I'd rather have a root canal

[ashling]

so I am having one this afternoon

this morning I am having an mri

[Laffy Kat]

1. Good luck with all.

[FM123]

2. ...than watch Fox News

Seriously, good luck with everything.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Sounds serious

Good luck.

[shenmue]

4. Hug

[Fla Dem]

5. Well your day sounds like fun!

Hope all turns out well for you.

[Stuart G]

6. Good Luck

[Orrex]

7. The worst part about my MRI...

Was that I forgot to take my ATM card out of my wallet.

[ashling]

8. Well, my MRI went of without a hitch

I didn't even mind the dye injected in my arm. This was following up on the status of a cyst in my brain that they detected in 2011.

Since they wouldn't tell me the results, it has not yet been determined whether or not I have a brain.

Then we went to the farmers market and got a few vegetables.

After that we headed over to the endodontist.

After he drilled into the tooth and got started cleaning out the roots, he determined that the was a crack in the tooth below the jaw line and that it could not be saved. So he filled it with a temporary.

Now I get to go to an oral surgeon to pull my tooth. ... fun.

[Boomerproud]

9. Healing light to you Ashling.

I feel like a jerk for complaining about anything today. If it makes you feel any better, I did have a colonoscopy two weeks ago.

[ashling]

10. Those are fun too (sarcasm)

the worst part is the prep


The last time I had one the prep seemed like it was going to be pretty easy - just had to drink some stuff the day before and then the day of ....

turns out it tasted like a mix of ivory soap, epsom salts, and sewer water!

The second one didnt' even happen. I started to gag and throw up when I got it near my mouth ....

I told my wife that I would rather die from colon cancer than drink that stuff again.

[WinkyDink]

11. Had same thing happen! Good thing I tried the second while at the sink! But I

finally (my fifth or sixth colonoscopy was last year) figured out the trick: Chug the crap while holding your nose. Hardly any taste that way (I liken it to brackish seawater).

Had a root canal this year! Best dental appointment ever! Zero pain or even discomfort. I'm surprised, though, that I wasn't told about a crack as you were; sometimes I wonder about dentists and the temptation to "make things happen," heh.

Anyway, best of luck with all your procedures and especially their results.

[mnhtnbb]

12. I accepted the fact I would pull the plug on myself if colon cancer is diagnosed rather than

drink that awful stuff and subject myself to an invasive procedure when I'm not high risk.

I don't know why so many people agree to it. Very low incidence of finding anything that couldn't have been detected with non-invasive methods and very big moneymaker for the a$$ inspection docs.


http://blog.naturalhealthyconcepts.com/2014/02/04/5-things-you-should-know-before-getting-a-colonoscopy/

[WinkyDink]

14. Painful death before minor and short discomfort?! Crazy.

[mnhtnbb]

15. No. I'll play the odds on not risking an unnecessary invasive procedure

which carries MORE risk from complications/death than the incidence of mortality from colorectal cancer which the procedure is designed to detect.

But, remember, I'm not high risk. People who are at high risk have to make their own decisions.

Reported in this study from 2006; “The perforation rate reported from colonoscopies was 1 in 1000 procedures, and ‘serious complications’ occurred in 5 in 1000”. According The Annals Of Internal Medicine’s report on colonoscopies, an estimated 70,000 (0.5%) will be injured or killed by a complication related to this procedure. This figure is 22% higher than the annual deaths from colorectal cancer itself – the very disease the device was designed to prevent.


You want to read a horror story from a guy who experienced it, try this

http://roarofwolverine.com/wolverine

and then his review of the dangers of colonoscopies

http://roarofwolverine.com/archives/2772

[WinkyDink]

16. I wonder if Katie Couric's first husband held the same opinion (trading one person's anecdote with

another's).

[mnhtnbb]

17. The guidelines suggested for colorectal cancer screening would not have helped Katie's husband

He was 42 when he died.

The guidelines start at age 50 for people with average risk and suggest those with higher risk start screening earlier.

There was no history of colon cancer in Jay Monahan's family, although there was both breast cancer and ovarian cancer
in his family. All three cancers are linked, but the family didn't learn that until after Monahan was diagnosed. Following the guidelines
for screening now would not have saved Monahan then.

All I'm saying is that if someone is not in the high risk group, it's important to understand the risk of complications/death from
an invasive procedure vs. the incidence of colon cancer in non-high risk groups. When the probability of having complications
from the procedure is GREATER than the probability of detecting cancer, it ought to give one pause to think about routine
colonoscopy procedures rather than using other non-invasive methods of screening prior to pulling out the endoscopes.

[WinkyDink]

18. Well, it's down to "suit yourself."

[raccoon]

13. ...than imagine dt unclothed.

Best to you!