# You down with OPP? (Old People's Problems) Then post them here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002 "2021-12-13T19:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/241 "2022-02-23T21:18:58Z")
I don’t remember what they gave me, but I didn’t feel anything during the procedure. I do remember that when they were prepping me being told that the plan was to enter through my wrist, but there was a possibility that they might need to enter through my groin. So just in case, they shaved part of that area. Fortunately, the wrist entry was sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/242 "2022-03-15T16:30:17Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > My only problem is drinking the damn liquid. Remember, there are alternatives to the high-volume nasty stuff - which doctors prescribe out of habit, without bothering to remember there are less-vile options (SuPrep, ClenPiq, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/243 "2022-03-15T18:22:58Z")
Probably. It was at least 15 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/244 "2022-03-15T18:23:58Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Remember, there are alternatives to the high-volume nasty stuff - which doctors prescribe out of habit, without bothering to remember there are less-vile options (SuPrep, ClenPiq, etc.) It’s not the taste that I hate it is the volume. Do you have to drink less of these other things? ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/245 "2022-03-15T18:57:06Z")
I used Suprep once and it was much better. Instead of 64 oz of nastiness over the course of an evening , it was 6 oz of the prep diluted with 10 oz water the night before the procedure followed by two 16 oz glasses of water within an hour and the same in the morning before the procedure. So it was a higher total volume, but it was over a longer period of time and 2/3 of it was plain water. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/246 "2022-03-16T14:35:54Z")
64 oz! I had to drink a gallon of the vile crap. It gives me the shivers just thinking about it. I had to drink 3/4 of the jug the night before and then had to drink the rest the next morning. What a wonderful thing to wake up to. It was kind of salty, and when it traveled through my body, it felt cold. After I had taken my last gulp I wanted to kick that jug out into the street. The procedure itself was NOTHING compared to the prep. I asked a nurse why there wasn’t an easier way to do it and she said that they tried a pill/capsule but it didn’t work as well. My last one was about 8 years ago, I sure hope by the next time (in 2 years) I have to do it, there is an easier way. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/247 "2022-03-16T15:11:52Z")
There are already easier ways, the question is whether your doctor will be willing to use them. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/248 "2022-03-16T15:37:53Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > 64 oz! I had to drink a gallon of the vile crap. It’s possible that my memory is off- it was a long time ago , and it could have been a gallon. Which would make the Suprep better in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/249 "2022-03-16T19:03:30Z")
I used to work out hard every day. Now I don’t have to because every day I wake up feeling like I worked out hard no matter what I’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/250 "2022-03-16T22:01:22Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > There are already easier ways Not always. Some bowels need large volumes to flush them. I used to do sigmoidoscopies, and the number of times I encountered “code brown” are too numerous to count, and many of them happened after the “easier” preps. If one can get the patient to do it over a longer time, that’s fine. But that often entails jello/liquid diets for 48+ hours interspersed with large fluid boluses. Combining both “fast” and “easy” for a bowel prep is a challenge. Now, a lot comes down to patient compliance, and you never really know how closely the followed the prep. But if one encounters a squeaky clean colon on exam, then it’s most likely they followed directions. As for OPP, my back hurts, my kidneys are misbehaving, I’m lined up to see Pulmonary, Cardiology, Nephrology, Urology, Opthalmology, my Primary Care doc, plus I need a dental checkup. Good thing I’m retiring soon; personal health maintenance will be full time for me. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/251 "2022-03-17T01:30:38Z")
Two weeks ago I was having chest pains. I’ve had cardiac issues in the past, but this didn’t feel like anything I’d previously experienced. Just to be on the safe side, I called 911 and got taken to the ER. They ran a bunch of tests, including X-rays and CT scan, and eventually decided that it wasn’t my heart and let me go home the next morning. Before they sprung me they scheduled me to see a cardiologist last Wednesday and my primary today; I had been seeing a cardiologist pre-pandemic but they stopped scheduling me when the pandemic started. So this past weekend I was getting headaches and a little trouble swallowing. I figured I would be seeing the doc today so I’d talk to him about it if it was still bothering me. Everything went away by this morning, so I just let him know what I’d been feeling and we discussed possibilities. Decided it was nothing to worry about, most likely muscle strain. So of course after I got home home the headache came back. It went away after a Tylenol, but I’m getting annoyed that my body has been doing this to me lately. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/252 "2022-03-18T20:25:24Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > It’s possible that my memory is off- it was a long time ago , and it could have been a gallon. Which would make the Suprep better in comparison. I believe SuPrep is a 10 ounce bottle that you dilute into enough other liquid to make it 32 ounces (though don’t quote me on those numbers). Definitely less than the half-a-gallon-at-a-time version. When I did the pill-based prep, it was a mouthful of salty horse pills every 15 minutes, chased with 8 ounces of liquid each time. The evening version involved 5 rounds of that (so, 40 ounces), the morning version was 3 rounds (24 ounces). With the Prepopik (and its newer, better-for-the-manufacturer premixed version ClenPiq), you drink a small amount of potion but you are told to drink 32 ounces or so of something else. So, ultimately quite similar volumes of liquid - but it tcan be pretty much anything - e.g. broth, or Gatorade, or soda (weirdly, the pill instructions said the liquid HAD TO BE GATORADE OR YOU GONNA DIE; the other stuff had no such indications). Anyway: To me the answer is a) follow the damn instructions, you moron, and b) DO drink plenty of liquids. More than is required, if you can manage it. I’ve never had any complaints, and I’ve had 8 of them. MoviPrep, GoLytely (that’s the gallon version - and as noted, usually done as a split dose) and their ilk are prescribed out of habit / laziness / doctors’ mistrust that their patients can follow instructions. I guess the one advantage of GoLytely is that you don’t have to do anything else except mix and drink. No worries about Gatorade etc. being on hand, no Dulcolax, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/253 "2022-03-18T20:27:46Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Good thing I’m retiring soon; personal health maintenance will be full time for me. Hah - I swear that if my in-laws (in their 80s) didn’t have doctor appointments all the time, they’d never leave the house. I have 3 different appointments next week. I have a primary care appointment in late April, and a gastro appointment in mid May, and a mammogram in mid April. Plus whatever followups are required from next week’s appointments. I don’t have time to work anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/254 "2022-03-18T20:43:24Z")
My heel has started to hurt for no apparent reason. Not on the bottom, but on the side. And my Achilles tendon is sore (they’re probably related). I’ve had plantar fasciitis before and these are different symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/255 "2022-03-18T21:52:10Z")
Hah, my foot is suddenly painful up by the ball. Sounds like metatarsalgia according to my son in law. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002/256 "2022-04-05T14:44:15Z")
So my doctor says she’ll refer me for a colonoscopy. Couple weeks go by, I call the colonoscopy place and they don’t know anything about it, but I give them primary doc’s information and they agree to set me up an appointment anyway. First consult is supposed to be on Monday. So today the colonoscopy place calls, saying they had a referral, would I like to set up an appointment? I tell them I _have_ an appointment. After some delay, the nice lady on the phone asks, did I get an automated cancellation for that appointment? NO I DID NOT. Oh, well anyway, you don’t have an appointment anymore, would you like to set one up? Yes, nice lady, and could you make it skorry? I’ve got a bleeding ass here! Long story short, I can see the nurse practitioner (not the doc) only three days later. I’m starting to remember why I never go to the fucking doctor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-down-with-opp-old-peoples-problems-then-post-them-here/956002.md?page=12)