Colonoscopy technology is so advanced these days, doctors no longer have to put on gloves and get messy with the camera probing about. Instead, doctors can be assisted with a voice-control robotic arm that does all the work. It all starts with the doctor's command, "See colon, enter."
Seriously, I don't think the technology changed that much since I last had one more than five years ago. It did feel fast. One minute I was having a broken chat with the anesthesiologist then the next instance he woke me up to go to the recovery room. I did not even feel groggy, just bloated from all the gas that went in. From what I blogged last time, I had a nasty headache because of the fasting before the procedure. This time maybe because the liquid diet actually helped somewhat, or maybe because of my recent more active lifestyle, I did not have a headache at all. Not the morning of the procedure, not afterward. Before, if I somehow forgot to have coffee in the morning, or skipped lunch, a headache certainly came in the late afternoon. I think it is mostly due to all the jogging and regular exercise. We have only one body to worship, let us take good care of it through exercise!
Speaking of which, here is just one more joke. Since I skipped running two days in a row, I thought of putting in some miles after the procedure. I asked my doctor about it and he said, "Fartlek, no; fart, yes." OK, such conversation never happened but I did refrain from running today.
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17 May 2011
16 May 2011
Diarrhea of A Mad Man 2011
One of my favorite scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was when Dr. McCoy, having traveled back in time, met a woman at a hospital who was scheduled for some surgery. The good doctor gave her some pill and she was up and running shortly afterward, no need for any messy surgery. Maybe some day colonoscopy can be done without all the, uh, messy preparation.
I will have a colonoscopy tomorrow and, based on what I wrote in 2005, not too much has changed since I last had one. Without going back to the blog, I mistakenly told my doctor that I last had it done in 2001. Good thing it is about time I have one done anyway, as my father had colon cancer that was detected too late.
http://www.qaptainqwerty.com/2005/09/diarrhea-of-mad-man.html
I will have a colonoscopy tomorrow and, based on what I wrote in 2005, not too much has changed since I last had one. Without going back to the blog, I mistakenly told my doctor that I last had it done in 2001. Good thing it is about time I have one done anyway, as my father had colon cancer that was detected too late.
http://www.qaptainqwerty.com/2005/09/diarrhea-of-mad-man.html
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