Colonoscopy at 19

Please feel free to read, share your thoughts, your stories and connect with others!
Claire888
Posts: 1
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:15 am

Colonoscopy at 19

Postby Claire888 » Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:20 am

Hello! I'm having a colonoscopy tomorrow morning, and I'm pretty nervous :cry: . I'm only 19, which is obviously very young for a colonoscopy, but they thought it was important given the symptoms I'm experiencing. I was just wondering if anybody has any suggestions for my prep today (Gatorade and miralax) and also if anybody has any input on how the procedure will be...again I'm pretty nervous so anything helps :) I have all the liquids for the day already: nothing red, but I have jello, white Gatorade, chicken broth, popsicles, lemonade, and cream soda.

Thank you so much :D

Lee
Posts: 6207
Joined: Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:09 pm

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby Lee » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:17 am

For me getting the prep solution down is the worst. Thus I start the procedure at noonish. I was told on my last prep, the times they list on the procedure paper are the latest they want you to start, so starting early is okay. This way I spend 20 mins getting each of those 8 oz glasses of prep solution down. Keeping a game boy or computer near the toilet is a good idea. Towards the end, you are siting on the the toilet nonstop.

Be sure to drink a lot of liquids today. Jelly is a life saver, my stomach truly feels I'm giving it food.

good luck, let us know how it goes,

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!

User avatar
edinaman
Posts: 1108
Joined: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:15 pm
Location: Minnesota

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby edinaman » Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:36 pm

Drinking the prep with a straw helps. You can bypass some of your taste buds. Like Lee said, it's a good idea to start early. Sometimes drinking less at a time helps. Some do just the opposite and have no problems-they chug it down and get it over with. If you feel like you can't keep it down, call your doctor, even if it's after hours. When I had that issue, they said to stop the prep, they would rather have me keep down what I had then try to drink more and "loose" it all. Good luck.
Went in for surgery for a cyst on my bladder, and they found colon cancer growing on the outside of the colon. Got to have two surgeries at the same time! Stage 3, one node involved.

veckon
Posts: 131
Joined: Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:44 am

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby veckon » Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:04 pm

Claire888 wrote:Hello! I'm having a colonoscopy tomorrow morning, and I'm pretty nervous :cry: . I'm only 19, which is obviously very young for a colonoscopy, but they thought it was important given the symptoms I'm experiencing. I was just wondering if anybody has any suggestions for my prep today (Gatorade and miralax) and also if anybody has any input on how the procedure will be...again I'm pretty nervous so anything helps :) I have all the liquids for the day already: nothing red, but I have jello, white Gatorade, chicken broth, popsicles, lemonade, and cream soda.

Thank you so much :D


Miralax is actually tasteless so prep shouldn’t be too hard to get down. They gave me this vile thing you dilute with water. Worst thing I have ever tasted. Are you going to be awake during the procedure? If not, you will not experience anything unpleasant during and you will wake up in recovery.
27 yo male
Metastatic rectal cancer diagnosed 12/16
Liver metastases and peritoneal carcinomatosis
Lynch syndrome, MSI-H
Failed liver resection 3/17
FOLFOX6 12/16 - 05/17
Keytruda 5/17 - present
@Memorial Sloan Kettering

Hey Daddy
Posts: 37
Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:42 am

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby Hey Daddy » Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:27 pm

The procedure will amount to nothing more than a nice long nap. You are smart to go ahead and have this done as many young people don't heed the symptoms. Hopefully the good results you get tomorrow will allow you to rest easier and that eventually the cause of your problems will turn out to be something relatively minor.
DS dx CC Stage IIB (T4N0M0) 3Aug16, 21 yr old
poorly differentiated, lymphovascular and perineural invasion
CEA 29
Colon resection 4Aug16
CEA 2.5
Genetics testing negative
6 mo FOLFOX Sep16 - Mar17
CT Scan Mar17 clear
Colonoscopy Apr17 clear
CEA 1.8
NED
Emergency appendectomy Jun17
Adhesion surgery to clear small bowel obstruction Dec 17

DarknessEmbraced
Posts: 3816
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:54 pm
Facebook Username: Riann Fletcher
Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:51 pm

I hope your prep and colonoscopy go well!*hugs* Keeping the prep really cold and chasing it with sips of clear liquids helps some. They give you medication in an iv right before your colonoscopy so you won't remember or feel pain.
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured! :)

Utwo
Posts: 285
Joined: Mon May 23, 2016 10:14 am
Location: T.O.

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby Utwo » Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:35 pm

The most important is to have a proper preparation (squeky clean colon).
In case of unsatisfactory preparation (dirty colon) some interesting stuff can be missed.

Miralax + Gatorade is the best tasting preparation.
You can start a bit earlier and drink a bit more to ensure better cleaning.

Enjoy your colonoscopy. Have fun. :)
58 yo male at diagnosis: T1bN0M0, 0/15 nodes, low grade/moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma
03/2016 colonoscopy: 2 small polyps removed in left colon; CEA = 1.3
04/2016 colonoscopy: caecum sessile 3.5 cm polyp piecemeal removed with kind of clear margins
05/2016 "prophylactic" laparoscopic right hemicolectomy - bleeding, leak, infection
06/2017 CT scan, colonoscopy OK; CEA = 1.6
A lot of funny stuff discovered by CT scans in liver, kidney, lungs, arteries, gallbladder, lymph node, pancreas

Swirdfish
Posts: 290
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2016 3:57 am

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby Swirdfish » Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:43 pm

Prep sucks and tastes disgusting. The procedure if they knockcyoucout wont take long and you won't remember it. Hehe easy.
06/2016 Went in for colonoscopy came out with a tumor. Age 35
12cm from verge at junction. Rectal cancer.
Clinical stage T3 NO MO
Temp illestomy
Completed 5FU and Radiation
LAR surgery planned 13 Oct 2016
Completed ULAR surgery 11-10-2016.
0/22 nodes
pT3 N0 M0 R1
Stage 2A

Pathology reviewed and changed
ypT3 N0 M0 R0

Started folfox 21-11-2016
5-4-17 NED
Reversal 12-4-17

User avatar
ocstacy
Posts: 264
Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:29 pm
Facebook Username: stacy

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby ocstacy » Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:27 pm

Hello! I'm having a colonoscopy tomorrow morning, and I'm pretty nervous :cry: . I'm only 19, which is obviously very young for a colonoscopy,


I am getting my 1st on the 15th of Aug at 9:30 a.m. I'm much older than you but 10 years younger than the average age of recommendation.

What are your signs and symptoms?
Caregiver/daughter to dear mother age 78, dx 5/09/17 because of me!! :wink:
Rectal CA Stage 3 low-grade adenocarcinoma- 6 cm
Neoadjuvant start 7/10/17 ended 08/16/17
3D Lap. surgery @ Keck USC, Dr. Sang Lee 10/17/17 temp ileostomy
11/1 hospitalized abscess/hernia - home 11/06/17 antibiotics
NO LYMPHS INVOLVED! NEAR PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE! YAY! :shock:
Took her last chemo med 05/10/18! Ileo reversal 07/24/18
1st BM after reversal 07/25/18 Anal Fissure 8/15/18
Me:1st Colonoscopy age 38. 08/17 Benign polp.

Steph20021
Posts: 553
Joined: Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:58 pm
Location: Ontario, Canada

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby Steph20021 » Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:15 am

Hope it went well for you today Claire!
DX 1/31/14 @ 33- SPS-T4a(invades visceral peri), N2a(6/106 LN), M1a(ovary) (Stage 4a) MSS; BRAF V600E
2/1/14-subtotal col, lost R ovary, temp ileo
3/14-9/14- folfox; sepsis
11/14-CT/PET: L ovary met, pelvic met, (?)ghost liver met(?)
12/14-folfiri -13 rds kept me stable from 3/15-6/15
8/15-HIPEC, NED
09/15- cea 0.9
05/16- recurrence in abdo wall and lymph nodes
01/17- pulmonary embolism
02/17- 1 wk radiation to abdo wall
08/16- on folfiri
01/18-folfox
11/18- Beacon trial-encorafenib & cetuximab

paenesonus
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:49 am
Facebook Username: wheresjudy

Re: Colonoscopy at 19

Postby paenesonus » Fri Aug 11, 2017 2:09 am

Hi Claire, how did it go? I'm 21 and having a colonoscopy in less than two weeks, hope everything went well!


Return to “Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum”



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 120 guests