To Vaccinate or Not---The Rat Flu Odyssey Continues

[riser4]

What does it take to be a "candidate" for Cologuard.

Asking for... a friend.

Dude. Search.

"Cologuard is intended to screen adults 45 years of age and older who are at average risk for colorectal cancer by detecting certain DNA markers and blood in the stool. Do not use if you have had adenomas, have inflammatory bowel disease and certain hereditary syndromes, or a personal or family history of colorectal cancer. Cologuard is not a replacement for colonoscopy in high risk patients. Cologuard performance in adults ages 45-49 is estimated based on a large clinical study of patients 50 and older."

I don't fit that profile. Doc started me at age 31. This will be my sixth or seventh one. One loses count. They harvest a whole bunch of polyps each time. Ive also got diverticulosis. And now I've got some other symptoms I want checked out. You happy you asked?

[bennymac]

you should start a poop scope thread - (or maybe there already is one)

you could save a mags life (or at the very least talk them through the prep)

[skaredshtles]

Dude. Search.

I have serfs such as yourself for such pedestrian duties...

[XXX-er]

I come from a family of bag shitters on my father's mothers side so I get the scope every 5 yar even tho the pro's have never found anything

used to be pico salax prep which wasnt alot of fun but that latest prep where you drink a gallon sucked even more

but it was > than the medical assisted suicide

[rod9301]

What's a bag shitter?

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[XXX-er]

What's a bag shitter?

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if you don't catch the cancer in time and it doesnt kill you

you might be using a colostomy bag for the rest of your life

hence the medical term " Bag Shitter "

[wooley12]

Me: Feel anything strange doc?
Doc: Yep. A little something.
Me: Should I be worried?
Doc: Nah. At your age and with your other issues you'll die from a heart attack or another organ failure before the colon cancer has the time to get you.
Me: Thanks doc. I think.

[PB]

I come from a family of bag shitters on my father's mothers side so I get the scope every 5 yar even tho the pro's have never found anything

used to be pico salax prep which wasnt alot of fun but that latest prep where you drink a gallon sucked even more

but it was > than the medical assisted suicide

Yeah; as the say, "the prep is worse than the scope". Second scoping the prep had me shitting right up to when I was gowning up; didn't say anything, thinking they must be accustom to such surprises. Now I always start the prep no later than Noon the preceding day, and generally get a good night's sleep.

[old goat]

Me: Feel anything strange doc?
Doc: Yep. A little something.
Me: Should I be worried?
Doc: Nah. At your age and with your other issues you'll die from a heart attack or another organ failure before the colon cancer has the time to get you.
Me: Thanks doc. I think.

I assume you're joking, or your doc was. (That might be true for prostate cancer but not colon.)

[wooley12]

Prostrate. It was funny to me. Carry on with the rat flu discussion

[billyk]

Yeah; as the say, "the prep is worse than the scope". Second scoping the prep had me shitting right up to when I was gowning up; didn't say anything, thinking they must be accustom to such surprises. Now I always start the prep no later than Noon the preceding day, and generally get a good night's sleep.

Oh, god, thanks for reminding me about that horror. I’m due to go in for a colonoscopy next month.

[XXX-er]

whatever you do don't be a bag shitter eh

[Falcon3]

whatever you do don't be a bag shitter eh

Unless you’re on a glacier or other LNT area

[billyk]

I was a bag peer for a few weeks last year. It was actually pretty convenient.

[old goat]

I was on a raft trip in the Grand Canyon. I made sure to use the groover in the morning because I didn't want to have to shit in a bag later on. We did have to shit in a bag when we did an overnight down the Virgin Narrows. They give you a bag with chemicals that you just throw in the trash. There are many kinds of bag shitting.

[Skidog]

I was on a raft trip in the Grand Canyon. I made sure to use the groover in the morning because I didn't want to have to shit in a bag later on. We did have to shit in a bag when we did an overnight down the Virgin Narrows. They give you a bag with chemicals that you just throw in the trash. There are many kinds of bag shitting.

I watched a video on the best ways to do it on the big walls while on a portaledge. Made me realize why I'd never climb a big wall.

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[evdog]

I was on a raft trip in the Grand Canyon. I made sure to use the groover in the morning because I didn't want to have to shit in a bag later on. We did have to shit in a bag when we did an overnight down the Virgin Narrows. They give you a bag with chemicals that you just throw in the trash. There are many kinds of bag shitting.

There used to be a toilet up by Trail Camp on Mt Whitney, but hikers were throwing so much trash in it the Forest Service removed it. Now hikers are given shit bags with their permit that they are required to use. No pooping in a hole, since 50 day hike permits plus thru hikers etc per day and minimal decomposition in the alpine would get super gross really quick. Apparently rangers check to make sure you've used it. I did, and even with the chemicals in it, it still stunk my pack up unbelievably.

I watched a video on the best ways to do it on the big walls while on a portaledge. Made me realize why I'd never climb a big wall.

Haha. Hadn't thought of pooping on one of those. I'm clumsy and would be mostly scared of dropping important things.

[old goat]

I watched a video on the best ways to do it on the big walls while on a portaledge. Made me realize why I'd never climb a big wall.

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My kid has done one big wall and is itching to do more but he has had bad luck with partners. His only reliable climbing partner is his wife, and she refuses to shit in a bag.

There used to be a toilet up by Trail Camp on Mt Whitney, but hikers were throwing so much trash in it the Forest Service removed it. Now hikers are given shit bags with their permit that they are required to use. No pooping in a hole, since 50 day hike permits plus thru hikers etc per day and minimal decomposition in the alpine would get super gross really quick. Apparently rangers check to make sure you've used it. I did, and even with the chemicals in it, it still stunk my pack up unbelievably.



Haha. Hadn't thought of pooping on one of those. I'm clumsy and would be mostly scared of dropping important things.

In the morning in the Narrows our gear stunk horribly. I was sure the poop bag had spilled in my pack. Turned out what stunk was our rented canyoneering shoes.

Speaking of medical shitting in a bag--enterostomal therapists--nurses who teach and help patients manage their stomas and bags--are grossly underappreciated in the medical world--except by their patients of course.

[bobz]

Now hikers are given shit bags with their permit that they are required to use. No pooping in a hole, since 50 day hike permits plus thru hikers etc per day and minimal decomposition in the alpine would get super gross really quick. Apparently rangers check to make sure you've used it. I did, and even with the chemicals in it, it still stunk my pack up unbelievably.

Brown-baggin' it is standard procedure on Mt. Shasta as well. Any good boy scout should know better than to rely on just the packet the rangers give you, though; triple-bag, minimum. And pro tip, your pack's crampon pouch is for the shitbags; your pack should be big enough to strap the crampons on somewhere else.

[bodywhomper]

Big walls: poop tube.

It there still a toilet at the top of whitney with an amazing view to the west?

[KQ]

I have what I hope is a cold. Fully vaxxed since April. I called my doc office because I have a physical appointment for today and wanted to know if they wanted to wave me off. Come on down they said. Ok. Good thing because this feels like it is becoming a sinus infection. But I'm in no mood for the prostate exam. Not getting a cold for over a year was really nice. Now that VT is fully open we all gonna die because I feel like death warmed over. I feel KQs pain. Although my wife bought bananas when she went shopping on Sat. So there's that.

Sorry you're sick. A real pisser isn't it?

I still have a cough from whatever I had and now that it's smoke season it's worse. Sux. Almost makes me wonder if my covid test was a false negative.

[bagtagley]

If you exclude drinking the horrible prep, I kinda enjoyed my colonoscopy. Sit at home all day watching tv, violently (satisfyingly) shitting every spec of dust out of your colon, then get pumped with drugs that make you sleep and wake up to a nice nurse that brings you apple juice.

[PB]

Yeah; my upper GI endoscopies have all the good stuff you describe, without the prep, so winning!
The spray anesthetic for your throat is pretty annoying, though.

[evdog]

Brown-baggin' it is standard procedure on Mt. Shasta as well. Any good boy scout should know better than to rely on just the packet the rangers give you, though; triple-bag, minimum. And pro tip, your pack's crampon pouch is for the shitbags; your pack should be big enough to strap the crampons on somewhere else.

Yeah, I wasn't aware of the poop bag requirement at the time otherwise I would have come more prepared. Guess I could have tied it to the outside of the pack. I have a top loader day pack, no crampon pouch.

[fomofo]

I was able to forego the colonoscopy with ColoGuard this last time around. That won't last with my doc for too long but got me through this cycle, thankfully. I hate that shit.

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