A gentler way to conduct one of the most uncomfortable medical examinations may soon be available after a pill containing a camera that transmits images of internal organs was cleared for use.
The technology could avoid the need for hundreds of thousands of patients to have colonoscopies.
The device, created by the Israeli company Given Images, contains a tiny, battery-powered camera to help doctors to check for early signs of colon cancer.
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Having had a colonoscopy with Monitored Anesthesia Care, I can assure blog readers that the procedure itself can be quite pleasant, since one is unconscious. Although violated by another man who has now seen more of it than my wife has, my fundament was not at all sore when I woke up in the recovery area. In fact, I felt really great all over. The only residual effect was a LOT of gas; the nurse in the recovery area encouraged me to expel it (Isaiah 16:11), something I wouldn’t usually do in front of a woman.
The bad part is the prep, indescribable in a blog posting.
Numbers 5:22
2 Chronicles 21:15
Job 30:27
Song of Solomon 5:4
(etc.)
Actually the prep is the worst part.