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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:45 PM Original message |
Blood test may replace colonoscopy |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sweet. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Bummer - Was it a known but undisclosed drug sensitivity, |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Stupidiity on his part |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Ack! That's horrible |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Especially powerful anesthetic drugs |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. "Bummer". heh! |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Holy crap! (sorry) This is great news! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. ooh- I am glad I didn't know that fact about a month ago.. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Hey there sue |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. true on that. situation not the same...as for all being well....ummm |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Me, too, ten days ago! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Its gonna cost me about $700 too... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
56. Mine is scheduled in early July. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is a long way from being a replacement for a colonoscopy |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, I've had two myself. They aren't fun but aren't really that bad. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. The prep isn't as bad as it used to be |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I've had to drink the Fleet Phospho-soda. Never heard of "Go Lightly" |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Actually I had the Fleet stuff |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. My system doesn't handle the new stuff well. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I didn't get that stuff last month.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Versed is a sedative that gives you retrograde amnesia |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. My drugs, unfortunately, didn't work so well. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Absolutely |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You're right, it's not that bad at all |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe so, but if you HAVE polyps (as I've had several times), it's colonoscopy time, baby! |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Oh, ugh, I'd forgotten all about the prep |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. With mine the prep has been two big doses of Fleet Phospho-Soda |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I am actually in the midst of the prep stuff for an *event* tomorrow |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Look at it this way.... |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Thanks for the moral support |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Don't worry... |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Oh my goodness! A big hug to you |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thanks |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I will never forget the morning of May 30, 2007 |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. I will never forget 09 April 07 |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I agree and I shouldn't be a crybaby about the prep. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Good for you. I couldn't even pronounce colonoscopy when I turned 50... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. About 15 years ago I worked for a gastroenterologist |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. I second, third and fourth that sentiment, BrotherBuzz. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Let me just say: the drugs are niiiiice! |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. No Kidding! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. You've taken "half" and nothing is happening...by the time you read this post... |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Exactly. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Aside from being less invasive, it should be cheaper to do screening via blood tests |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Agree, that's key |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. If you have "family history" they need to check every crevice in your colon for a |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. That's why I wrote "for people who aren't high risk." |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. My family history predates wide availability of colonoscopy |
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Geezoh (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. I didn't think it was so bad... |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Hey, Geezoh! |
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Geezoh (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Hey... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thankfully this has been discovered before I need one. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hey night people! |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. K&R so people won't wait too long. nt |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well.. that -is- good news! |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. only for colon cancer detection |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. Where's the fun in that!? Do I still get to drink the gallon of pink liquid!? |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. thank god... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. Had my first colonoscopy last year. Hopefully it will be my last! |
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