James Van Der Beek Dies at 48, Cancer

NYCBlueBlood said:
I used the pills. If you have problems swallowing pills, you might not like this path. It's two courses of 12 large horse-sized pills. Pills do not bother me. I did them in batches of 2 at a time. Took <1 minute then I was back to work. I've heard the liquids are nasty, particularly depending on the flavor. But the pills were a piece of cake.
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My recollection is that the liquid didn't taste that bad, is that you had to drink so damn much of it. I kept thinking, 'What?! I have drink another glass? ... enough!' That, and it sucks to spend the whole night on the can. Not fun, but doable.
 
Bobfripp said:
My recollection is that the liquid didn't taste that bad, is that you had to drink so damn much of it. I kept thinking, 'What?! I have drink another glass? ... enough!' That, and it sucks to spend the whole night on the can. Not fun, but doable.
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"it sucks to spend the whole night on the can"

Pfffffft, adult diapers for the win!
 
Rock said:
Yeah, for me it wasn’t bad at all. People made the stuff you have to drink out to taste like death. I bought the generic version plus some lemon lime Gatorade mix and it basically tasted like a watered down margarita. It was almost even refreshing.

And then I was sitting on the couch, I think watching a UNC game, just had to get up to go to the bathroom maybe once every 20 minutes or so. I wasn’t glued to the toilet like people said. It wasn’t excruciating stomach feelings or whatever.

Maybe I just got lucky.
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This was my experience too, more or less. Actually kinda enjoyed it. Felt like taking an internal shower, or maybe a bath where you kept draining the tub and then refilling it with fresh clean water...
 
aGDevil2k said:
I was worried about shitting the bed. Literally.

Then it's all yellow water and that's just weird.

My lord the sleep afterwards though. Got some Jersey Mike's and SLEPT
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"I was worried about shitting the bed. Literally."

I slept in shorts just in case... something I never do. I also shot out of bed in fear like a bolt of lightning every time I woke up.

Fortuntely that was a "shot" and not a "shat"...
 
I have UC (in remission now) so I have had maybe 10 colonoscopies since I was 40. One thing that helps deal with the taste of the PEG drink is to suck on a slice of lemon after you drink a glass.
 
Rock said:
Yeah, for me it wasn’t bad at all. People made the stuff you have to drink out to taste like death. I bought the generic version plus some lemon lime Gatorade mix and it basically tasted like a watered down margarita. It was almost even refreshing.

And then I was sitting on the couch, I think watching a UNC game, just had to get up to go to the bathroom maybe once every 20 minutes or so. I wasn’t glued to the toilet like people said. It wasn’t excruciating stomach feelings or whatever.

Maybe I just got lucky.
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Sounds better than what I took.

My second bottle made me throw up.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
For me, the prep was bad. I didn't know you could use Gatorade to make it taste better. I think there are also pills you can take now which would be way better than the liquid.

But like you, I don't remember it being all that terrible once I forced the prep down. Plenty of diarrhea but you weren't glued to the toilet. And the procedure is a breeze. Fall asleep and wake up.

If anyone is younger than the guidelines and doesn't want to do the colonoscopy, ask your doctor about the poop in the box option. I did that before I hit 50. It's not as good as a colonoscopy but it's good.
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My doctor said the issue with the cologuard is the high rate of false positives and insurance. He said that a colonoscopy or cologuard is preventative, but if the cologuard comes back positive then you have to get a colonoscopy, but it’s no longer billed as preventative, it's billed as diagnostic so it isn't covered the same and ends up costing the patient more. He recommended just getting the colonoscopy abs avoiding to potential cost.


Isn't it sad that we live in such a rich country and we have to consider things like this. And that's for insured people....
 
UNCatTech said:
My doctor said the issue with the cologuard is the high rate of false positives and insurance. He said that a colonoscopy or cologuard is preventative, but if the cologuard comes back positive then you have to get a colonoscopy, but it’s no longer billed as preventative, it's billed as diagnostic so it isn't covered the same and ends up costing the patient more. He recommended just getting the colonoscopy abs avoiding to potential cost.


Isn't it sad that we live in such a rich country and we have to consider things like this. And that's for insured people....
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The new insurance plan for NC state employees doesn't even have a place in network in the whole state to get a colonoscopy.
 
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