Mats Holberg 🇺🇦 🇵🇸Mar 20

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Desertdragon/116262515138997498

I’m so sorry about this.

And FYI if you’re a guy like me who puts it off because you don’t like the idea of a colonoscopy’s entry point: I didn’t know they’ll put you under—you just wake up like nothing happened.

Show threadJason LefkowitzMar 20

@Holberg Can confirm, I had my first one this year. You sleep through the whole thing. The worst part is drinking lots of solution the night before to clean out the pipes.

One thing I didn't realize is that the guidance on when to get a colonoscopy has changed. It used to be that you should get one at age 50. A few years ago they pushed it up to age 45. If I'd known, I would have gotten mine sooner.

https://lookinside.kaiserpermanente.org/blog/2025/03/18/45-is-the-new-50-with-colorectal-cancer-screening/

45 is the new 50 for colorectal cancer screening - Kaiser Permanente Look insideKP Northern California

Theodore R Levin, MD, Kaiser Permanente clinical leader for colorectal cancer screening and a researcher, talks about screening and common misconceptions.

Kaiser Permanente Look insideKP Northern California
Show threadNomdebMar 20
@jalefkowit @Holberg AND prep is so much better nowadays. My gastro does a 2 day prep. Meaning you start the afternoon before and then finish the morning of. And it was SO much better and the stuff to drink was much less nasty. The procedure itself, indeed is meh. NBD at all. BUT (TMI WARNING) Aquaphor and a bidet are preferable parts of the prep to regular old TP. :)
Show threadJason Lefkowitz
@nomdeb @Holberg Yeah, I'd heard horror stories about the prep so I was surprised by how not terrible it was. I forget which one they gave me, but it was fairly drinkable! You wouldn't trade a nice IPA for it, but still 😆
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Show threadNomdebMar 20
@jalefkowit @Holberg @Desertdragon This is an older article, but one I share with many. Dave Barry on colonoscopies: https://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1928847.html #colonoscopy
Show threadJason LefkowitzMar 20
@nomdeb @Holberg @Desertdragon Oh my god, I am now berating myself for not thinking of spiking the prep solution