Don't do this...if it is cancer then you and they can deal with it. You will get it out and go on with your life. VERY CURABLE. At your age if you have polyps they are probably precancerous and can be snipped out while you snooze...been there and done that.
There are a thousand reasons for your white count to be elevated. Take it from an old GI nurse who has had 3 colonoscopies, this is one of the easiest things you will ever do. The rate of colon cancer without symptoms is very low. You've got this.
You will wake up quickly and feel pretty good but your reaction time might be just a little bit slow. Legally you can't drive for 24 hours. The average person will drive the next morning 24 hours or not. They might even tell you that you have to have someone stay with you over night but most single people don't. Pick out a good place to eat on the way home.
They will tell you in your discharge instructions nothing too spicy or greasy. People eat whatever they want. The All-Star at Waffle House would taste pretty good afterwards. Don't believe all the crazy stuff people say about this procedure. Some people are just really big wimps. If you could stomach watching that game last night you are not a wimp.
They will tell you in your discharge instructions nothing too spicy or greasy. People eat whatever they want. The All-Star at Waffle House would taste pretty good afterwards. Don't believe all the crazy stuff people say about this procedure. Some people are just really big wimps. If you could stomach watching that game last night you are not a wimp.
For goodness sake do not start drinking that stuff until you know for sure that your colonoscopy is tomorrow. If you start tonight and they call and say, "Okay, see you on Friday," you will go through all that for nothing and have to redo it tomorrow night.
Do not worry. Think about Colonel Abel in Bridge of Spies: "Would it help?"
I drank that stuff and then got to have some quality time with my commode. Like, a lot of quality time with my commode.
I was age 54 before I got a colonoscopy. I got it because my doctor said traces of blood was discovered in a stool test. Since my mother died from colon cancer I was concerned. Fortunately no polyps were found so it must have been from hemorrhoids or possibly an anal fissure. After the procedure was over I really broke the post-exam rules. My brother drove me there because I have no spouse but after it was over I felt really good but hungry, so on the way home me and my brother stopped at McDonalds. We had left from my brother's home so after we returned there I drove myself home without any problems. In Jan. it'll be 10 years so it's time for one again.
