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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
I had one. No negative effects-just a lot of funny stories. A guy I worked with missed work one day to have one done. He didn't want anyone to know why he was out that day, so I didn't tell anyone. I did, however, put a note on this guy's office door for the next day that said, "Your doctor called. You're supposed to call him back. Seems he can't find his class ring."
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Lost ring. That is funny, Dirty Harry.
Dave Barry is a favorite. He seems to be able to find all the right words.
I had a Sigmoscopy here a while back but it wasn't all that bad. The usual unpleasant system flush to be sure. I was told it wasn't perfect, which is hard to believe. Embarrassing, but there is always that one dawdler at closing time I guess.
Prior to this, I has several "shallow"
prostate biopsy procedures done. After the first few inches, there is not much feeling. So size doesn't matter.
The Sig was explained to me as a shorter (compared to colonoscopy) and
cheaper probe. I'm cheap. Why pay extra if size doesn't matter?
Doc showed me a
diagram of the colon which is shaped like a large question mark
?. He says that he probed up level to the diagram-left-hand-down-turn, which is nearly a full colonoscopy. There actually wasn't much discomfort except for the excess air they pump in to clear the "freeway". And even that wasn't all that abnormal for me, seeing as how I'm used to posting here anyway. My brother said I might burp, and the nurse agreed, but I didn't.
The shallow prostrate exam is actually a little worse since it snips chunks of prostate for biopsy. Each feels like a bee-sting and after a dozen or so, even a pain-loving rail worker will wish for cessation. Apparently, I'm thinking, there is internal feeling in this prostrate area normally reserved for expulsion pleasure. This is more of a painful backfire, strangely familiar, but just the opposite. It's like excess finger-check pressure, only much sharper.
Somehow, ripping chunks of prostate loose and dragging them out ones azz just isn't right. And, to me, it doesn't seem sanitary to poke leaky holes in the colon like this. Yet it isn't so bad as to yelp or bring tears either.
One Doc checked for bladder bleeding by doing a catheterization. It was my first ....and I hope my last. Apparently I have some restricting scar tissue from an old "war wound". It hurt enough to nearly bring tears at the time; the next few days were again "pipe grabbing" while in front of the urinal.
Wes
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