Dave Barry's Colonoscopy Journal

[teri88]

Very funny! I love Dave Barry. I've had a few colonsocopies because my mom and my aunt both died of colon cancer. Thank God my Dr. says I'm "clean as a whistle".....for those of you who just CAN NOT drink the liquid they do make pills now. I've done both. I think the pills were worse! There are seven million of them and each one is the size of my pinky! And you have to drink so much water with them. Yuck! My pharmacy offered different flavors of the Go Lightly (false advertising if I've ever heard it). So, the liquid tastes like flavored chalk! It is an important test to have though. If my mom had been having them she would be alive today!

[judy]

I've had it twice, and it's really no big deal. Then again, I really enjoyed the 1960's, so anytime I'm going to be put out, I enjoy it. I'm very relaxed for a long time afterwards.

The GoLite is ginormous, and I find it's a good idea to just take the jug with me into the bathroom do I can finish it off while "emptying" my colon. It's not a tasty treat, even though I got the lemon flavored.

I always say that every cloud has a silver lining. You lose quite a few pounds after you're running on empty.

My doctor does it at around 4 PM, so you can eat the night before, so it's only a one day thing.

[Marilyn]

I've had it done twice, also. I got to eat the day before each time. The absolute worst part was drinking the liquid. I never did get it all down either time, but did get enough to clean me out. I really tried to drink it all. It's just not possible for me. The experience is pretty much as described above. I'd rather go through this though than be told I should have done this and now it's too late.