Colonoscopy: Necessary Evil
Since turning 50, I've had an annual colonoscopy (and a few before that). What has Steve said during these exams?
Scott Hardie | October 31, 2021
I haven't had the pleasure yet. If joking about it makes it more tolerable, at least it's easy to joke about.
Scott Hardie | September 23, 2024
I have since gotten to enjoy this fun experience, and yeah, anything that makes it more tolerable is welcome. But really, how could you not find at least a little humor in it?
In my case, I was thoroughly warned about the effects of the "prep" drink the night before, and it was every bit the roller-coaster ride that I expected. What they didn't tell me was to expect more urgent trips to the bathroom the next day, even after the procedure... while I was riding home... caught in a standstill traffic jam on the interstate... for over an hour. Now that was a white-knuckle thrill ride that no amusement park has yet equaled.
Denise Sawicki | September 24, 2024
I haven't done the actual procedure, but I should be getting the poop box in the mail today. People sure seem excited about it in the ads.
Scott Hardie | September 25, 2024
Yeah, that's a strange genre of commercial. I appreciate SNL's attempt to get at why it's creepy. But I'm always suspicious of companies marketing medical products directly to consumers, even when they're benign. Me asking my doctor to give me a product, instead of my doctor asking me to take it, is so backwards that it can't help but send up little red flags.
Denise Sawicki | September 25, 2024
The doctor recommended it to me in this case but yes, marketing medical things to consumers is very weird. Apparently the only other country where marketing prescription drugs to consumers is legal, is New Zealand.
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Steve West | October 30, 2021
I've resigned myself to the necessity of this procedure but MAN is it uncomfortable.