I have a friend who has to get one every other year. The last one he told his girlfriend- screw it, let’s go to Five Guys.

Homemade cream chip beef on English muffins. I am kind of craving a hamburger or cheesesteak, Come to think of it

He asked his proctologist how he chose that field.
The Dr. told a story of his doing residency in the ER. A patient came in who’d been in a car wreck and went through the windshield. As you can imagine it was pretty ghastly.

After they finish (no idea of the outcome) he sat down and hung his head. “I can’t do this anymore” he said. His supervisor sat down with him and tried to console him. “Have you considered proctology?”
“Huh?”
“Well, it’s been my experience after years in the ER that when someone goes through a windshield they almost never do it ass first”


He changed his residency.

One was a psychiatrist, the other a proctologist. They advertised that they treated "odds and ends."

Although I must say, in radio, a few people I worked with insisted on doing EVERYTHING ass-first.


Figuratively speaking, of course.

*no pun intended

It is the prep that is a pain.

My worst experience with that procedure wasn’t the prep. I woke up once in the middle of the exam. The probe was exploring the nether regions when I suddenly awoke - fully aware of what was going on. It was like, *POP* awake! It was very uncomfortable. I heard someone say, ‘get him back under! Quick!’

Robert Schimmel had a funny bit about it too...

You gotta do what you gotta do.

To the 5 yr plan and the most recent ( week ago) indicated I can stay with the 5 year regimen.

The prep is not as bad as it used to be.

Good luck!

Great people that do the work. Schedule earlier in the day so you don't fast as long.
Take care of yourselves. BTW, pooping blood sucks.

Sigmoidoscopy I think that’s what they were called and I had to take an enema it was just terrible, and I don’t think I was completely unconscious either. This time I was out for 25 minutes but it seems like a minute

The second one I used Suflave for the prep. (my insurance wouldn't pay for it so my doc gave it to me) It had two bottles, but only took one dose of the second bottle. That was all I needed. I had one polyp removed and told to come back in 3-5 years. 5 years sounds good to me.

Keep us posted.

see if cinnamon is clear.

I’ve had a Hiatal Hernia, so get a Esophagoscope and a Colonoscopy together.
My standard joke is to ask them to please do the throat first, please.
Here is to continued good health.

I’ve had Barrettes for over 30 years. Doc said it is actually improving. He had never seen that before.

thankfully out for it because they did both (I needed to go off my blood thinner so he did the endoscopy at same time). Several polyps, all came back benign. Even after removing polyps he said I could schedule the next one in ten years, so that was a relief. Hoping you will have the same result!