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Title: Do We Really Need To Know This?
Post by: Conan71 on July 20, 2007, 01:29:07 PM
Sometimes you just gotta say: "Too much information..."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/pl_nm/bush_colonoscopy_dc_2;_ylt=ArrK6moAd0Y4gMQyoo6T58AE1vAI
Title: Do We Really Need To Know This?
Post by: sgrizzle on July 20, 2007, 01:36:44 PM
Maybe they're looking for his head.

(too obvious)
Title: Do We Really Need To Know This?
Post by: iplaw on July 20, 2007, 01:49:14 PM
Everyone panic!  Dick Cheney is going to be the President for 4 hours!!!
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Post by: Conan71 on July 20, 2007, 02:18:25 PM
Maybe they ought to let Conyers in the room just so he can say he gave the Pres. an anal exam...
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Post by: NellieBly on July 20, 2007, 02:28:29 PM
I bet they find his brain, but mistake it for a polyp.
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Post by: Townsend on July 20, 2007, 02:43:32 PM
If he's under and Cheney has a life ending occurrence, we'd have our first lady president.  Then we'd see Hillary's head explode.
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Post by: Wrinkle on July 20, 2007, 02:51:56 PM
Don't you know Dems are drooling.

(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8019/leahynormallykm3.png)
Title: Do We Really Need To Know This?
Post by: iplaw on July 20, 2007, 02:53:59 PM
quote:
Originally posted by NellieBly

I bet they find his brain, but mistake it for a polyp.

Someone read fark today...
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Post by: iplaw on July 20, 2007, 02:54:37 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Wrinkle

Don't you know Dems are drooling.

(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8019/leahynormallykm3.png)


That's fantastic...
Title: Do We Really Need To Know This?
Post by: Ed W on July 20, 2007, 03:45:53 PM
All kidding aside, colon/rectal cancer is one of the silent killers.  It has no symptoms until it's well advanced.  Please, if you have a family history of colon cancer or if anyone in your family has has polyps, contact your doctor about scheduling a colonoscopy, especially if you're over 50.

My grandfather died of colon cancer.  My mom had polyps removed.  I've had a colonoscopy, and while it's decidedly unpleasant, the alternative is even less pleasant.

I really wanted to ask the doctor, "What's that garden hose for?" but I was afraid he'd actually tell me.
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Post by: Conan71 on July 20, 2007, 04:16:05 PM
Thanks for the PSA.

Veteran of two scopes here.  First time, the doc told me I wouldn't be put under, but the drugs would leave me with little or no memory of the procedure.

To which I replied: "Oh, so you are using a date rape drug, eh?"

"Yep, that's pretty much the idea."
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Post by: DM on July 20, 2007, 04:28:04 PM
Well, we have all been taking it up the rear for years under his administration. So at least for the second time, we get to enjoy a couple of hours knowing that he is taking it up the rear too. Literally. [:P]
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Post by: RecycleMichael on July 20, 2007, 05:18:09 PM
I want to get a tattoo on my butt that says "exit only".
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Post by: Trams on July 21, 2007, 04:31:32 PM
I've heard colonoscopies are not a walk-in-the-park.  Ouch.
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Post by: Ed W on July 21, 2007, 11:03:25 PM
The worst part of it for me was the day before the procedure.  I had to fast - nothing to eat after midnight Saturday.  By mid-afternoon Sunday, I was very hungry.  But then I had to take the doses of salts to clean out my system.  Hunger changed to nausea within a few minutes.  I didn't venture more than a few steps from the bathroom for the rest of the day.

By Monday morning, I just wanted it over.
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Post by: Conan71 on July 23, 2007, 12:34:25 PM
Funny part is, they call that salty stuff "Go Lightly".

There was nothing "light" about the product's action. [:O]
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Post by: Rowdy on July 25, 2007, 06:26:39 AM
Thats the worst thing about a Colonoscopy is the day before and the cleansing process where you visit the throne every thirty minutes or so.