Pickles by Brian Crane for April 17, 2021

What’re trying to do Earl. Scar Nelson emotional for life.

Hey, just the thought of drinking Golightly™ would keep me awake…

Twas the night before the colonoscopy and Nelson was told to stay at his mother’s house that night. He wasn’t told why until he asked grampa to tell him a story.

Yow. The colonoscopy itself was nothing. Literally: I was in a state of induced memory loss during the procedure. But in those days, the prep for it was beyond excruciating. The most recent one, though, was (by comparison) downright benign. Less than 24 hours, only two liters of awful stuff to drink and no agonizingly gut-wrenching suppository. I’m not looking forward to next year’s… but I’m not fearing it like I used to would.

Templo SUD, note the picture on the wall.

No recollection of my grandfather me telling me bedtimes stories about his health issues.

I once began to wake up in the middle of the procedure. They had to increase the sedation. That was dreadful.

2 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r34MX4zuR28&ab_channel=JimmyKimmelLive

You have evey reason to be scared. There’s a time when you think you’ll never get to leave the bathroom.

Earl strikes again !

Wait until he tells you about his operation!

When I was young my grandparents friends would come over and talk about their and other’s ailments, gall bladders, tumors, etc. not pleasant !

I know that story, and it’s not that scary

I would imagine Earl’s “telling” to be more gross than scary.

Oh, for all the good colonoscopies do, you might as well…(you know the rest)

And knowing Earl, he didn’t leave out a single detail!

Nothing like a few shots of that ‘rocket fuel’ to get you going!

They are no picnic for sure . And I’m happy that the precious Roscoe is not in today’s cartoon . He should never be in something like todays comic. All though , if he was it would have made this something very special for some of us , me especially . : )

WHY do people feel the necessity of sharing this . . . experience?

My scariest was my first prostate biopsy

Yikes! Earl did that on purpose so he wouldn’t have to do the story telling anymore.

Has Opal lost weight? It sure looks like it. I could be wrong though.

Well, I knew it didn’t take much to trigger the when I had my . . . whatever surgical procedure, but this was really fast and about as funny as cancer.

And we thought political comments were bad

What is 24 hours of prep compared to the possibility of cancer. Runs in my family. Fortunately, caught early each time. Worth the taste.

After, seeing what my parents have to go through for one. Yes!! That is a scary story.

Had a colonoscopy in January. Unlike ten years previously, I didn’t have to drink two gallons of something that was mucus-textured on the day before the procedure. Now, it’s down to 24 oz. of a liquid laxative, followed by 8 – 10 glasses of water. Much more humane.

I wonder how many young children who just read this comic are now asking their parents what a colonoscopy is?

Lewis Black re colonoscopies for a funny 5 min break! https://youtu.be/q1Dc3t0YAw0

The first one is always the most memorable.. I remember mine fondly.. not!

My first was my last. It was about 20 years ago, and I had to be awake. I will never do it again.

Please, Grandma!

“You should hear the stories he tells me over breakfast.”

Well, did he tell you about the day before? Let me tell you about girls at puberty.

sure beats dying from colon cancer!

TMI…Grandpa…

I’ve had two and scary.

Once when I had a colonoscopy, the doctor came in and said, “you don’t look too happy but don’t worry you will be in a minute”. He was right because that propofol they pump into you is some really some good sh*t.

What I do know about my colonoscopy is all second hand information. Once they knocked me out I only recall bits and pieces of afterwards. I had to call my brother, who had been my chaperone, to find out what happened between the procedure, and when finally I completely woke up at home that evening. A little while after that the nurse called to check on how I was doing. While I was under their after care, both brother and nurse said I had seemed alert and coherent. Don’t ask me, I don’t remember.