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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The people not getting colonoscopies, you are flat out dumb.

Colon cancer is very common and also so preventable.  It's the second leading cancer killer.  [/quote]

They should make the screening easier. I need to do it but I am deterred by the prep and the need for general anesthesia.[/quote]

You're being a baby. Is this all because it's about butts?

The prep is nbd. Moderate your diet the day before, drink the powder mixed with Gatorade, have a couple liquid BMs and that's it.

General anesthesia is never used. It's twilight sedation or, if you want, something lighter. Or you can choose to be fully aware like Katie Couric. [/quote]

My colonoscopy was under propofol, which is deep sedation. I had no memory of it whatsoever. No breathing tube and not general anasthesia, but most people are not conscious.

It is the combination of the sedation along with it being "about butts" that stresses people out. It is scary to have someone scoping your body in general, doing it in a sensitive/personal area makes it feel worse, being sedated means loss of control. It can be hard to overcome the psychology of that.

Your approach of calling people babies and saying it's no big deal is not the effective inducement to get them done you think it is. That kind of aggressive pitch will turn off people who are already afraid. People refuse needed surgeries for the same reasons, you think a little bullying will get them to do a preventative screening?

Mammograms and Pap smears are a much easier sell because mammograms aren't invasive and you're standing up and have some control. Paps are more invasive and vulnerable, but it's done by your regular gyno generally, someone you likely have a decent relationship with (hopefully). Also more gynos are women, which a lot of women feel more comfortable with. Gastro is male dominated and that can stress people out further.

What I would say as an incentive for getting it done (I was also very uncomfortable and really didn't want to do it) is that it's much easier/better than you imagine. The doctor is a total pro, your body will be dressed in a way that actually preserves some modesty, and people at the hospital know how to set people at ease and ensure professionalism. I can't say if deep sedation or something lighter is preferable. I think it's nice to have no memory but it might have contributed to embarrassment? Maybe being more awake would normalize it and reduce that. Ultimately I went with deep sedation because I thought it would be easier to pull the trigger on doing it if I could remind myself I'd be knocked out. Next time I do it I might make another choice.

The biggest reason to do it is that when you are done, you have a great feeling of relief and satisfaction because it's over, you don't have to do it again for years, and you can feel more confident in your gastro health. I find ultimately it's more stressful to postpone this sort of screening than to do it, because when you postpone it just creates this obligation in the back of your head. Once it's done, it's over and you don't have to think about it again for a long time.[/quote]

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