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   PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Win32  Jun 19 2020 MSC    
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   Kurt,   
      
    KW>  Colon cancer runs in my family on my mom's side - 2 great uncles died   
    KW>  from it, and my mother was successfully treated years ago. I've been   
    KW>  getting regular colonoscopies since I was 40. I'm 54 now.   
      
     I got you beat by 6 years.  A few years back, when I was having one   
   done, there was an 85 year old woman, getting her first one. My GI doctor,   
   a nice black man, was very annoyed with her for waiting so long.   
      
    KW>  The laxative prep is a pain, but given that beer is OK beforehand,   
    KW>  living on jello, broth and beer is an interesting experience.   
      
     Now, I know beer is a diurectic, but I thought that any alcoholic   
   beverage would dehydrate you in a big way...never mind you're losing   
   all that fluid with repeated (but needed) bouts of diarrhea...never   
   mind setting your butt on fire. :P As noted, one woman thought vodka   
   was "a clear liquid", but her heart stopped during the procedure. They   
   had to forget about the colonoscopy and get "the crash cart" to get   
   her back to life. Then, she had to do the prep work again, and then   
   pay the full fee the second time.   
      
    KW> ... Twist the spine   
      
     I already have degenerative disk disease there, and my neck bones   
   are severely kinked...and the neck pain was bothering me overnight.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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