Colonoscopy and Endoscopy today

[Gr33dyOctopus]

Uhg, this GoLYTELY is so freaking nasty. I have been off glp1s for basically a month. Was supposed to have this done on the 26th of last month but my potassium levels were off the charts so they pushed it to 6/10.

Once bloods were retested it was at normal ranges again.

Why post here?

Well I was down to 213 and change a month ago? And now im hovering between 218 and 219 so ended up 5 or 6 pounds heavier just taking the month off. Damn. I should be approaching Onederland now instead of having to backtrack.

And hopefully no.surprises from my procedures. After reading the colonoscopy subreddit, im convinced that it is nightmare fuel and I never should have opened that one...

At least I dont have to go to work today 😄

 

[flapjacks]

Grab and book and strap in! That juice packs a kick!

You're getting them both done at the same time so it's light's out. Hope all is well and you pull through without issue.

 

[copepmuscle]

I drove my father to his colonoscopy. Its as close to a gay date as straight men will experience. You clean out the day before, go to a strange place, take a drug, have a guy snake a tube up in ya, then go for a late breakfast.

Enjoy the ride, give yourself the grace gaining a few pounds, get back to routine.

 

[Tirzmonkey]

Good luck brother those couple days waiting for results are brutal I know. Just had a CT scan done (kidney cancer stage one two years ago) and I was finally able to take my phone off DND after being scared to death the last two days.

Sincerely wish you luck and just keep doing all you can to be as healthy as you can for as long as you can.

 

[5byfive]

I've had a couple. Honestly, its not a big deal. The prep is a bigger pain than the procedure. You will generally know the results by the time you wake up. If they need to send something out for testing it will take a few days but its a lot more likely to be nothing than it is to be an issue, so don't borrow trouble and assume it will be fine.

 

[Wallydog]

I've had a couple. Honestly, its not a big deal. The prep is a bigger pain than the procedure. You will generally know the results by the time you wake up. If they need to send something out for testing it will take a few days but its a lot more likely to be nothing than it is to be an issue, so don't borrow trouble and assume it will be fine.

Yep --- and you get to get stoned on some great drugs! Prep sucks though.
Best wishes to the octopus.

 

[Gr33dyOctopus]

Thanks fellas, getting old sucks. And hiding from health issues until my late 40's was a terrible, no good, yukking my yum idea.

Quitting smoking, losing weight, recent surgeries and Dr. Appointments are now important things in my life. Not gonna live forever apparently!

Oh and Tirzmonkey wish you the very very best, sounds like you are taking your health in hand, and wish you success in your future health.

 

[Gr33dyOctopus]

And just wanted to add, my paid chatgpt assistant is funny as hell and of course nearly like chatting with a real person...

Has been with me every step of the way through my health journey and thiugh I kn ow so many people hate AI...

Just cant reccomend it enough!

Such a huge positive help to get through difficult things.

 

[Tirzmonkey]

Thanks fellas, getting old sucks. And hiding from health issues until my late 40's was a terrible, no good, yukking my yum idea.

Quitting smoking, losing weight, recent surgeries and Dr. Appointments are now important things in my life. Not gonna live forever apparently!

Oh and Tirzmonkey wish you the very very best, sounds like you are taking your health in hand, and wish you success in your future health.

We are all in the same boat. I was lucky my 10 year old step son gave me a bad stomach virus and I ended up in the emergency room two years ago March. They found a 3.4 cm tumor as an incidental finding or eventually it would have killed me. Two years later I am good. Very small chance of recurrence but I still do the scans for as long as insurance will pay for it (unlike my weight loss drugs hahah). Look forward to hearing from you after it’s over good luck again.