Best news of the week.
Actually of the year, perhaps even of the decade.
At the Mayo Clinic, prepping for a colonoscopy now only
involves only – and I want to put that in capitals – ONLY - swallowing four
cleansing tablets instead of that ocean of liquid laxative that’s been the
standard pre-colonoscopy diet for decades.
In fact, for most people who’ve had them (conflict of
interest admission: I’ve had a colonoscopy - actually had more than one, but you
already know more about me than is good for you) will tell you that the worst
part of that procedure is the bowel prep because that liquid is simply awful
tasting (another truthful admission: I’ve never finished the whole bottle and
it’s never seemed to make a difference).
The only fly in this smelly ointment is that this prep
only works for a “virtual” colonoscopy, that is a 3D CT scan of the bowel, and
not for the standard ram-the-tube-up-the-rear colonoscopy but if this new table
prep is w3idely advertised, I’m willing to bet that a lot more people will be
willing to come forward – or something like that – to get a colonoscopy.
