Quote from: makrospex on December 14, 2019, 07:22:21 PM

Quote from: JimboToronto on December 14, 2019, 07:03:21 PM

Quote from: makrospex on December 14, 2019, 06:13:50 PM

I had coloscopy once, without any meds or narcotics. I certainly didn't enjoy it, but it also wasn't a very bad experience at all. A couple of kinda numb feeling pinch-like shoots of light to medium pain sensations, nothing that gets you worried. The "hose" is 10mm thin, so even thinner than an index finger.
Get over your fears and get it done. Don't worry you might enjoy it, because you won't.
Taking pills before coloscopy is something for the ladies Grin

(sorry ladies, no offense)

EDIT: Just saw the dump. Unexpected, but not that of a surprise, too. #hodl on!

Civilized colonoscopies are done with intravenous diazepam, inducing a dreamlike half sleep which allows you to watch the procedure on the monitor without any discomfort. You don't even feel the insertion.

The worst part is the day before, evacuating your colon with a gallon of disgusting fruit-flavored laxative/electrolyte solution and shitting increasingly lighter-colored liquids until it's clear.

F*ck that, i had to swallow 25g of mannitol (a sugar, used in some sugarfree chewing gums), dissolved in two litres of water.
No defined taste at all. But i suffer from fructose malabsorption and didn't know that back then, as well as i can't digest mannitol and sugar alcohols because of that.
The thing itself was acceptable as an experience, but the rest of the day was a nightmare because of the malabsoption effects.
And for the diazepam: I only do real drugs, and never intravenous Wink

La dame du chateau had to do it just two days ago. She also found the worst part the day before having to drink the disgusting liquid. And I think they used some form of diazepam in the operation here, because afterwards she was a little sleepy off... .