thanks Dow,
i didn't think my story read that bad. didn't mean to scare people. i mean yes, the "evil juice" was pretty hard to get down after awhile, but it really did work, and i had no bloating or other real issues.
mostly i wanted to point out some things that would have scarred me if i hadn't known better, like bile being green, or blood afterwards being normal and not to panic. if i hadn't been reassured by doctors on those two things, i know they would have concerned me.
posting the link you sent to me regarding recommendations on how often people get colonoscopies:
http://csn.cancer.org/node/166325here's a quote from that: "In the 2009 update, the USPSTF now recommends that adults aged 50 to 74 years be screened in 1 of the following ways: every year with high-sensitivity fecal occult blood testing (FOBT); every 10 years with colonoscopy; or every 5 years with flexible sigmoidoscopy plus interval high-sensitivity FOBT.
The task force also recommended against routine screening of people aged 76 to 85 years, although individual patients might have considerations that support screening."
so for most people, some form of screening "for colon cancer" between the ages of 50 and 75.
but for anyone with IBD, reading that they recommend colonoscopies more often:
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1819350-overviewregardless of how pleasant or unpleasant the experience, and honestly for me, it was just hard drinking that stuff, but that's really just mind over matter. the other unpleasant parts, the IV and that conversation with that nurse regarding drugs, really had nothing to do with the colonoscopy itself.
regardless, so glad i had this done, as they found 2 polyps, thank goodness they found and removed them now. so, regardless, thankful that i had it done.
yes, its important to do these things.....
