# Welcome to 50 - here's your colonoscopy kit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-50-heres-your-colonoscopy-kit/689979 "2014-06-04T00:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
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Everything you ever wanted your fellow Dopers to tell you about colonoscopies! Compendium of past threads on the subject: [I had a colonoscopy on monday.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361018) ( **A.R. Cane** 03-01-2006 ) [What to do with my colonoscopy pictures?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382856) ( **KlondikeGeoff** 08-06-2006 ) [Help interpret my colonoscopy report](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398134) ( **Sycorax** 11-29-2006 ) [Should a colonoscopy have hurt this much?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=400763) ( **lisacurl** 12-19-2006 ) [Fleet’s Phosphosoda (TMI)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=406324) ( **black rabbit** 01-30-2007 ) (Note: As I’ve mentioned above, I found Phospho-Soda to be totally comfortable to use. Alas, it’s fallen into disfavor and is no longer available.) [Ask the Man Who Had a Colonoscopy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416276) ( **kunilou** 04-11-2007 ) [What to expect for a colonoscopy? (TMI)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=420894) ( **Incubus** 05-14-2007 ) [Why is a colonoscopy being done at Camp David?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429728) ( **Fear Itself** 07-21-2007 ) (Note: Numerous threads at about this time speculating on Bush’s colonoscopy. Will they find the Constitution and Bill of Rights up there? What will Acting-Pres. Cheney do during his hour in power? Trying to distinguish real news from Onion article.) [Best Laxative?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440801) ( **Red Barchetta** 10-19-2007 ) [Rise of the Machines: Anal Probing Robot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449442) ( **Tuckerfan** 12-29-2007 ) [Aetna’s New Colonoscopy Policy? Ouch!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=450334) ( **Jinx** 01-05-2008 ) [Colon removal as cancer prevention?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=455264) ( **Kinthalis** 02-11-2008 ) [The Picolax Thread](http://singletrackworld.com/2009/02/the-picolax-thread-returns/) [Apparently a classic colonoscopy thread from the Singletrack message board.] Obligatory link to classic Dave Barry column: [Dave Barry: A journey into my colon – and yours](http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/v-fullstory/427603/dave-barry-a-journey-into-my-colon.html) (Miami Herald, orig. publ. 02-22-2008) [Colonoscopy-Not great news](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462010) ( **Mint Julep** 04-01-2008 ) [Get a colonoscopy if you are 50](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=463187) ( **Lillith Fair** 04-09-2008 ) [Ask the guy who just had a colonsocopy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466228) ( **Eutychus** 05-01-2008x ) [Colonoscopies & Cosmetics](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470065) ( **KittenKat** 05-31-2008 ) [Journey to the Center of My Colon…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475627) ( **Shodan** 07-15-2008 ) [Homer Simpson’s colonoscopy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482024) ( **mobo85** 09-06-2008 ) [Dave Barry colonoscopy journal - humorous PSA](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=485412) ( **pinkyvee** 09-28-2008 ) [Clear liquid diet, one gallon of laxative, colonoscopy - TMI](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=485782) ( **beckwall** 09-30-2008 ) [Making the most of a forced bowel cleanse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=487042) ( **What the … !!!** 10-09-2008 ) [To boldly Go where no Vet has gone before. Gorilla + Colonoscopy. Newslink](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491659) ( **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** 11-06-2008 ) [Well, the HalfLytely is kicking in…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=493217) ( **ivylass** 11-16-2008 ) [It’s Roto-Rooter time again…whine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=500124) ( **Clothahump** 01-03-2009 ) [Colonoscopy - routine or only when symptoms are present?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503544) ( **Carol the Impaler** 01-25-2009 ) [HalfLytely vs Phospho-Soda](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504910) ( **crazyjoe** 02-03-2009 ) [Ask yesterday’s colonoscopy recipient](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515410) ( **Boyo Jim** 04-25-2009 ) [So, ever been through colonoscopy prep?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=547726) ( **EddyTeddyFreddy** 01-13-2010 ) [What’s the poop on CT Colonography?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557823) ( **teela brown** 03-30-2010 ) [Colonoscopy Baby](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562523) ( **Cicero** 05-09-2010 ) [Your favorite colonoscopy prep regimen? (need answer fast)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566221) ( **Mama Zappa** 06-07-2010 ) [Ask the Man Who Had a Colonoscopy - the Sequel](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575251) ( **kunilou** 08-20-2010 ) [Tell me about your colonoscopy, especially the prep experience](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577994) ( **Stoid** 09-12-2010 ) [Whatever you do, don’t fart. TMI!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608935) ( **kambuckta** 05-18-2011 ) [Ooooohhh - My First Colonoscopy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=619388) ( **Atomic Mama** 08-07-2011 ) [Ever Have A High Colonic?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=619547) ( **Quasimodem** 08-08-2011 ) [Includes tangential discussion of colonoscopies.] [Does Miso Soup Count?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623395) ( **Atomic Mama** 09-07-2011 ) [Going for a colonoscopy - what’s it like?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=636960) ( **AaronX** 01-01-2012 ) [Colonoscopy while conscious: what’s the discomfort?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637350) ( **Machine Elf** 01-04-2012 ) [Colonoscopy advice](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=642546) ( **Ibanez** 02-18-2012 ) [Having a colonoscopy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650070) ( **Surly Chick** 04-29-2012 ) [[TMI] Had that colonoscopy 2 weeks ago, and now my ejaculate volume is way down. Normal?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651180) ( **John DiFool** 05-09-2012 ) [How soon does Dulcolax work? Requesting TMI pre-colonoscopy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=663471) ( **Napier** 08-27-2012 ) [Need colonoscopy jokes!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=669964) ( **Mama Zappa** 10-25-2012 ) [What would happen if…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=672626) ( **CheeseDonkey** 11-17-2012 ) [Mixing laxatives and anti-diarrheal meds, with side-discussion of colonoscopy prep.] [Tell me about your colonoscopy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684967) ( **tdn** 03-12-2013 ) [colon cancer and colonoscopies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=689360) ( **Machine Elf** 04-27-2013 ) [Colonoscopies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16315966#post16315966) ( **john b.** 05/23/2013 ) [Good news for colonoscopy prep!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=696074) ( **Mama Zappa** 07/09/2013 ) [Colonoscopy in a week](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703563) ( **Ike Witt** 9/30/2013 ) [Another Colonoscopy Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709612) ( **Siam Sam** 12-05-2013 ) [It’s been two months - time for another Colonoscopy Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=719221) ( **Mauvaise** 03/25/2014 ) [Welcome to 50 - here’s your colonoscopy kit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=725122) ( **Telemark** 06/03/2014 ) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-50-heres-your-colonoscopy-kit/689979)._