# Whatever you do, don't fart. TMI!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296 "2011-05-18T09:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/21 "2011-05-19T02:53:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Well, at least until you have the actual colonoscopy. At that point you habve eliminated virtually everything in your colon, and they use inert gas to distend the colon, so they can see. At that point, farting is essential. It’s damned near mandatory, in fact. But you can take solace in the fact that you will be releasing Inert Gas. Yep. In fact, they would not let me out of recovery until I had farted twice, I took great pride in letting some that a rhinoceros would have been proud of. It’s almost the only time I can think of when one is rewarded for farting, so I decided to make the most of it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Harley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Race\_Harley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Harley)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/22 "2011-05-19T03:07:48Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > A wise piece of advice. I’m sure **lieu** will be along shortly to confirm this fact. 😃 > > Since this is in the realm of TMI (realm, hell, this thread is in TMI’s living room!) I’ll share this. Last time I had a colonoscopy my doctor gave me a few adult diapers, I forget the pc term for those right now, to wear as needed. I did wear one to bed that night. It helped. > > Before this post, only one person other than the doctor knew this. Now _Teeming Millions_ know! This topic and story and screen name… Genius! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/23 "2011-05-19T05:54:13Z")
Update: yes, I did lots of farts in the recovery room! All good, docs found a small polyp (sent off to pathology just as a precaution) but otherwise I feel fine. Had the procedure at 1.15pm and I’m home and grooving by 3.30pm!! Just don’t EVER let a Doctor try to insert the drip/canula thingy. Such things are best left to the much gentler and experienced hands of the nursing staff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/24 "2011-05-19T15:33:58Z")
> [@hermette](#): > > May I present for your entertainment, [the Picolax thread](http://www.singletrackworld.com/2009/02/the-picolax-thread-returns/) > > Enjoy 🙂 A very funny thread to be sure, but I’ve seen ones on the Dope that were just as good, and it made me proud! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/25 "2011-05-19T17:22:23Z")
> [@Ken001](#): > > This is a choice moment to introduce the Dave Barry article on his own colonoscopy experience… > > [http://board.jokeroo.com/funny-jokes/129257-news-hound-dave-barrys-colonoscopy-journal-non-political-humor.html](http://board.jokeroo.com/funny-jokes/129257-news-hound-dave-barrys-colonoscopy-journal-non-political-humor.html) Best bit from the article: Needing seat belts on your toilet. or possibly comparing it to a Shuttle launch. Your choice. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/26 "2011-05-20T14:45:49Z")
OMFG, people, _ **stop** _! don’t you know how hard it is to keep from laughing in an office cube farm??? between this op and the dave barry article i think i pulled something! :D:D:D:D ah yes, the queen has done more than her fair share of those lovelies and i do agree the prep is definitely the worst. i’ve had IBS for years and after the last 'oscopy in december i was officially upgraded to microscopic collagenous colitis. what fun for me. ☹ at least the prep stuff i get now comes in a small bottle rather than the 32 gallon-super sized bottle barry talked about and isn’t nearly so awful to drink. i toss that in with white grape juice and it’s actually drinkable. after that, of course, i pretty much live in the bathroom for the evening.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/27 "2011-05-20T16:26:24Z")
[Been there, done that.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475627) And you are correct, one does not risk flatulence. I thought I looked into the toilet and recognized things I ate during the Kennedy administration, and that laxative stuff was still doing its nefarious thing. Hoping for a good outcome otherwise for you, **kam**. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296/28 "2011-05-20T18:34:33Z")
As Jack Nicholson said in ‘The Bucket List’, “Never waste a hard on, never pass up a bathroom, and never trust a fart.” I think post op colonoscopy patients should get a T-shirt that says, “Pull my finger! I had a colonoscopy today!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-you-do-dont-fart-tmi/582296.md?page=1)