Well, I have to put a 4 at the start of my age now..

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Rock said:
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No I didn’t start this thread so you could shower me with birthday wishes. Truthfully, this is not a birthday I’m thrilled about.

Anyway, I just googled what age you’re supposed to get a colonoscopy and saw it’s actually 45 but I’ve started to think about things I should perhaps do/pay more attention to as I’ve reached this dreaded milestone. I gather that I’m probably on the younger side of things here so I turn to your collective wisdom and sage advice if you could perhaps impart upon me any life experience that I should consider.

Cheers and good fortune to you and yours.
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It’s over.
10 lbs will jump on the scale with you tomorrow.
Another 10 at 45.
10 more at 50.
You’ll plateau there until 65… then another 5lbs. Jump on.
But at 70, things start going back down.
HBD2U
 
UNCatTech said:
When you woke up were the nurses laughing? Mine never would let me in on the joke.
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The place I did it had a big recovery room with curtained off beds for each person... so you could hear everybody else in the room. I heard a number of men say some pretty funny ish to the nurses checking in on them. This 70ish guy kept hitting on the nurse checking in on him, and she kept telling him his wife in the waiting room probably would not be keen on her coming home with them.

I asked my nurse what I had said as I was coming off sedation... she said I came out of it quick and never said a word, she wished all her patients were like me... I am still curious if that was true, or if that's just what they tell all the patients after they hear the ish others are saying.
 
NYCBlueBlood said:
. . ., she said I came out of it quick and never said a word, she wished all her patients were like me... I am still curious if that was true, or if that's just what they tell all the patients after they hear the ish others are saying.
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Just spitballing here, but if this particular nurse was young and attractive, she may have heard about your reputation and was angling to become the next Mrs. NYC BlueBlood.
 
I turned 50 last year. I don't think I look 50, though. At least compared to what 50 looked like when my dad turned 50.
 
05C40 said:
Just spitballing here, but if this particular nurse was young and attractive, she may have heard about your reputation and was angling to become the next Mrs. NYC BlueBlood.
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I missed my chance?!?! I can't believe they told me I can't sign up for another 5 years!
 
HeelInTheOzarks said:
I had a hard time turning 40 also. I'm going to be 42 in a couple months.

My dad had colon cancer (it was removed and he's fine now), so I went ahead and had my colonoscopy at 40 instead of 45. It was more just weird than anything else. My biggest fear was my vision - my eye doctor had told me once that vision starts to really get worse around 40, and some patients of his said it was almost to the day they turned 40 that they started to have more issues. So I was convinced I was going to wake up blind on my birthday. So far so good.

I also worry about having back problems as things that used to be normal cause me a little more pain now. But some of that could also be due to weight.
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The 40 vision change is a pain. Up to that point you can correct everything at the same time. Then all of a sudden you have to choose whether you want to see up close or far. Can’t have both.

That hit me pretty quickly right around when I turned 40.
 
NYCBlueBlood said:
The place I did it had a big recovery room with curtained off beds for each person... so you could hear everybody else in the room. I heard a number of men say some pretty funny ish to the nurses checking in on them. This 70ish guy kept hitting on the nurse checking in on him, and she kept telling him his wife in the waiting room probably would not be keen on her coming home with them.

I asked my nurse what I had said as I was coming off sedation... she said I came out of it quick and never said a word, she wished all her patients were like me... I am still curious if that was true, or if that's just what they tell all the patients after they hear the ish others are saying.
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When I had mine after fasting and doing the prep the doctor’s office called and said the doctor had something come up unexpectedly. I was like you have to be kidding me. They found a replacement though.

The crazy thing is that I felt like I could have walked out 30 seconds after coming to. Certainly not like the old days where you spend an hour in the recovery room throwing up all over yourself.
 
finesse said:
Happy Birthday.

My youngest child turns 40 in November.

As far as advice, my life has had so many ups and downs, I feel like a yoyo. The only thing I really learned is that if you get up every morning with the goal of handling that day better than the day before, you can keep going.
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It sounds like my wedding toast!
"May your life together be a rollercoaster ride, full of ups and downs but fun the whole ride long!"
Yeah my oldest turned 40 this September. Tempus Fugit!
 
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