Reply to: Bowel Cancer & a tube up the botty

[Ignis Fatuus]

Transfer of infections via the endoscope is no joke.

They used to be reluctant to sterilise endoscopes too harshly between patients.

Then they discovered helicobacter pylori.

Helicobacter pylori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I had a doctor who strongly recommended getting the first appointment of the day, if you needed an endoscopy.

[EternalOptimist]

Maybe I should have posted this in the penal reform thread.
Its for Zeity anyway

This is the story of EO's fright
When he checked in the mirror one fateful night
As he looked down in a state of shock
And discovered he was looking at a corkscrew c0ck

So he grabbed his missus
but boinged out the bed
Cos mrs EO is a left hand thread

[Pogle]

I feel your pain, had top done once and bottom 3 times.

Top is the worst because of the gagging reflex, 2nd is the picolax prep which I imagine is similar to drinking bleach with a hint of orange, gastric Armageddon.

Having a tube popped up your bum isn't that bad in comparison.

Never had the top done, but had many colonoscopies - I like watching it on tele while they're doing it.
last time i had one they couldn't get it to go round a bend and kept leaning on me and trying to ram it round - I was rather poorly after that one
Am due another before the end of the year - yes its rather unpleasant, but at least if they find any pre-cancerous cells, they can do sommat about it sharpish

[Troll]

Having a tube popped up your bum isn't that bad

perv... bet you've done the hamster thing too

[EternalOptimist]

youse guys are really starting to scare me.
This morning I was all content with the world, now I want to rush home and check for a corkscrew willy, bugs eating through my stomache lining and lord knows what else


worried well - manchester

[gingerjedi]

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I feel your pain, had top done once and bottom 3 times.

Top is the worst because of the gagging reflex, 2nd is the picolax prep which I imagine is similar to drinking bleach with a hint of orange, gastric Armageddon.

Having a tube popped up your bum isn't that bad in comparison.

[gingerjedi]

I hope so. They use the same equipment for endoscopy

ATM

[shaunbhoy]

And the 12 hours tulipting through the eye of a needle to clear your bowel out isn't a great deal of fun either.

Sounds like a trip to India!!

[TimberWolf]

This sounds like the sort of job that might be outsourced to HAB!!

You will just feel a little prick...

[shaunbhoy]

This sounds like the sort of job that might be outsourced to HAB!!

[OwlHoot]

A tube is so 20th century. They'll be using leeches next.

Why can't they send a nanobot up there?

[Paddy]

I suppose the bit that would worry me is that whatever they are shoving up my jacksy would have been up someone else's botty before me. I just hope they sterilise the damn thing beforehand.

I hope so. They use the same equipment for endoscopy

[EternalOptimist]

I had one of these last year, and they connected the tube to a fire hose on a reel.

They said 'with an ass like that, we want to keep going and do a brain scan whilst we are up there'

[Saddo]

I suppose the bit that would worry me is that whatever they are shoving up my jacksy would have been up someone else's botty before me. I just hope they sterilise the damn thing beforehand.

[AtW]

My doctor did this last year.

He said you might feel some discomfort whilst he pushed it in.

What worried me is he had both hands on my shoulders.