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Okay av8tor, I am very confused now. We received an email from ACPA this week about the passing of a retired Captain Douglas L. Moore, and I thought it was you!

I was even going to mention it on the forum. Glad to see you're still with us! :thumbup:

Cheers, Jennifer

Hi Jenn,

Look at that obit again :Grin-Nod: That "Moore" was born in 1932 and had been retired for decades. "Our" Dougie is just a young'n, flew the F104 well before going into the transport role and is still pumping out good stuff via emails.

Glad he is still with us as well.:thumbup:

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Kip

Congrats on the outcome! BTW, alcohol is very bad for us, regardless of source. We often hear people claim that 'wine' is good for you. If one wants the benefits of grapes, drink grape juice. Grape juice has all the desirable properties of wine, but without the deleterious properties of alcohol.

JO

"And I've been told that one should never allow the doctor to perform the procedure without an anesthetic".

That may be the 'opinion' of one practitioner, but as a blanket policy, it wouldn't be correct.

So it's not okay to drink but it's okay to risk a perforated bowel? Yeah. Whatever. closedeyes.gif

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Okay av8tor, I am very confused now. We received an email from ACPA this week about the passing of a retired Captain Douglas L. Moore, and I thought it was you!

I was even going to mention it on the forum. Glad to see you're still with us! :thumbup:

Cheers, Jennifer

Hi Jennifer,

I'm glad too - and nice to know that someone might remember me! I also received the same e-mail and my initial reaction before reading it was along the lines of Mark Twain's quote about "reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Hopefully, my time is not up yet and if I live as long as Douglas L. did then I will be a satisfied camper!

I have to correct Kip about my Air Force background, although I had a few trips in it, I never flew that single engine light airplane known as the 104, I'm an ex-Voodoo driver ... a One-O-Wonder! :Dancing-Chilli:

Cheers,

Douglas E. Moore

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...........I have to correct Kip about my Air Force background, although I had a few trips in it, I never flew that single engine light airplane known as the 104, I'm an ex-Voodoo driver ... a One-O-Wonder! :Dancing-Chilli:

Cheers,

Douglas E. Moore

OOOOPs Doug, sorry,

Remember seeing you by a jet...just rechecked and it was the flying coke bottle(F5).... Re 101 vs 104..enjoyed the rides in both but the best was the F4...Just proves that if you have enough power you can make a brick fly...:Grin-Nod: :Grin-Nod:

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Certainly getting off the original subject but just for nostalgics, here is a shot of the afore mentioned Voodoo blazing away with primary armament.

The real thing fired in anger would probably have vaporized somewhere around a cubic city block, you too if you were not very quick to get out of the way.

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Glad to hear you are on the mend and close to enjoying some fine wine again soon.

A good friend of mine lost his battle with colon cancer a few years ago. For whatever reason he did not get examined at age 50 and that was his biggest mistake. Left unchecked, it spread quickly and cost him his life.

Thanks for the post and hope you're enjoying these hot summer Ontario days.

BD

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Speedy recovery, Kip, glad all is well.

My favorite article on the subject, written by:

by Dave Barry

Dave Barry's website

This is from news hound Dave Barry's colonoscopy journal:

I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis.

Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner. I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, quote, 'HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!'

I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called 'MoviPrep,' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America’s enemies.

I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous. Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor.

Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, and then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons.) Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon.

The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, 'a loose, watery bowel movement may result.' This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground.

MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but: Have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet.

After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep. The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of involuntary spurting. I was thinking, 'What if I spurt on Andy?' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough.

At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked.

Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep. At first I was ticked off that I hadn't thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have no choice but to burn your house.

When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere. I was seriously nervous at this point. Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand. There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, 'Dancing Queen' had to be the least appropriate.

'You want me to turn it up?' said Andy, from somewhere behind me.

'Ha ha,' I said. And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like.

I have no idea. Really. I slept through it. One moment, ABBA was yelling 'Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine,' and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood. Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that it was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never been prouder of an internal organ.

ABOUT THE WRITER:

Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald. On the subject of Colonoscopies... Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous..... A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies:

1. 'Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before!

2. 'Find Amelia Earhart yet?'

3. 'Can you hear me NOW?'

4. 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?'

5. 'You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married.'

6. 'Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?'

7. 'You put your left hand in; you take your left hand out...'

8. 'Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!'

9. 'If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!

10. 'Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.'

11. 'You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?'

And the best one of all.

12 'Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?'

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If you have lost a sense of humour, you have lost it all. That article makes me laugh (out loud), every time.

Joking aside, this is no laughing matter...

CALL YOUR DOCTOR and get'er done.

From another "North of 50" guy.

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If you have lost a sense of humour, you have lost it all. That article makes me laugh (out loud), every time.

Joking aside, this is no laughing matter...

CALL YOUR DOCTOR and get'er done.

From another "North of 50" guy.

Excellent!!!, :Grin-Nod: :Grin-Nod:

I love articles by Dave Barry. Copied and pasted and emailed to a few of my friends.

Thanks for a great start to another week.:thumbup: ( 5 more days and I get de-stapled!!)

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That is the funniest thing I've read in years. However after having decided that it might be an idea to have this procedure it has forced me to rethink that hasty decision. I think I'm just too busy for the next ten years. I'll probably get it then. Moviprep? I thought the only prep you needed was a ticket and a box of popcorn. Who knew?

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Hi Kip,

I am sorry to hear that you had to go through all of this, but I am also very pleased to hear you are on the mend and doing well.

I had the Roto rooter a few years back, I was lucky as nothing was found. Still an unpleasant experience to endure, probably more so for my wife who had to endure a few days on endless rippers,LOL :Dancing-Chilli:

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"So it's not okay to drink but it's okay to risk a perforated bowel? Yeah. Whatever."

Ok...let's say, 99+% of all people undergoing colonoscopy are sedated prior to. Virtually all perforations of the bowl occur with these patients. By extension, there isn’t much of a risk to those that choose to remain awake; is there?

Alternatively, by staying awake and alert, one can watch the process in ‘HD’ and come away comfortable in knowing, nothing was missed and the dreaded 'accidental' perforation that’ll bring one back in a seriously infected & near-death state, didn’t occur.

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That is the funniest thing I've read in years. However after having decided that it might be an idea to have this procedure it has forced me to rethink that hasty decision. I think I'm just too busy for the next ten years. I'll probably get it then. Moviprep? I thought the only prep you needed was a ticket and a box of popcorn. Who knew?

Hi Greg...

In all seriousness I STRONGLY suggest you go get it done ASAP.....many times there are no symptoms...many times it is too late. I'm sure folks want to hear you strumming the strings for decades to come so....GO FOR IT NOW !!!

Believe those of us that say the prep, (roto-rooter), drink is the worst of it but being a pilot I am sure you have heaved back worse drinks....the procedure is totally painless.:tu:

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Thanks Kip

I'm about due for a medical anyway so I'll definitely bring it up, which I hopefully won't do with that foul sounding drink. :)

Pico Salix is not that bad taste wise. I just found it odd that when you have a cold glass of water and you pour the contents in, the water becomes warm very quick. makes you wonder if you are about to ingest a glass of Dante's inferno.

After a few hours you begin to wonder of the stuff works, then the blub blub blub happens in your belly. An hour later you can put out a forest fire with your back side!!!!!!:icon_jook:

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Hi Greg...

In all seriousness I STRONGLY suggest you go get it done ASAP.....many times there are no symptoms...many times it is too late. I'm sure folks want to hear you strumming the strings for decades to come so....GO FOR IT NOW !!!

Believe those of us that say the prep, (roto-rooter), drink is the worst of it but being a pilot I am sure you have heaved back worse drinks....the procedure is totally painless.:tu:

I thought the worst part was the Micheal Bolton and Kenny G music being piped in, my Doctors insistence on not wearing gloves and the three web cams in the examination room.

:shhh:

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I thought the worst part was the Micheal Bolton and Kenny G music being piped in, my Doctors insistence on not wearing gloves and the three web cams in the examination room.

:shhh:

Just how close are you to your doctor anyway? :eek:

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Pico Salix is not that bad taste wise. I just found it odd that when you have a cold glass of water and you pour the contents in, the water becomes warm very quick. makes you wonder if you are about to ingest a glass of Dante's inferno.

After a few hours you begin to wonder of the stuff works, then the blub blub blub happens in your belly. An hour later you can put out a forest fire with your back side!!!!!!:icon_jook:

GREG.

Pico Salix comes in Cranberry and Orange flavour and is no big deal. The 5 ounces can be tipped past the taste buds if you hate the flavours. It also gives you a warning when to head for the "water closet"......not like the stuff of yesteryear where you pretty much had to sit in the "loo" all evening.

The stuff one takes for a Cat Scan is much worse, it was strawberry flavoured but there was 725ml to get back at one shot.:o

Greg, if your doctor feels you don't need a scope..............................change doctors.;)

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GREG.

Pico Salix comes in Cranberry and Orange flavour and is no big deal. The 5 ounces can be tipped past the taste buds if you hate the flavours. It also gives you a warning when to head for the "water closet"......not like the stuff of yesteryear where you pretty much had to sit in the "loo" all evening.

The stuff one takes for a Cat Scan is much worse, it was strawberry flavoured but there was 725ml to get back at one shot.:o

Greg, if your doctor feels you don't need a scope..............................change doctors.;)

Man I miss being 20 something. Thanks fopr tyhe advice Kip. I'll take it. :white:

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