Quote Originally Posted by salsabike View Post
Hey, ny biker---the prep is usually bland diet for two days and liquid for one. And not to be TOO much of a proselytizer, but can you make a deal with a friend or co-worker to drive you, and trade some service for it? As one with a big old multi-generational family history of colon cancer, I am one who can testify pretty passionately to the importance of getting your first one done.
+ a million on what salsa bike said. Try to find someone to give you a ride -or take a cab. If you live really far from the doctor's office, then find a hotel close by. Another idea, ask the doctor's office what other patients with that problem do. Maybe they know of a shuttle service or a place close by you could stay. My 58 year old SIL (with not officially diagnosed Aspergers) refused to go to any kind of a doctor for her whole adult life until she recently had an intestinal blockage and emergency surgery that turned out to be Stage 4 colon cancer with a very poor prognosis. The doctor said it had probably been growing for 10 years. All of her siblings have had polyps removed during colonoscopies and so have avoided what she is going through now. This is not something to mess around with. (I AM being a proselytizer!)