Procedure Center of Southern Sacramento

These people are really sneaky.
They make you drink this gallon of gross liquid. You drink half of it within an hour the night before you have a colonoscopy and then you have to wake up at four in the morning and slam another half gallon of the stuff. You ever try to slam a half gallon of anything at four in the morning?
Drowning yourself in liquid isn’t even the worse part. Before you can even finish that gross concoction $hit has already begun to hit the fan and boy does it ever. Fortunately you are the least full of $hit you will ever be just in time to go have them stick a camera where the sun never shines.
They have you strip down and put on one of those gowns with your butt hanging out only they have you climb into bed and they reward you with a warm cozy blanket and even offer you a second blanket if you like. Then they ask you lots of questions and stick an IV in your arm before wheeling you into another room and this is where the sneaky part takes place. They ask you to roll over on your side and suddenly you feel all so very comfortable and the next thing you know you are back in the original room and they are telling you to put your street clothes back on. It’s like whoa, what just happened?
Then you go home and your girl friend tells you about a lengthy conversation you had with the medical staff and how you have to go in for another test in a few weeks only you don’t remember any of it. Sure enough, they have given you a paper with your appointment on it. They have even given you the results of the procedure but somehow you don’t remember any of it.
A few weeks later you go in for another test where they stick the camera in through your mouth. You make sure they are not using the same camera they used the first time. You get the same warm blanket treatment and you are pushed into the other room again and you wake back up in the first room and you had a conversation you do not remember and you have the results of your test already.
These people are slick. You won’t even know what hit you.

Here is THE place to go to have your procedure done. The name of this facility does a nice job of keeping your procedure vague and private from the general public. You can’t help but think as you walk in for your appointment that just about every patient there is going to go through the same thing that you are. What procedure is it you ask? Why its the dreaded COLONOSCOPY!
My General Practitioner stated that I had reached the age where a colonoscopy should be performed every 10 years. This was something that I had never considered before, but it is one of the best ways to detect colon cancer or other problems before it’s too late. The thought of having this done sounded scary, uncomfortable and embarrassing all at the same time.
Prior to my procedure, it was recommended that I attend a short class that would help explain what was involved by the doctor who would be performing the scoping. Then a few days before the colonoscopy, you go through a fasting process that includes ingesting certain liquids and medications. When the day arrives, an IV catheter is placed in the arm, a short acting anesthesia is administered, and you drift off to sleep never knowing that a miniature camera was just inserted into your anus which is used for scanning all the way up through the colon. Pictures are taken of key areas complete with an explanation of what may or may not have been discovered. You awake feeling relaxed without a hint of discomfort, and even not caring about the fact that strangers just focused in on an area of your behind where few people would want to venture…
The reception desk, doctors and nurses were all very nice and professional. I realized that when the time comes for me to have to go through it all again, there is nothing to be afraid of! It’s definitely a procedure of importance!