Colonoscopy without sedation? Anyone?
Annegriet
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Comments (23)How interesting we all seem to agree about Faron going for a repeat in 5 yrs. not 10 (irrespective of the fact of his/her doctor saying she was now good for 10 yrs). My BFF (40 yrs now) is a nurse & nurse manager. She doesn't do unnecessary medical testing (for herself). She successfully overcame & beat cancer (had her lumpectomy in drs.'s office specifically to avoid hospital borne germs & infections). She had a colonoscopy 5 yrs. ago & had some polyps removed then & there (3-5, I forget) . But she was definitely told to have a repeat in 5 yrs., matter of fact, the last time I spoke w/ her she was getting ready for the repeat. She knows my medical history, that this ailment doesn't run in my family (or hers either). Yet when I reminded her I have no symptoms of anything like that, she pointed told me calmly, but factually, that in this disease, by the time one gets symptoms it's too late. My landlady (of 20+ yrs., also a nurse, in surgical & ICU recovery) has herself had bowel obstructions & intestinal surgery & she pointedly told me to have it done, that it FAR outweighs any risks. She also suggested I ask 2 things in having it done: lower dosage & split dose. My doc just told me I'll have to make those arrangements w/ the doc performing it. The thinking seems to be lower volume (less of that gook to drink & excrete); also split dose, half the night before the test, half the morning of the test. Apparently it makes for a cleaner read of the intestines. I told my doc (who knows I'm resisting) I'll do it w/in the year. He told me he did his & if he can do it, I can do it. Next time I see him I'm going to ask how his went. So look, here we are ALL reminding you that knowledge is power, just get it done! Just like I just did my mammogram, only delay was it's usually heck to get it scheduled. It's over & done w/ for another 2 yrs., I'm guessing. Just waiting for the results (I expect a clean result)....See MoreHad a gastro without sedation
Comments (14)Sleeper, from what I've read, lots of people have silent reflux, so you're in good company. I am also not too fond of taking meds and the PPI's did a number on me. DGL is deglycyrrhizinated licorice (they take out the part that can raise your blood pressure and leave the part that helps the esophagus) and has no side effects. It does taste pretty yucky, but it coats the esophagus and prevents damage. According to my gastro, reflux increases the chance for Barrett's Esophagus and esophageal cancer, but only very slightly. Just a very small number of people with reflux go on to develop Barrett's and an even smaller number develop cancer. I have a friend with Barrett's (with dysplasia) and she has to have endoscopies every 3 months, so it's best to try to avoid progressing to that....See MoreUpcoming Colonoscopy
Comments (57)Fit and FOBT have significant amounts of false negative reporting especially in right sided, i.e. The cecum area of the colon. Also sigmoidoscopy can not find proximal polyps either. The reason countries use these methods is that they are cost effective but not as effective in preventing and finding tumours. My DH had a negative FIT two weeks before his colonoscopy that found his cancer. The cost benefit out ways the health benefit in many societies but my DH and many with right sided proximal cancers die because of the use of only FIT, FOBT and sigmoidoscopy. In source poor areas the 3 false negative FIT out of 1000, i.e. the amount of cancers that go undiagnosed until in advanced stages, outweigh the benefits of using colposcopy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143449/#!po=8.33333...See MoreSedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It Conscious?
Comments (17)Thanks for posting the original study, Floral. It's well written and treats consciousness in the plant kingdom in an open-minded manner. The prejudice against new ideas, even among scientists, never fails to astonish me. When DNA was first discovered, for instance, the consensus was that the chain contained a large percentage of "junk DNA." Junk DNA! The arrogance and stupidity of making up this label never ceases to amaze me even today. Far be it for them to have simply said "The DNA structure contains this other substance, and we do not understand its purpose." It was already known that in nature most things have multiple purposes, so to assert that a newly discovered substance had no purpose was just the height of ignorance. It turned out that their "junk DNA" was actually the mitochondria, aka the power cell of the DNA chain. Then there was the long-lived pronouncement that dogs and other animals could not see colors, despite the knowledge that their visual systems contained cones, cones whose known purpose was, in fact, to distinguish colors. Anyone who has worked or lived "in the field" among animals could witness the wrong-headedness of this assumption. Along with this went the assertion that "lower" animals lacked the ability to reason despite obvious evidence to the contrary. Carl Sagan called it "human chauvinism" and he wasn't wrong. Another scientist pointed out that the scientific community kept raising the bar in order to cling to their theory of animals operating on instinct and lacking the ability for cognitive thought. Our understanding of the plant kingdom is in its infancy, and learning more about it is hampered by human chauvinism....See MoreAnnegriet
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