I asked the doctor if there were other options. I had the procedure a few years back, and I was loath to repeat the experience. They put you to sleep with propofol (that’s the only part that I like), and the doctor sticks a fiber-optic camera on a flexible tube through your anus, up your rectum, to examine your lower innards to see if there are any signs of cancer. For the procedure itself, you’re in a medical gown open to the back, IV in your arm, lying on your side with your knees bent. ![]() The preparation for the procedure not only includes fasting for a day, but also taking a magical potion that gives you five or six humiliating hours of diarrhea to make sure everything is clean and minty fresh down there. The entire colonoscopy experience is not cool. are more likely to be diagnosed with a late-stage colorectal cancer, as well. I have two friends who are my age-ish, both living with HIV, who have both survived anal cancer that came to light because of a colonoscopy. As much as the entire colonoscopy process is icky, I know the value of it. When you reach your fabulous 50s, it’s recommended that you get one. ![]() Case in point: A few months ago, my dreamy doctor made the subtle command that I have a colonoscopy.
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