoon
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colonoscopy
Does anyone have a recommeded scope doctor? We're looking for a colonoscopy to be done by a well referred and experienced MD. Cost would be helpful
also.
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Santiago
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I think it would help if you gave us a little (and I mean a little) more info such as what town/area you want. Also, some of us are a little bent and
the conjunction of "Harvestmoon" and "colonoscopy" makes us giggle.
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HotSchott
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Yo dude. This seriously crosses the information grey area.
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Tucker
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http://www.forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=14143
You sound like a professional hypochondriac , maybe you should find a medical forum somewhere.
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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Barry A.
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Colonoscopy are routinely done-------
Both my wife and I have one every other year. They ain't cheap, but I do not recall the cost as insurance takes care of it.
Any reputable lab or hospital can do them. Ask your doctor for a reco.
They are a "must" for anyone over 60 years old, in my (and my doctors) opinion, and about the only way to discover pre-cancer polyps (or cancerous) in
the lower intestine, and to have them removed at the time of discovery (they "zap" them as they go). It is no big deal, believe me. Just do it.
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Bob and Susan
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Thank GOD we're NOT 60 yet!!! OUCH!!!
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Barry A.
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Bob and Susan------
Really----there is nothing too it. It could be discribed as "slightly uncomfortable", but there is no pain, and the option of not having it done is
not acceptable, at least to me and mine.
Even when under 60, it is recommended every 5 years, or so.
Just do it. 
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Bob and Susan
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I don't think so....
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thebajarunner
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49 and never been sick
Then I got sick, real sick on a trip to Manila.
Turned out to be colon cancer, tumor the size of a grapefruit, right behind my left rib cage.
So, the guy who never wanted to turn 50---- almost didn't!
Colonoscopy is a great subject, for here or anywhere.
I have one every 3 1/2 years, still picking out polyps, but living real large some 17 years after.
(Wow, one every year??? The American Cancer Society does not recommend that- maybe you have a greedy doc)
Anyway, I climb mountains, travel the world, and talk about it all I can.
Glad you brought the subject up.
Yes, it is most appropriate.
Happy thanks, for good docs and good treatment.
Oh yeah, at 88 my mother had it- successfully treated- living an active and independent life at 92! She says it is hereditary..... she got it from
me.
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Barry A.
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The straight poop-----------
My wife just corrected me------she says that you should start "doing it" at age 50, not 60 as I said.
It can be really dramatic-----for instance, the last time I got to watch what the "probe" saw on closed circuit TV----it was clear as a bell, and
really interesting. You got to look at this from a scientific point of view.
Go for it!!!!
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Barry A.
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Further straight poop---even straighter than before--------
Baja Runner is right--------My wife also corrected me in that the doc generally recommends it every 3 years (after turning 60, or with a family
history) not every year, unless you have a history of cancerous polyps (which I do).
One of my wife's relatives was feeling poorly----he is 37. They decided to do a colonoscopy and discovered cancerous polyps and "zap'ed" them (not
sure of the details). Doc's said he would have been dead within a year if they had not discovered them. He is in full remission, now, and activly
living his life.
What more can I say. The Bajarunner's story is evidence enough for me.
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Baja Bernie
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I thought long and hard about baring myself on this one but decided that thebajarunner uncovered everything that needed to be viewed.
Oh! The straight boop is anything but that and preceeds the procedure.
As I lay on that cold table I 'always' think about alternate lifestyles and am always greatful that I am who I am. The procedure is not pleasant one
and it will not fill one with fond memories.
So Go-Litely to you.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Bob and Susan
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Just remember....
Doctors are NOT in the business of cureing...
They are in the business of TREATING....
?A Colonoscopy is recommended for evaluation of altered bowel habit, (whatever that means) unexplained diarrhea, constipation or abdominal pain,
occult or frank blood in stools, colon polyps or cancer or unexplained anemia.?
?It is generally not performed in cases of perforation or tear in the bowel, severe diverticulitis or colitis and clinically unstable patients (me).?
NOT everyone needs this thing...just some.
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Barry A.
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My last word on this subject-----(thank God)
Bob & Susan----if you wait for one of those symptoms that you outline above, It may be too late. I had NO symptoms!! yet the polyps were there,
and my wife had the same experience.
Baja Bernie------Come onnnnnnn!! You are scaring people. I am telling you that there is nothing too it, and the alternative is the REALLY unpleasant
one-------death!!!
If you were on a "cold table" when you had yours, you were not in a modern facility. I have had several, now, and they are a piece of cake-----I have
no bad memories, and I sure am thankful that they zapped those polyps before they killed me. My wife echo's my thoughts (after she corrected me).
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thebajarunner
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It saddens me to hear people say that this is not a necessary procedure.
With all due respect to Bob & Susan, I suspect that their quotes were significantly edited. No worthy medical advice discourages this procedure,
unless there exist other problems in the affected area that will be exacerbated by this exam.
And no, it is not at all uncomfortable.... shoot, they even warmed the blankets for me and it was August in Central California. I did wear sandals
that day and was wishing for a warm pair of socks..... presto, in came the nurse with a warm pair of cotton socks.
Yeah, the day before is not fun, in fact it is a pretty sh***tty day, all things considered. The alternative is worse.
I have half a dozen close friends who have had colon cancer. One of my tasks is to call them and encourage them after surgery.
If you do not wish to get checkups, then get me your phone number so that I can add you to my calling list...
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BajaVida
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and it certainly seems thebajarunner has recovered
he can keep up with me
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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Barry...
How'd you get to watch? For my proctoscopy, which preceded my colonoscopy, I saw it all on the color TV. WOW outrageous. When I went into surgery for
the colonoscopy I asked if they could swivel the TV so I could see it, they said sure, start counting backwards. I woke up in some other room. Damn.
I'm a survivor, and will gladly go through the Nuclear Diarria to avoid the alternative.
I had so much trouble with the anesthetic during my rotator cuff surgery, I won't let 'em knock me out next time for the scope.
Get it done folks. Life is short enough.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Just had my third one in conjunction with my annual physical. Watched on TV monitor and everything pink and healthy. Less than ten minutes. Very
slight discomfort which was overwhelmed by the negative results. Any recommended person who chooses NOT to have this proceedure done is very, very,
foolish. Good luck, RRC
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Barry A.
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Vagabndo------
Like RonnieRockCod said----I was fully awake during the entire procedure. They gave me some really local anesthesia (I think), but it did not effect
my "alertness" at all. I was able to see everything (in living color), including their "zap'ing" the polyps-----amazing!!!! a puff of smoke, and
they were gone. (they were really tiny polyps)
During my wisdom teeth extraction, many years ago, I almost died from the anesthetics (sp?), so I have refused any "putting me to sleep" since then. I
am not even sure that they gave me an option, this time, but I deffinitely was wide awake.
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bugdude
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The inside "poop":
Looks like the inside of my dryer vent except without the lint. 
File self loads:
http://www.ohiohealth.com/healthreference/reference/823A8C3E...
[Edited on 11/12/2005 by bugdude]
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