Hello everyone! So my colonoscopy went great on Friday. They only found hemorrhoids. I can honestly say you all are right, the worst part about the entire process is the prep. Lol. I want to say thank you to everyone who gave me nice and encouraging words. You guys rock! Really made me feel better a...

I noticed my prep was a little different than most. I haven’t been able to eat meat for 3 days now. Today I was only allowed clear liquids. At 2 pm I had to drink a bottle of magnesium. Then at 6pm I had to drink an entire bottle of miralax mixed with Gatorade. It was actually pretty tasty...or mayb...

Good luck with your colonscopy. The prep is not fun, but what was great for me is that I had a bed side commode toilet and just kept in the living room and just stayed up all night there watching the Bachelorette. Warning, do not drink the prep over your laptop keyboard as it killed mine. I was so ...

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How are you making out?
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Pretty good! Procedure is tomorrow morning so right now I’m going through the prep. Fun times

Procedure is this Friday. I'm getting more nervous. Also the blood in my stool has decreased drastically but I'm making myself not use it as an excuse to cancel my appointment.

I feel like my anxiety is going to be on 100 this entire week. Smh

So just a tiny update. I went to my GP last week and told her about the problems I was having and that I was worried it might be cancer. She told me not to worry, that usually when colonoscopies are done at my age they are looking for colitis and/or fissures. She also said that I was too young to ge...

Glad you're getting the colonoscopy. We're all rooting for an all clear for you. Once it is "all clear", you may want to look into a plant based diet. It could help with the poop-issue. Good thoughts!! Thank you! I've already cut out red meat. I don't know if I can go completely meat free...

. . . The problem is I keep Googling and keep finding cases of people in my age range who have colon cancer and that's what's scaring me. Smh. :( Generally it is rare for people your age to get colon cancer. Yes it can happen butt it tends to be very rare. Generally when it does happen, it's becaus...

Try to stay busy and divert your mind. Stay away from google for sure. Treat worry, fear and anxiety like the enemy....stay far away. When anxious thoughts arise, I say STOP IT! And immediately turn my thoughts to gratitude for anything that is good in my life. I try to remember that any type of ne...

Glad you are getting that colonoscopy. That will give you a true diagnoses, anything else is just a speculation. Try to avoid Dr. Google, sometime the information is out of date or just plan wrong. Your symptoms can be caused by many things, cancer is just one possibility. For what it is worth, man...

Congratulations on scheduling your appointment! *hugs* The prep is the worst part. They give you medication before the colonoscopy where you're not aware what's going on and you don't feel pain. They pump you full of air during the colonoscopy so you will be gassy afterward and may have cramping. I...

Get it done and it will resolve all of your questions and concerns. The best way to move forward is to know what is going inside your colon. You will be able to survive the screening, it is a minor inconvenience. "Get er' done" and good luck. WS Thank you, you're right. Knowing something ...

Good Morning everyone, I'm sure you get worried posts from people all the time so I will try to keep this brief. I am 25, I turn 26 tomorrow. :) But I have been having worries about my bathroom habits. For as long as I can remember I have had problems with constipation and I am no stranger to bloody...