[Gay State Conservative]

Sorry,no sale with me.I love drinking all that stuff...gallons and gallons...then spending an evening on the porcelain throne and then,after the procedure,waking up all groggy.

My little sister just her her first one a year or so ago.She was telling me that she was a bit scared because of the pain she might experience.She thought they did it without anesthesia! And no,my sister *isn't* stupid....she's very intelligent,thank you very much!

[onedoug]

Bump that damned doc...uh, office manager.

[Nea Wood]

What I hate is they won’t let you drive yourself home after a colonoscopy, nor will they let you take a taxi. They insist that you have to have a friend take you home. (For all they know, the “friend” could be the biggest flake in the world, but they insist upon this to the point where they’ll refuse to do the procedure on you if you don’t comply.) I just hate imposing on people by making them take off work, drive me there and back, etc. So if this pill method does not require anesthesia, I’m all for it just for that reason.

[ncfool]

Can I have the Wifi version.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The good part about this is that they will be able to scan the small intestine as well.

[Boogieman]

I hope the cameras are not expensive, because more than a few of them are sure to be accidentally flushed.

Speaking of which, retrieval of the cameras may be an issue. Who is responsible for the “sifting”? Doctor or patient?

[FrankR]

I had to swallow one of those camera pills about a year ago, due to a stomach/intestinal bleed of unknown origin. They found the bleed and fixed it.

The pill isn’t bad, and the “prep” was only to go NPO (nothing to eat)after midnight before the procedure. You wear a receiver pack around your waist for 8 hours after you swallow it, which receives the pictures from the “pill”.

The pill has a flashing strobe light on it to illuminate for the photos.

I asked if they wanted the pill back, they said “no”, but told me that one guy had retrieved the pill and returned it to them wrapped in toilet paper.

I never saw mine, but if the battery held up, it’s probably illuminating my septic tank.

[The Sons of Liberty]

I'm guessing this will take a long time to be approved in the US, because there are proctologists who run assembly-line operations, while charging exorbitant fees.

[TheConservativeParty]

I knew if I refused the current procedure long enough, a better one would be invented!

Here is an Amazon.com customer comments thread about sugar free gummy bears. They highly recommend these bears as a sub for the stuff docs want you to drink the day before a colonoscopy.

Do not read the customer comments if you are at work. Your laughter will make it known that you are in fact, not working.

http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummy-Candy-Sugarless-5-Pound/product-reviews/B000EVQWKC/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

[CapnJack]

Sounds like the Intestinator to me.

The "Prep" work for taking the pill probably will still be a little unpleasant.

[Nea Wood]

I’ve seen ads for colonoscopy “tablet prep.” Supposedly you only have to drink one glass of the yucky stuff and the rest is pills, which sounds much easier. A friend of mine’s doctor refused to prescribe the tablets for her, though, because he said they don’t work as well as drinking the yucky stuff. Has anyone here ever tried tablet prep? ‘Cause I can’t stand that “Go Litely.” I can’t keep it down.

[Sparky21555]

Really!

Try a prostate camera exam with a local (that doesn’t work as well as they say) fully awake.

Mrs. Sparky was there initially, but couldn’t take the torment I was going through.

Talk about being medically deflowered!