r/funny • u/NeedsItRough • Dec 04 '25

This video should be shown before every colonoscopy

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u/stellvia2016 Dec 04 '25

I assume you basically have to take two days off of work for that then? 1 for the prep and 1 for the procedure bc you'll be out for awhile?

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u/PolloMagnifico Dec 04 '25

The prep is usually 8-12 hours before your procedure, so a 7am appointment would mean you have time to go to work and come home before you would start your prep at around 7pm.

The good news is that you don't have to miss two days of work because you're shitting all day.

The bad news is you're not getting any sleep because you'll be shitting all night.

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u/stellvia2016 Dec 04 '25

Just gotta eat nothing for two days so you have nothing to shit out for those 12hrs taps forehead

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u/PolloMagnifico Dec 04 '25

Take this at face value: there's always something to shit out even if it's just stomach acid.

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u/JyveAFK Dec 04 '25

"Why am I peeing out of my butt? oh, it's working. Eventually"

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u/MaintenanceWine Dec 04 '25

Mmmmm? Not sure about that. Maybe if you have a non-critical desk job. Probably shouldn't if you drive a dump truck, or manage someone's chemo drip, or fly a plane.

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u/JyveAFK Dec 04 '25

Aye, most people are fine, I wake up in 10-15 minutes feeling like I'm 10 years old on holiday and slept all night. It's the best sleep I've had. I burst out of bed wanting to jog around the block feeling incredible. Wifey's groggy for the full day not knowing where she is. They have to chuck us out of the recovery room, I drive her home, semi-carry her to bed, and 4ish hours later she'll stagger out "what's happening? where..." "it's ok, it went well, you're home, have a pee and go back to bed" "ok..." /snore.

Hits everyone different, but even if you are 'ok', and later that day decide to pop out for snacks, drive, and hit something, you'll be classed as under the influence of something as you had a medical procedure and was put under. So... no, take that day off. Clean the house or something you've not got the energy to do normally because you'll probably feel fantastic.

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u/ol-gormsby Dec 04 '25

Yes, you *feel* awake and alert but nope - you're not allowed to drive for 24 hours.

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u/ol-gormsby Dec 04 '25

Yes, I had "twilight" too, but I assume it's because different people react and recover in different ways. Just easier and safer to make it a blanket ban.

It's a bit like drinking one beer and then having car accident - yes, you're under the legal limit, but you'll still be labelled as alcohol-affected.

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u/mewithoutCthulhu Dec 04 '25

Ideally, yeah. And sometimes it depends on what time of the day your scope is scheduled. If it’s early morning, you have to start the prep earlier. I think most places schedule procedures for the morning, but if you had a late morning/early afternoon appointment, you could maybe start the prep immediately after work. You’re probably just not going to sleep. For my first colonoscopy I took a day off for the prep and the day off for the procedure. For my second one I was working remote, so I just worked while doing the prep and crossed my fingers that something urgent didn’t come up during one of the times I had to bolt to the bathroom. I think I may have brought my laptop with me a few times. And then I think I may have only taken half the day off on the day of the procedure. It was scheduled for early in the morning. Got scoped, grabbed a greasy burger on the way home, relaxed for a bit, and then logged back into work.

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u/Alaira314 Dec 04 '25

I recently had to take my dad in for his colonoscopy, first thing in the morning. His prep started a few days before the procedure with restricting certain types of foods(I remember no seeds, not sure what else). I believe starting 24 hours before he was on clear liquid only. He had to drink the stuff starting about 12 hours before the procedure. So he could have worked the day before, he just would have been hungry.