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EarthAbides

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5. Barbaric

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 12:28 PM

May 9

When I went through breast cancer in 2010 and 2012 the whole process felt barbaric. Right now, I am trying to get my homeless brother through a colonoscopy process and the whole process feels even more barbaric. I tried to get him checked into the hospital to get the prep done because he is having constant yellow diarrhea, but even yellow diarrhea was not a good enough reason. My brother is a type 2 diabetic and has a mild learning disability. It is all so barbaric and our healthcare system really sucks. It is all so overwhelming...

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I'm getting both a colonoscopy and an endoscopy Monday morning. [View all] LuckyCharms May 9 OP

The colonoscopy prep for a type 1 diabetic is a huge pain in the ass. True Dough May 9 #1

Thanks buddy. LuckyCharms May 9 #2

Good luck, Lucky. Diamond_Dog May 9 #3

Thanks Diamond Dog! LuckyCharms May 9 #4

Barbaric EarthAbides May 9 #5

Best wishes to both you and your brother. LuckyCharms May 9 #8

I always ask them to please do the multigraincracker May 9 #6

I always make sure they use the same scope for both procedures. LuckyCharms May 9 #7

Don't mean to scare you EYESORE 9001 May 9 #9

I almost always wake up during them... LuckyCharms May 9 #10

Never had the endo-thingie EYESORE 9001 May 9 #15

The thing is... LuckyCharms May 9 #16

Oddly enough, I didn't feel panic when I woke up with an anal probe in progress EYESORE 9001 May 9 #17

I watch them snip the polyps off... LuckyCharms May 9 #18

This post reminds me I have to MustLoveBeagles May 9 #11

Thank you, and good luck to you as well! LuckyCharms May 9 #13

propofol. mopinko May 9 #12

That's it! Propofol. Thank you. LuckyCharms May 9 #14

Same thing here hannah May 9 #32

Propofol...the Michael Jackson drug of choice...also known as 'Milk of Amnesia' LudwigPastorius May 17 #48

Damn, they got you coming and going... Wounded Bear May 9 #19

Good Luck, LC ProfessorGAC May 9 #20

I've beeb in the hospital since the end of April Kali May 9 #21

Oh no Kali, are you still in there????? LuckyCharms May 9 #22

In a pretty decent rehab/skilled nursing joint. Kali May 9 #23

Gosh, please get better soon!! LuckyCharms May 9 #24

I'll be fine Kali May 9 #25

Good luck and best wishes, Kali!! LuckyCharms May 9 #26

Thank you Kali May 9 #35

Gee, Kali... I missed this somehow. Wishing all goes well this time around and you get the best of care. hlthe2b May 17 #46

They're coming in from both ends! pandr32 May 9 #27

I've had both procedures one after another while under sedation with propopol. surfered May 9 #28

My first impression is ......damn..... walkingman May 9 #29

Wishing you the best. MontanaMama May 9 #30

Had them both done together once. I've always been suspicious about whether they used on scope or two. marble falls May 9 #31

Colonoscopy rso May 9 #33

Wishing you the best outcomes from both. LoisB May 9 #34

Best wishes ILikePie92 May 9 #36

I forgot to pay my colonoscopy bill. Niagara May 9 #37

Thanks so much, Niagara. LuckyCharms May 9 #38

You're welcome, Lucky Niagara May 9 #39

Day-um! May it All Go Well THIS time w Good Results, LC! electric_blue68 May 9 #40

Hey LuckyCharms JMCKUSICK May 10 #41

Thankfully I've been given Propofol for both my previous colonoscopies and will be given it again for my next beaglelover May 10 #42

We didn't get an update here True Dough May 13 #43

I'll post an update as an OP shortly, True Dough. LuckyCharms May 13 #44

I've had three colonoscopies but never an endoscopy LogDog75 May 13 #45

Best wishes, LC. The discomfort of the procedures hopefully will yield the information to hlthe2b May 17 #47

Better brush up on your rendition of "Moon River". LudwigPastorius May 17 #49

Are you red headed? Lars39 May 17 #50

Just did that double as a fellow Type 1 IbogaProject May 17 #51

yoik! marble falls May 17 #52

I wish I wouldn't have read that.. Clouds Passing May 17 #53

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