RESULTS:

Yesterday I posted I was doing the prep. Drinking 4 litres of Golytly wasn't too bad. I followed advise and used Crystal Light instead of the furnished "flavor packets" and I made it up the night before and refrigerated the mix. It tasted fine, about the same as a Mc
Donalds soft drink. With all that volume I never had a chance to get hungry.

Another benefit to the large volume of liquid versus the older methods is the elimination part of the prep was very easy also. No cramping or discomfort at all.

Today I had the procedure. Improvements since the last one several years ago meant I needed less anesthesia and got to watch on the big screen. In color no less. Paperwork and setup took an hour. The procedure itself took about 30 minutes. With the good prep the doc got a good look at the entire colon. All normal.

Colon cancer is one of the Biggies but is easily taken care of if caught at the adenoma stage. Less easy, as has been posted, if caught later. I can cross this off my concern list.

All in all a very smooth and small thing to take care of a very big potential problem.



I should add that the doc told me by the recommended time for the next one comes around she expects colonoscopies will be things of the past. Technology is rapidly approaching the point where scans will be effective enough to do the job. But, the prep would still be necessary. The improvement would be in substituting a non-invasive procedure for the current invasive one.