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I’m not sure whether or not this was supposed to be a joke post, but I recently had a colonoscopy, and everyone was super nice and fully aware that this was an embarrassing procedure, so they did their best to make it as pleasant as you can be in a surgical waiting area.

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I felt myself falling asleep, then seemingly immediately blink awake. I said, “Doc, I don’t think the anesthesia is working,” and he said, “Ha, no man, we’re done.”

Like you said, the prep was the worst part. There is no joy in daily living without food.

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Same here. I’ve been put under twice and both times it basically just felt like a longer than normal blink and I felt a little slow afterwords.

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a longer than normal blink and I felt a little slow afterwords.

writes on notepad Patient reports heightened self-awareness following procedure.

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I woke up in the middle of mine, got to watch the second half. Was interesting, but it probably helps to still be under the after effects ify the anyways. But definitely, there prep is worse than the actual procedure.

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Mine too! Then i said, “It wasn’t that bad. I can’t believe i stressed over it for so long,” and he said, “Yep! You should have come in 32 years ago.” And that was the most uncomfortable part of it.

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The prep was awful. That was the part I really hated. Being so damn hungry.

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I work in Radiology, and have to do Barium enemas, frequently. As much as we love the humor, we strive to keep it medical, with patients. We all know it sucks, can feel embarrassing, etc, but we’re just trying to get the job done with the best pictures. Your physical body is kind of secondary to what our goal is.

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Does it help if you say its Very Berry Barium?

(I think Very Berry Beryllium alliterates better)

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I’ve got a feeling they won’t know what flavor it is, but I might start asking patients what flavor they want, from now on. Thanks for the idea!

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It was both a joke and my real life. I hope I have a similar experience. I’m a virgin after all… for this anyway.

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“You won’t find anything. The IRS was pretty thorough.”

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Ha. Good one. Take my upvote and thank you for your service.

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Ask them if they’ll be shooting in hidef 4k or IMAX.

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I lost my wallet, keep an eye out please.

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Alternatively.

“If you happen to see a Standing Liberty silver dollar from 1885 while you’re spelunking, I’ve absolutely no idea how it got there. But could you try to get it out?”

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“25¢” in sharpie.

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“After this can you write a note for my wife to tell her my head is not, in fact, up my ass?”

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