Re: Newbie - The condemned woman ate a hearty meal

August 15, 2005

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> with less drink and pills, so am doing the Fleet 2 Prep kit...2 days of

> starvation plus the time until I feel like eating late Wed.

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Hi

Fleet Fosfosoda is used here in Spain and the instructions clearly say that

today Monday

you can eat rice, pasta and grilled fish or meat, toast, fruit juice, but must

not to eat

salads, vegetables, fruit, potatoes, milk, butter, cream fizzy drinks, sweets

and biscuites.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, the day before the exam you can have tea, coffee, fruit juice

and

homemade chicken soup.

There are other differences here including no anaesthetic, happy pills or

nothing before

the colonoscopy, they ask you to adjust position during the exam.

Good luck on Wednesday.

in Spain

August 15, 2005

Hi, Welcome to our group. I know you are nervous. That is

understandable. Have you told the doctor about the fears of the

patholosist from your hospital. He should be understanding and be

willing to send it out to another place. Ask him. You did not mention

what city you are in. If someone here is from that city or near it

then they can recomend one. Please do not be so worried. Worry will

get you worked up into too much of a wreck. I know easier said then

done. I go next Thursday to find out about my CEA counts. I am a

nervous wreck also. So I can undestand all of your concerns. Can you

discuss this with your docootr and see if he can send the biopsy

elsewhere? Hope this helps. Ingrid

>

> Good morning to all of you. I've been lurking for about two weeks

and

> hope you can answer a question for me.

> .

> I was due for a colonoscopy in September as I am in the high risk

group

> and my last was six years ago. Then failed my June hemoccult test

so

> will go for my colonoscopy Wed. am.

> .

> Couldn't deal with the gallon of " drink " that made me so sick and

> shaking violently with cold last time, and Dr. wouldn't hear of the

prep

> with less drink and pills, so am doing the Fleet 2 Prep kit...2

days of

> starvation plus the time until I feel like eating late Wed.

> .

> So I was up at 4:30am having coffee, juice, 1/2 an onion bagel with

> cream cheese, a small but extremely flavorful peach from my own

tree and

> a four-ounce grilled chicken breast. Amazing how good food can

taste

> when you're getting ready to starve for a couple of days.

> .

> Now for my question -- I'm seeking the name of a pathologist who is

an

> expert in detecting and staging colorectal cancer -- someone who has

> given a second opinion for a group member.

> .

> Although this seems premature, if any biopsy tissue is found, I'm

> adamantly against having the pathology dept at our local hospital

> involved. After the huge error they made with husband's prostate

cancer

> biopsy, resulting in treatment that included surgery, radiation and

> androgen deprivation instead of one of the above, I have absolutely

no

> confidence in a benign or malignant reading from them!

> .

> Hope I won't need to use this info, but want to be ready just in

case.

> Planning to spend these two days painting the kitchen cabinets Sea

> Reflections blue -- the insert panels are wallpapered with tiny

> blue/gray pineapples on a white background. Had originally planned

to

> wallpaper the bathroom but on second thought decided to stay far

from

> the bathroom as long as possible.

> .

> Thanks for your help...Leah

August 15, 2005