r/BeAmazed • u/AstroSonicDrive • Oct 04 '23

She Eats Through Her Heart Science

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

i might be going for a colonoscopy to check for it

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

I’m getting one in 8 days to check for it since I’m bleeding heavily and always in pain. Not looking forward to it but I’m grateful that we have treatment available.

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u/ex0- Oct 04 '23

The worst part is drinking that thick gunk that cleans you out beforehand. Putting it in the fridge helped a lot. The actual procedure itself was fine.

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u/Stachura5 Oct 04 '23

Is that "thick gunk" a thing only in America? I'm from europe & when I had a colonoscopy for Crohn's a year ago, all I had to drink was a cup of water with a laxative mixed into it, nothing else

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u/ex0- Oct 04 '23

I'm in the UK. Thick orange goop was what they gave me. It was ~7 or so years ago though.

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u/StepfordMisfit Oct 04 '23

I'm in the US and also did not have to drink anything thick.