You obviously don't have a heeler. 1- mild concern 2- in your face concern 3- bitey concern 4- screamy concern 5- screamy jumping concern 6- vigilant concern 7- exhausted sleep Bluey is adorable, but blue heelers are energetic psychopaths that need to use their mouth and teeth on things. Do not get one if you are not prepared to explain to people that you are not being abused, the bruises are from your land shark. And you want to walk a dog 4 miles a day.
Sorry but as I see it, this isn't a "fading" Adam Ragusea video. It's a *peak* Adam Ragusea video. Very interesting and important topic, excellent and well thought-out presentation, a close-up personal angle that makes it easy to draw actual real-life conclusions and all the sciency ideas that you expect. Like it or not, I'm actually quite confident that your best work is ahead of you. Looking forward to it :)
If anything, it's closer to his videos before his channel really exploded. Just a lot of "I'm gonna talk about this because I really wanted to know the answer, and I'm betting I'm not alone so I'll share"
I agree. Those vids about topics relating to the effects to the human body can almost compete to those scientifically comparing different cooking techniques on one single ingredient or dish. Would like to see those even more often again though. Thx
i love how confidently Adam doesn’t care about falling off. it’s rare to see internet sensations value their personal life over clout, and I think that’s inspiring. Much love, from one average person to another :)
A RUclipsr I’ve watched for over a decade did it too, nerdcubed, he just hated the fame and grind so gave it up and decided to do what he felt went he felt
@@alexrogers777 Hes made a couple videos about it if you look back. The TLDR is that hes financially stable and putting himself and his family first, doing what he feels like and when, and doesnt really want to grow anymore
Making a joke out of it is like making a cushion for when he really does fall off... it's gliding him down instead of just dropping. He could even see some tailwind and pick up because of this and he would be producing less.
Lowkey I feel like the term falling off is used a little casually. He went from making a crap ton of content(aka what we expect from 75% of youtubers) to stepping back to focus on his life... and still making a decent amount of content. I just associate falling off with some type of failure. Not just willingly choosing to work less and talk about things you like more.
I have a family history of colon cancer. I had a colonoscopy at age 40 and they found cancer, early enough that it was easy to remove and after 3 months of chemo I am cancer free with a statistical 90% chance it will not come back. I can't emphasize this enough having a colonoscopy saved my life, and honestly catching it early meant my experience was much easier and more successful than the majority of people who battle with cancer
"Why is it one of the most common and deadly kinds of cancer?" I hear nobody at all asking. Because every time your cells divide, there's a chance that things go wrong, if one thing goes wrong, and two other things that are supposed to stop that from happening also doesn't kick in, you've got a potential problem. If a second set of things that are supposed to brutally murder that now-cancerous cell also goes wrong, you've got a real problem, and depending on how fast the new cancer cell can divide you have a different timeframe for how long it's going to take to get really bad. The cells that make up the lining of your colon are technically counted as an "outside" part of your body, they are there for physical defense as well as other functions, and they take a lot of abuse from a lot of different things. This means they are built from the ground up to divide REALLY fast. Which means they have a high chance of accidentally going bad (because you essentially roll a lot of dice at once, all the time) and when they do, they grow really, really fast no matter where they end up.
My genetic oncologist tells me that colon cancer typically grows on the slower side, which is why it's enough for most middle-aged-and-older folks to get scoped every ten years or so. However, if you (like I) have Lynch syndrome, you're missing a crucial DNA spellchecker script, and the cancer can grow very fast. You're also more likely to get cancer young or have multiple bouts of different cancers. That's why those of us with this mutation really need a colonoscopy every year or two, even if we're under 40.
Chemist here, wanted to say that this was a pretty great explanation of osmosis without getting into atomic charges and stuff. Great balance, and the demonstration with the potato was great.
Can't it also work without electrostatic considerations because the solvent can freely cross the membrane but the solute can't, which blocks the solvent from going back the other direction?
no it isnt! it's a terrible explanation because it's not true! osmosis does not rely on electrostatic attraction! atrractive forces may make the pressure higher than it would be otherwise but osmosis occurs regardless even if there is no attraction between the solute and the solvent at all! simply through random brownian motion and collisions of particles. Search "Osmosis as you have never seen it" by the channel "Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky" for a demonstration of it happening even on a macro scale between simulated vibrating marbles and cubes.
Yeah, the first time i did it, they told me to mix crystal light with it.. which definitely helped. And you just live on or near the toilet and are squirting shit for hours. Not fun.
nah, the part that sucks is how much your whole body screams at you that this thing you are drinking, you are not supposed to drink that. Like, I can only force so much down before my whole body decides that I am not to be trusted as a pilot and disables my ability to swallow. It doesn't even taste that awful, it's just that your entire being can recognize it for what it is; poison. Want a painful case of the runs? Drink milk. This is weak compared to IBS let me tell you.
@@itdies2dayyo I have crohn's and have to get a scope every 3-4 years. I found that the prep tasted better at room temperature. Didn't mind the aftermath
"Shitting out your life force" is a good description of the process. I had my first colonoscopy about 6 months ago. The prep process was unpleasant, but mostly because of not being able to eat real food for a while (and the frequent interruptions when trying to play a TTRPG on Zoom with friends who found my situation hilarious). The actual procedure was great. Well, the post anesthesia fuzziness was great.
Literally and figuratively the most open i've seen a youtuber be 😂 joking aside thanks for sharing your experience Adam! It's great to get the masses educated about colon cancer screening! 11/10 would recommend to a friend 😂👏
My father died of cancer that started in his colon in 2022. My uncle almost died of colon cancer. Being in my late 30s, I am mentally preparing myself for regular screenings relatively soon. Thanks for making this video. Adam, I have been regularly watching/consuming your content for the past few years, and I want to say that I appreciate your style, your attention to detail, your openness… I know this is a very parasocial thing to say, but you seem like the kind of guy it would be cool to hang out with. Enjoy your semiretirement. I’ll keep enjoying your content one way or the other.
My father passed from it at 69, and aunt had stage 4 at 50. I got the first screening at 30. The prep is the worst part. Assuming you do it with anesthesia, the procedure is a piece of cake. Actually, it's quite nice to wake up on propofol lol
My brother's wife had to go through colonoscopy prep one time years ago. They were at my mom's house, which was about a half-hour drive from their own house. The doctor told her that she'd have roughly an hour between drinking and pooping, so she drank the drink just before they were about to leave to go home. My brother, however, got to chatting on the way out the door, while his wife was constantly pulling on sleeve, and forty-five minutes passed before they left. My brother's wife ended up shitting multiple times in the woods (or rather on the way from the shoulder of the highway to the woods) next to the highway. My brother lived in the doghouse for months afterward.
I can't tell you how relieving it was watching you go through this. I've recently had some things happen to me that have made me need a colonoscopy. I've been pretty worried about it and feel so astoundingly better to see my favorite "fading internet star" do the same. Thanks Adam.
I’ve suffered with quite hardcore Crohn’s disease since 1992, with all manner of life changing events and related ups and downs in between then and now. The horrors and tribulations that my disease has thrust upon me, is partly one of the catalysts for my obsession and passion for food and cooking. I won’t bore you with the whole story, but suffice to say I’ve had to have hundreds of colonoscopies over the years, and have had to purge myself with every varietal of bowel preparation ever made, and none of them are at all palatable. All of this to say, I salute you Mr Ragusea, and sympathise with you having to go through this. As someone who get as much pleasure from food as you do, it’s no wonder you found that horrific stuff so hard to swallow. Good luck anyway, chin chin 👍🏻👍🏻
@@iBroTuber I’ve had a lot of my gut removed over the years due to various flare ups and traumas, so it’s a little compromised here and there, but overall I can eat most things. For me, the things that do cause me problems are more mechanical so to speak. Anything too challenging like really fibrous, woody, seedy sorts of food can easily cause blockages and digestive annoyances. Again, no big deal though, as knowing how to cook stuff in a way that changes the inherent textures or toughness is a great help. For any food that I simply can’t live without that might cause me any issues, I just dive in and indulge and enjoy, fully accepting they will maybe give me a little grief afterwards. It’s a small price to pay though, and at the end of the day it’s food, one of life’s supreme pleasures, so I think on balance a little indigestion or bloating is worth it. I try to eat only the good stuff too, and am obsessed with cooking and good ingredients, which go a long way to helping me maintain as healthy a diet as I can under the circumstances. I know people with similar issues and symptoms to me, who are just not interested in good food, and just want to live on a very simple and meagre diet. I’m not judging them, as cooking can be a pain if one isn’t invested or interested. It does help though, and having a keen interest in what you cook and eat without doubt goes a long way to lessening the unpleasantness 👍🏻
@@paulmanningremixes6408 thanks for the detailed response, do you follow any cookbook? Im moving out this year and want to have a base line on what to eat so I dont eat bad food everyday
It's nice of them to warn you to stay very close to a bathroom after drinking that stuff now. Decades ago that wasn't always the case. It also consisted of a six ounce bottle of innocent looking clear liquid that one got right off the shelf at the drugstore. I drank mine on my way to work. Need I say more?
The "salty kind" is also what some less-than-medically-minded people make their own version of with pickle juice and various other additives. I have heard the resulting experience referred to as "waterfalling".
I have issues that make me prone to electrolyte imbalance. So pickle juice is just something I can chug an 8 oz glass of in a pinch when I don't have my usual high strength electrolyte mix. No issues. But keep the Epsom salt far far away. I can't even soak my feet in an Epsom salt bath. Putting all of me in one is just asking for that "waterfall" you mentioned, for the next 2 days. It has landed me in the local rural hospital for the afternoon to receive iv fluids.
I thought I would be less fond of your content after you said you would do less of the regular stuff, but honestly your new content is really to my liking, and I've learned that I really like watching you for you, not necessarily for the cooking. Your personality is so refreshing, and I'm glad you're still here!!!
Loving Adam 2.0. You were wondering if you're creative era was over... I think it's just starting. Really didn't expect to learn about colonoscopies today, but you make it so easy. Hope you're feeling better, and keep it up!
I had one at 29. Funny story. It was quick, did the colon clense procedure. Arrived. The had me change clothes, get preped, got me to the room, had me count down from 100, they knocked me out, and the next moment I know was the nurse was instructing me what happened and my ride was here. All her talk was 30 seconds or so. She said you can leave when you are ready. Not missing a beat I just got up. I was working really hard at that point so my will to get up while being really tired was exceptional. I got up fast and but till clumsy a bit but the nurse rushed toward me and knocked over a few things and fell and I was the one helping her up. I never confirmed this but she was around her mid 50s and apparently, in all her years she never encounter someone get up as quick as me from the procedure.
Adam, as a 40 year old colon cancer survivor thank you for doing this. The amount of people under 45 being diagnosed with ColoRectal cancer is increasing at crazy amounts. If I had known how easy it was to get a colonoscopy done and what I would avoid by effectively curing my cancer. I would have paid to get it done out of pocket at regular intervals starting at 30. It's around $1500 bucks out of your pocket with no insurance.
Love this! At 28 I had an colonoscopy and they removed a tubular adenoma, which has about a 9% chance of becoming cancerous. Very grateful I went through with it, even if the prep (a gallon of PEG) sucked. Top tip, get some water flavoring like MIO and add it to each glass, because even if the prep says it’s “lemon flavored” it SUPER isn’t lol
As someone who grew up in Bloomington and actually worked in a limestone quarry for a summer, I LOVE seeing the Cutters shirt. The movie came out the year my family moved there and I never get tired of it.
Adam, your Cetacean Institute sticker on the big metal water tub has made my day. Also, as a man with a family history of colon cancer who just turned 40 and will be going through this soon... Strangely well-timed video!
Thank you Adam. My family has a history of cancer but nobody really talks about which cancer they had and prevention and stuff. Thank you for putting your butt on (the) line for us.
So sorry you had to re-do the prep, Adam! My doctor didn't like the results from my very first colonoscopy prep, so I had to have another colonoscopy a year later, rather than 5 years later.
Watching this for the second time after I had mine last week. Having ulcerative colitis means I've had 3 now before age 40! You're doing good work by talking about this
Thanks for making this, Adam! I'm 23 and I've had 5 colonoscopys already (Chrons) and I can firmly say it is not that bad. The prep sucks but if you have any risk of colorectal disease it's worth a few hours of discomfort.
That bit about learning better with concepts hits like the Chicxulub impact. Teaching is a wildly underrated skill. So many people assume that it's just reciting instructions. But if you can't explain the principles of those instructions, they're less than useless. Not the least of which reasons being most instructions are created with the assumption that you already know some of the first principles they're rooted in. Knowledge is not a LEGO set.
thank you adam, i have a lot of trauma associated with gi symptoms so im really really scared of the prep. seeing you take it in stride and with humor made me feel a bit more at ease about it
Thank you so much, Adam, for putting this into the world. More people need to do this and not be afraid of it, and I really hope your video helps encourage people to get this done. I had my first (despite being young and no family history because of ongoing GI symptoms leading to a fear of cancer) last month, and while the prep (think I had the polymer) was godawful, it was far less awful than I expected, and the relief of knowing I don't have cancer was so worth it in every way. And even if I had had cancer --- at least I'd know so we could start fighting it. Please folks, please listen to Adam on this. It's one of the easiest things you can do to protect your health and prolong your life.
Oncology RN here. I’ve seen far too many (esp young) people fall victim to colon cancer. Often times, it’s advanced at diagnosis and much harder to treat and nearly impossible to cure. I can’t tell you how many people have told me that they are afraid of a colonoscopy - either the prep or the procedure. Thank you for spreading the word to your subscribers that it’s not a big deal!
Hey Adam, just been hiding here in the background enjoying your videos for years. I just want to say, Thank You. I enjoy your style of content and also really love the new content you've been putting out. It doesn't have to be food related, but like Doug DeMuro, I love to hear about the quirks and features that interest you in life, I find them interesting too. Thank you for sharing this experience and helping people feel more comfortable about a process that helps save lives. I hope you and your family are doing well and in good health (also wish the same to whoever is reading this
It's refreshing to hear someone else acknowledge learning better through concepts/mechanisms. Directions are usually okay, but I interpret them by trying to understand what each step/rule is trying to accomplish.
11:20 I took a class on histology in med school. The classroom of the first lecture had an enormous presentation screen, I think it was as large as a huge tarp or something. I'll never forget the sound of all the students gasping in shock when the lecturer casually pulled up images of severe colite and Crohn's cases first thing in the morning (it's very nsfl). Even though I looked at such things every day for the duration of that course, I still get the ick looking at the inside of the body haha. Congrats on your health.
I want to share this with many of my patients. I appreciate your real reflection on a process that virtually everyone in the world should go through at one point when they are due. Truly, explaining why we ask our patients to do something, or anything is the way to get the best outcomes. As a Family Physician I take so much pride in that; it is such a cornerstone in my training. P.S: If colonoscopy results came back normal, including biopsy as the number/types of polyps removed you may only need to repeat it in 10 years. The recommendations changes based on the results of course, can be 5 or can be in a year. Lots of love and respect
Thank you Adam for explaining the procedure in such detail! Im a 15 year colon cancer survivor. Early detection will save your life! You have probably saved lives just by making this video! My son is 35 and I insisted that he get his first colonoscopy last year. They found 3 polyps and simply removed them. People, don't put this off!
Funny to see this a week out from my third colonoscopy (as a twenty-something, thank ulcerative colitis) but for those also going to have one, Hank Green has a really good video about everything you need to know In short though, basically just imagine everything from the POV of an endoscope. No seeds/nuts/whole grains for 1 week prior because those can get lodged. The day before, nothing red/orange/purple because that can look like blood, and of course make sure there’s a bathroom available on short notice. Sometimes your GI may instead instruct you to simply combine MiraLAX with Gatorade, but different practices do slightly different things. And of course make sure to have someone else drive you or accompany you home (if on public transit) because you will still be woozy from the anesthesia
I don't know about the "fading" part of your opening statement Adam, this new era of your content is a lot more similar to the stuff that you produced when I started watching your videos regularly in the first place. As an old fan that kind of had to step away for a longish while, these videos are exactly what I felt was missing back then. So thank you for continuing to post from semi-retirement, even if just for a while, it really has cemented in my brain that people are, well... people. In the times we live in, that is kind of a blessing.
Well, "fun" stuff! I hope things go well for you and there's nothing wrong with your digestive system, Adam. Went through a colonoscopy myself two years ago and one of the laxatives I was required to drink was literally just a bag of xylitol I had to dissolve in a certain amount of water. So I got to drink a big glass of very sweet water, just so I can run to the bathroom a few minutes later. That was definitely more pleasant than the other laxative, which not only tasted awful in comparison but was also more painful to get out. 😬
The masculine urge to cope with feeling uncomfortable/sick by obsessively explaining the mechanism of how you feel uncomfortable/sick is really relatable
i can't tell whether Adam was always snarky but was hiding it throughout his entire online career or picked up being snarky as a semi-retirement hobby, both explanations are equally Adam-like
I love your approach to serious topics and mix of fact, fun, and relevant tangents. I'm not far behind (snicker) you in this journey, so looking forward to my turn getting screened.
Y'know, Adam may have his roots in actual at home cooking videos but my favorite videos are the very "boring" scientific exploration videos. His videos on ptfe? Absolutely my favorite so far. The beer brewing videos where he interviewed a few academics at college and talked about the nitty gritty in brewing, also bangers. I'll admit, when it's mainly recipe videos I only watch for something I'd want to eat myself, and sometimes for others to impress. However these types of videos that are at best tangentially related to cooking are my favorites
Same here 2 weeks to the day. The starvation was freaking brutal, the procedure was easy peesy, the first fart after I woke up was legendary, and the deluxe pizza I got after the procedure was top tier.
I actually loved this video, to the point, and informative while being personal enough that it makes it interesting and also presents the info in a super accessible and understandable way, its a really effective video that makes this process a lot less intimidating, I think a lot of Adam's videos do this with cooking but its cool to see it with something like this, really drives home what is great about his style. Weirdly one of my new favorites
I’m a radiologist. He’s unfortunately way way off on the cancer risk associated with mammograms. The amount of extra radiation that a mammogram exposes to you is about the same as a cross country flight. It’s not nothing but his framing is way off. Don’t avoid mammograms due to concern for cancer risk, please! The benefit far outweighs the risk.
I started at 50. I am now 66. Found a couple of polyps the 1st one (benign) which made me get a second one in 5 years instead of ten. I am a technologist and was so calm they did not knock me out on the 1st 2 and I enjoyed watching the screen. The third was a new doctor (old one retired) and he did not believe me and knocked me out. Thank you for sharing this important subject.
I must do this soon this year due to my ulcerative colitis. I actually still need to schedule that, but that probably won't until I see a GI next month.
thanks Adam. my family also has a history of colon cancer and seeing this video has made me less scared but the doctors finding something has me really on edge. what's worse is that younger people like me (just turned 31 last week) are getting cancer much earlier so i really should do it sooner than later
They should! My mom passed from Colon cancer when I was 21 and I wanted a colonoscopy and genetic screening right away but they told me they would when I turn 35 😢
Adam, thank you for making a video about this. Regular preventative screenings and understanding your own risk factors are so, so important for catching cancers early, and catching a growth early on gives the best chances of effective treatments and survival.
FWIW: I successfully deferred my first "voyage to see what's up my bottom" for 10 years. Age 60 rolled around and I thought I'd better roll with the program. Got a proctologist with NO sense of humor. Nevertheless... Came out the other side and he told me, in his words: "something I rarely get to say to people. You are squeaky clean." Zero, zip, nada at age 60. Not even a hint of polyp to biopsy. As an aside I told him it was due to the prodigious amounts of hot peppers I consume EVERYDAY. I got a "meh" but that's OK. Got a 10 year coming up this year so we'll see. Good luck with your voyage Adam! And I, for one still enjoy your content! Thank you!
My band will be called “The Osmotic Squirts.” Thanks for a really fun and interesting way to get an important message to your public. I’ve lost a couple friends to colon cancer and both never had any idea till they started having problems and were found to be stage 4. Both were also younger than the typical age they recommend having a first colonoscopy. I’m glad you’re all good. And the “I-don’t-give-a-rat’s-ass” drug is great, makes it like waking up from a nice nap.
I really respect that you’ve adopted a philosophy that makes what I’m about to say potentially less important to you, but I just wanted to let you know nonetheless that I’m really loving the new, laid-back videos. They’re a breath of fresh air in today’s youtube landscape, and your personality is perfect to carry a more conversational format. Thank you for doing what you do.
Adam, you are an absolute legend. I don’t idolize people, but if I did, you’d definitely be Top 5 on the list. Thank you for…being. Just that and everything that comes with it
Colonoscopy saved my uncle’s life and his openness about it encouraged his coworkers to go in and get one. Great video Adam, thanks for being so honest!!!
He's salting his gut instead of his steak
that's a good one lmao
why i salt my water, not my gut
Slow clap
his cutting board. :))))
This should be the top comment
the dog went through all stages of dog
1. concern
2. indifference
3. sleep
meanwhile the stages of cat is just the last two
Dog be like: He's talking to that box again.
@Leonard excuse me? Cats are overly concerned about everything at all times
Some cats have 3 stages too, 1. Judgemental 2. Indifference 3. Sleep @@LeonardGreenpaw
You obviously don't have a heeler.
1- mild concern
2- in your face concern
3- bitey concern
4- screamy concern
5- screamy jumping concern
6- vigilant concern
7- exhausted sleep
Bluey is adorable, but blue heelers are energetic psychopaths that need to use their mouth and teeth on things.
Do not get one if you are not prepared to explain to people that you are not being abused, the bruises are from your land shark. And you want to walk a dog 4 miles a day.
Sorry but as I see it, this isn't a "fading" Adam Ragusea video. It's a *peak* Adam Ragusea video. Very interesting and important topic, excellent and well thought-out presentation, a close-up personal angle that makes it easy to draw actual real-life conclusions and all the sciency ideas that you expect. Like it or not, I'm actually quite confident that your best work is ahead of you. Looking forward to it :)
If anything, it's closer to his videos before his channel really exploded. Just a lot of "I'm gonna talk about this because I really wanted to know the answer, and I'm betting I'm not alone so I'll share"
I agree. Those vids about topics relating to the effects to the human body can almost compete to those scientifically comparing different cooking techniques on one single ingredient or dish. Would like to see those even more often again though.
Thx
i love how confidently Adam doesn’t care about falling off. it’s rare to see internet sensations value their personal life over clout, and I think that’s inspiring. Much love, from one average person to another :)
A RUclipsr I’ve watched for over a decade did it too, nerdcubed, he just hated the fame and grind so gave it up and decided to do what he felt went he felt
I'm kinda out of the loop, why is Adam not making cooking stuff as much? Why is he (intentionally?) falling off?
@@alexrogers777 Hes made a couple videos about it if you look back. The TLDR is that hes financially stable and putting himself and his family first, doing what he feels like and when, and doesnt really want to grow anymore
Making a joke out of it is like making a cushion for when he really does fall off... it's gliding him down instead of just dropping. He could even see some tailwind and pick up because of this and he would be producing less.
Lowkey I feel like the term falling off is used a little casually. He went from making a crap ton of content(aka what we expect from 75% of youtubers) to stepping back to focus on his life... and still making a decent amount of content. I just associate falling off with some type of failure. Not just willingly choosing to work less and talk about things you like more.
"Fading internet Starlet" is a lot better than "try-hard dishonest clout-chaser" so I'm glad you're focusing on making what you want.
But I mean he also has a very loyal fanbase, I rarely see a video get under 100k views 😭
What happened? I have no clue
@@glucosinahe basically retired, he’s in his 40s with 6ish year old kids, so he just does what he wants and makes money that way
I swear that's the end game for so many RUclips channels. Bonus points for AI-generated thumbnail.
i have a feeling i know exactly what you look like
I have a family history of colon cancer. I had a colonoscopy at age 40 and they found cancer, early enough that it was easy to remove and after 3 months of chemo I am cancer free with a statistical 90% chance it will not come back. I can't emphasize this enough having a colonoscopy saved my life, and honestly catching it early meant my experience was much easier and more successful than the majority of people who battle with cancer
Glad you're ok!
"Why is it one of the most common and deadly kinds of cancer?" I hear nobody at all asking.
Because every time your cells divide, there's a chance that things go wrong, if one thing goes wrong, and two other things that are supposed to stop that from happening also doesn't kick in, you've got a potential problem. If a second set of things that are supposed to brutally murder that now-cancerous cell also goes wrong, you've got a real problem, and depending on how fast the new cancer cell can divide you have a different timeframe for how long it's going to take to get really bad.
The cells that make up the lining of your colon are technically counted as an "outside" part of your body, they are there for physical defense as well as other functions, and they take a lot of abuse from a lot of different things.
This means they are built from the ground up to divide REALLY fast. Which means they have a high chance of accidentally going bad (because you essentially roll a lot of dice at once, all the time) and when they do, they grow really, really fast no matter where they end up.
Great comment 👌Also this is why our guts are sensitive to radiation. A whole-body absorbed dose of radiation will disproportionately affect the gut.
Thank you for the explanation. I guess it's the same as with melanomas and other types of skin cancer?
Fuck yeah, thanks for the unsolicited but very insightful comment
My genetic oncologist tells me that colon cancer typically grows on the slower side, which is why it's enough for most middle-aged-and-older folks to get scoped every ten years or so. However, if you (like I) have Lynch syndrome, you're missing a crucial DNA spellchecker script, and the cancer can grow very fast. You're also more likely to get cancer young or have multiple bouts of different cancers. That's why those of us with this mutation really need a colonoscopy every year or two, even if we're under 40.
@@abracadaverousI have 3 cousins under 40 who died of various cancers. When you have it in the family it's very serious to get tested young indeed.
Chemist here, wanted to say that this was a pretty great explanation of osmosis without getting into atomic charges and stuff. Great balance, and the demonstration with the potato was great.
Can't it also work without electrostatic considerations because the solvent can freely cross the membrane but the solute can't, which blocks the solvent from going back the other direction?
no it isnt! it's a terrible explanation because it's not true!
osmosis does not rely on electrostatic attraction! atrractive forces may make the pressure higher than it would be otherwise but osmosis occurs regardless even if there is no attraction between the solute and the solvent at all! simply through random brownian motion and collisions of particles. Search "Osmosis as you have never seen it" by the channel "Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky" for a demonstration of it happening even on a macro scale between simulated vibrating marbles and cubes.
this is what i have known too @@Sonny_McMacsson
This video was the first I’ve seen Adam mention being a former journalism professor so it tracks
How is semi-retired Adam more interesting than grindset Adam lmao
The presentation is so much more funny now
Bro, I'm a chemist and I love how you ACTUALLY do your research before saying stuff on the internet. No one is perfect, but you tend to nail it.
That is one very unseasoned colon.
Why I season my colon and not my steak
You season the scope, not the colon.
Whiteboy colon, what did you expect?
I thought the part of colonoscopy prep that sucked was that the drink didn’t taste well. I quickly learned there was another part that was WAY worse.
I didn't believe my mom when she said 'the prep is the worst part', now I do. :/
Yeah, the first time i did it, they told me to mix crystal light with it.. which definitely helped.
And you just live on or near the toilet and are squirting shit for hours. Not fun.
nah, the part that sucks is how much your whole body screams at you that this thing you are drinking, you are not supposed to drink that. Like, I can only force so much down before my whole body decides that I am not to be trusted as a pilot and disables my ability to swallow. It doesn't even taste that awful, it's just that your entire being can recognize it for what it is; poison.
Want a painful case of the runs? Drink milk. This is weak compared to IBS let me tell you.
@@itdies2dayyo I have crohn's and have to get a scope every 3-4 years. I found that the prep tasted better at room temperature. Didn't mind the aftermath
@@itdies2dayyoThat's just another Tuesday for me
"Shitting out your life force" is a good description of the process. I had my first colonoscopy about 6 months ago. The prep process was unpleasant, but mostly because of not being able to eat real food for a while (and the frequent interruptions when trying to play a TTRPG on Zoom with friends who found my situation hilarious). The actual procedure was great. Well, the post anesthesia fuzziness was great.
Should have tournament rules where the other players had to eat some IBS-inducing tacos or Thai food as they play.
That Squier fretless is a great value, high quality instrument. Not even a good “first fretless”, just a good one period. Great choice!
It didn't look fretless
Squiers are great! Is it really fretless though?
@@eduardorodriguez4899 it has lines but is fretless
I bought it for $200 in 2006 as a reward for landing my first salaried job, and it's been my buddy ever since! (And yes, it is fretless!)
Just got my first Squire MB-4 crossbones. Yes I love the decal and the bass.
Literally and figuratively the most open i've seen a youtuber be 😂 joking aside thanks for sharing your experience Adam! It's great to get the masses educated about colon cancer screening! 11/10 would recommend to a friend 😂👏
My father died of cancer that started in his colon in 2022. My uncle almost died of colon cancer.
Being in my late 30s, I am mentally preparing myself for regular screenings relatively soon. Thanks for making this video.
Adam, I have been regularly watching/consuming your content for the past few years, and I want to say that I appreciate your style, your attention to detail, your openness… I know this is a very parasocial thing to say, but you seem like the kind of guy it would be cool to hang out with.
Enjoy your semiretirement. I’ll keep enjoying your content one way or the other.
My father passed from it at 69, and aunt had stage 4 at 50. I got the first screening at 30. The prep is the worst part. Assuming you do it with anesthesia, the procedure is a piece of cake. Actually, it's quite nice to wake up on propofol lol
My brother's wife had to go through colonoscopy prep one time years ago. They were at my mom's house, which was about a half-hour drive from their own house. The doctor told her that she'd have roughly an hour between drinking and pooping, so she drank the drink just before they were about to leave to go home. My brother, however, got to chatting on the way out the door, while his wife was constantly pulling on sleeve, and forty-five minutes passed before they left. My brother's wife ended up shitting multiple times in the woods (or rather on the way from the shoulder of the highway to the woods) next to the highway. My brother lived in the doghouse for months afterward.
😮 This is one reason my spouse did the prep with me . Misery loves company.
I can't tell you how relieving it was watching you go through this. I've recently had some things happen to me that have made me need a colonoscopy. I've been pretty worried about it and feel so astoundingly better to see my favorite "fading internet star" do the same. Thanks Adam.
I’ve suffered with quite hardcore Crohn’s disease since 1992, with all manner of life changing events and related ups and downs in between then and now. The horrors and tribulations that my disease has thrust upon me, is partly one of the catalysts for my obsession and passion for food and cooking. I won’t bore you with the whole story, but suffice to say I’ve had to have hundreds of colonoscopies over the years, and have had to purge myself with every varietal of bowel preparation ever made, and none of them are at all palatable. All of this to say, I salute you Mr Ragusea, and sympathise with you having to go through this. As someone who get as much pleasure from food as you do, it’s no wonder you found that horrific stuff so hard to swallow. Good luck anyway, chin chin 👍🏻👍🏻
me too crohn’s is so miserable
What do you eat?
Oh man that’s awful. Sorry to hear
@@iBroTuber I’ve had a lot of my gut removed over the years due to various flare ups and traumas, so it’s a little compromised here and there, but overall I can eat most things. For me, the things that do cause me problems are more mechanical so to speak. Anything too challenging like really fibrous, woody, seedy sorts of food can easily cause blockages and digestive annoyances. Again, no big deal though, as knowing how to cook stuff in a way that changes the inherent textures or toughness is a great help. For any food that I simply can’t live without that might cause me any issues, I just dive in and indulge and enjoy, fully accepting they will maybe give me a little grief afterwards. It’s a small price to pay though, and at the end of the day it’s food, one of life’s supreme pleasures, so I think on balance a little indigestion or bloating is worth it. I try to eat only the good stuff too, and am obsessed with cooking and good ingredients, which go a long way to helping me maintain as healthy a diet as I can under the circumstances. I know people with similar issues and symptoms to me, who are just not interested in good food, and just want to live on a very simple and meagre diet. I’m not judging them, as cooking can be a pain if one isn’t invested or interested. It does help though, and having a keen interest in what you cook and eat without doubt goes a long way to lessening the unpleasantness 👍🏻
@@paulmanningremixes6408 thanks for the detailed response, do you follow any cookbook? Im moving out this year and want to have a base line on what to eat so I dont eat bad food everyday
It's nice of them to warn you to stay very close to a bathroom after drinking that stuff now. Decades ago that wasn't always the case. It also consisted of a six ounce bottle of innocent looking clear liquid that one got right off the shelf at the drugstore.
I drank mine on my way to work. Need I say more?
This is incredible. If that’s what we’re getting more of from semi retired former RUclips superstar Adam Ragusea, I’m here for it.
NO WAY RAGUSEA PLAYS BASS
he has formal music education
HE RIPS ASS
BUT
HE ALSO PLAYS BASS
@@RiveTheRatsadly only works in writing
@@CleopatraKing unless u pronounce "ass" as "ayss"
for but a moments riff, the two adams joined as one
I was partly expecting you to use the Colonoscopy images on your Squarespace ad read :D
The "salty kind" is also what some less-than-medically-minded people make their own version of with pickle juice and various other additives.
I have heard the resulting experience referred to as "waterfalling".
What other additives?
I have issues that make me prone to electrolyte imbalance. So pickle juice is just something I can chug an 8 oz glass of in a pinch when I don't have my usual high strength electrolyte mix. No issues.
But keep the Epsom salt far far away. I can't even soak my feet in an Epsom salt bath. Putting all of me in one is just asking for that "waterfall" you mentioned, for the next 2 days. It has landed me in the local rural hospital for the afternoon to receive iv fluids.
I thought I would be less fond of your content after you said you would do less of the regular stuff, but honestly your new content is really to my liking, and I've learned that I really like watching you for you, not necessarily for the cooking. Your personality is so refreshing, and I'm glad you're still here!!!
Last time I was this early Adam was seasoning his cutting board
This time, he's seasoning his colon
@@tonymouannes Oh GODS eww!
@@tonymouannes😂😂😂
@@tonymouannes Why I season my colon and not my food
He'll never live that one down
Loving Adam 2.0. You were wondering if you're creative era was over... I think it's just starting.
Really didn't expect to learn about colonoscopies today, but you make it so easy.
Hope you're feeling better, and keep it up!
Hearing that there's prep for ppl who have IBS ECT is actually reassuring.
I have IBS and I can tell you you can just do a regular prep
11:08 me! me!
I said without a second thought. I deserve to be called out, thanks for doing so sir Ragusea
The YTPs are gonna have a field day with that combined with last week’s “I’ve got my 12 incher heating up”
Yeah me too, and it made me cackle at the end when he wanted it around in front of the camera anyway 😅
I had one at 29. Funny story. It was quick, did the colon clense procedure. Arrived. The had me change clothes, get preped, got me to the room, had me count down from 100, they knocked me out, and the next moment I know was the nurse was instructing me what happened and my ride was here. All her talk was 30 seconds or so. She said you can leave when you are ready. Not missing a beat I just got up. I was working really hard at that point so my will to get up while being really tired was exceptional. I got up fast and but till clumsy a bit but the nurse rushed toward me and knocked over a few things and fell and I was the one helping her up. I never confirmed this but she was around her mid 50s and apparently, in all her years she never encounter someone get up as quick as me from the procedure.
it is such a breath of fresh air when you upload, it's like i can breathe again. thank you
well that was an experience
lmaooo
the way you're calling yourself "fading starlet"
man, I keep coming back to your channel for the incredible content you put out all the time!!!
Adam, as a 40 year old colon cancer survivor thank you for doing this. The amount of people under 45 being diagnosed with ColoRectal cancer is increasing at crazy amounts. If I had known how easy it was to get a colonoscopy done and what I would avoid by effectively curing my cancer. I would have paid to get it done out of pocket at regular intervals starting at 30. It's around $1500 bucks out of your pocket with no insurance.
brother is really on his robert downey junior arc this season, appreciate the look man
Love this! At 28 I had an colonoscopy and they removed a tubular adenoma, which has about a 9% chance of becoming cancerous. Very grateful I went through with it, even if the prep (a gallon of PEG) sucked. Top tip, get some water flavoring like MIO and add it to each glass, because even if the prep says it’s “lemon flavored” it SUPER isn’t lol
“Really not that bad”
*throws cup when done* 😂
I was giggling at the way (and number of times) he said that phrase. Like he was trying SO hard to convince himself "not that bad, not that bad" hehe
That was a beer chugging joke, fyi.
As someone who grew up in Bloomington and actually worked in a limestone quarry for a summer, I LOVE seeing the Cutters shirt. The movie came out the year my family moved there and I never get tired of it.
Adam, your Cetacean Institute sticker on the big metal water tub has made my day.
Also, as a man with a family history of colon cancer who just turned 40 and will be going through this soon... Strangely well-timed video!
Thank you Adam. My family has a history of cancer but nobody really talks about which cancer they had and prevention and stuff.
Thank you for putting your butt on (the) line for us.
So sorry you had to re-do the prep, Adam! My doctor didn't like the results from my very first colonoscopy prep, so I had to have another colonoscopy a year later, rather than 5 years later.
Watching this for the second time after I had mine last week. Having ulcerative colitis means I've had 3 now before age 40! You're doing good work by talking about this
Thanks for making this, Adam! I'm 23 and I've had 5 colonoscopys already (Chrons) and I can firmly say it is not that bad. The prep sucks but if you have any risk of colorectal disease it's worth a few hours of discomfort.
*crohn's
I had both sides done at the same time. Unfortunately I was still awake when the endoscopy started, which was kind of unpleasant.
That bit about learning better with concepts hits like the Chicxulub impact. Teaching is a wildly underrated skill. So many people assume that it's just reciting instructions.
But if you can't explain the principles of those instructions, they're less than useless. Not the least of which reasons being most instructions are created with the assumption that you already know some of the first principles they're rooted in.
Knowledge is not a LEGO set.
The dog's like, "Trust me. it's explosive."
thank you adam, i have a lot of trauma associated with gi symptoms so im really really scared of the prep. seeing you take it in stride and with humor made me feel a bit more at ease about it
The doggy on your side has had enough! he just thinks "dad shut up I don't want to hear the poop talk any longer! You are embarrassing again." 🤣
Thank you so much, Adam, for putting this into the world. More people need to do this and not be afraid of it, and I really hope your video helps encourage people to get this done. I had my first (despite being young and no family history because of ongoing GI symptoms leading to a fear of cancer) last month, and while the prep (think I had the polymer) was godawful, it was far less awful than I expected, and the relief of knowing I don't have cancer was so worth it in every way. And even if I had had cancer --- at least I'd know so we could start fighting it. Please folks, please listen to Adam on this. It's one of the easiest things you can do to protect your health and prolong your life.
I’m 27 and getting one done this coming monday. This video couldn’t have come at a better time lmao
Oncology RN here. I’ve seen far too many (esp young) people fall victim to colon cancer. Often times, it’s advanced at diagnosis and much harder to treat and nearly impossible to cure. I can’t tell you how many people have told me that they are afraid of a colonoscopy - either the prep or the procedure. Thank you for spreading the word to your subscribers that it’s not a big deal!
Hey Adam, just been hiding here in the background enjoying your videos for years. I just want to say, Thank You. I enjoy your style of content and also really love the new content you've been putting out. It doesn't have to be food related, but like Doug DeMuro, I love to hear about the quirks and features that interest you in life, I find them interesting too. Thank you for sharing this experience and helping people feel more comfortable about a process that helps save lives. I hope you and your family are doing well and in good health (also wish the same to whoever is reading this
SAME
It's refreshing to hear someone else acknowledge learning better through concepts/mechanisms.
Directions are usually okay, but I interpret them by trying to understand what each step/rule is trying to accomplish.
11:20 I took a class on histology in med school. The classroom of the first lecture had an enormous presentation screen, I think it was as large as a huge tarp or something. I'll never forget the sound of all the students gasping in shock when the lecturer casually pulled up images of severe colite and Crohn's cases first thing in the morning (it's very nsfl). Even though I looked at such things every day for the duration of that course, I still get the ick looking at the inside of the body haha.
Congrats on your health.
I want to share this with many of my patients. I appreciate your real reflection on a process that virtually everyone in the world should go through at one point when they are due. Truly, explaining why we ask our patients to do something, or anything is the way to get the best outcomes. As a Family Physician I take so much pride in that; it is such a cornerstone in my training.
P.S: If colonoscopy results came back normal, including biopsy as the number/types of polyps removed you may only need to repeat it in 10 years. The recommendations changes based on the results of course, can be 5 or can be in a year.
Lots of love and respect
as soon as he sat down with the bass I was waiting for the "I gotta run" moment lol
I will forever use you when I need specific parts of recipes because you’ve covered pretty much everything my palette desires.
2:19 It's like the dog just realized what Adam was talking about at 2:13 and decided to squirm. (Those cute eyes can tell stories!)
Thank you Adam for explaining the procedure in such detail! Im a 15 year colon cancer survivor. Early detection will save your life! You have probably saved lives just by making this video! My son is 35 and I insisted that he get his first colonoscopy last year. They found 3 polyps and simply removed them. People, don't put this off!
Funny to see this a week out from my third colonoscopy (as a twenty-something, thank ulcerative colitis) but for those also going to have one, Hank Green has a really good video about everything you need to know
In short though, basically just imagine everything from the POV of an endoscope. No seeds/nuts/whole grains for 1 week prior because those can get lodged. The day before, nothing red/orange/purple because that can look like blood, and of course make sure there’s a bathroom available on short notice. Sometimes your GI may instead instruct you to simply combine MiraLAX with Gatorade, but different practices do slightly different things.
And of course make sure to have someone else drive you or accompany you home (if on public transit) because you will still be woozy from the anesthesia
And if someone decides _not to_ take anaesthetics during the colonoscopy?
@@oscarcacnio8418ask your doctor
I don't know about the "fading" part of your opening statement Adam, this new era of your content is a lot more similar to the stuff that you produced when I started watching your videos regularly in the first place. As an old fan that kind of had to step away for a longish while, these videos are exactly what I felt was missing back then. So thank you for continuing to post from semi-retirement, even if just for a while, it really has cemented in my brain that people are, well... people. In the times we live in, that is kind of a blessing.
Well, "fun" stuff! I hope things go well for you and there's nothing wrong with your digestive system, Adam. Went through a colonoscopy myself two years ago and one of the laxatives I was required to drink was literally just a bag of xylitol I had to dissolve in a certain amount of water. So I got to drink a big glass of very sweet water, just so I can run to the bathroom a few minutes later. That was definitely more pleasant than the other laxative, which not only tasted awful in comparison but was also more painful to get out. 😬
The masculine urge to cope with feeling uncomfortable/sick by obsessively explaining the mechanism of how you feel uncomfortable/sick is really relatable
Good vibes your way for a good outcome to this for you Adam. Thanks for making a very good informative video of the process
Thank you for prepping us for a nerve wracking checkup, putting our minds at ease in the process
i can't tell whether Adam was always snarky but was hiding it throughout his entire online career or picked up being snarky as a semi-retirement hobby, both explanations are equally Adam-like
I love your approach to serious topics and mix of fact, fun, and relevant tangents. I'm not far behind (snicker) you in this journey, so looking forward to my turn getting screened.
Fading internet star is my favorite non opaque translucent flavor of the Adam Ragusea show.
Y'know, Adam may have his roots in actual at home cooking videos but my favorite videos are the very "boring" scientific exploration videos. His videos on ptfe? Absolutely my favorite so far. The beer brewing videos where he interviewed a few academics at college and talked about the nitty gritty in brewing, also bangers. I'll admit, when it's mainly recipe videos I only watch for something I'd want to eat myself, and sometimes for others to impress. However these types of videos that are at best tangentially related to cooking are my favorites
This video gives a whole new meaning to the term "send hole pics."
Honestly super interesting and informative video! Thanks, Adam; you're the best. 🖤
dang, I just did this 2 weeks ago. my sympathy for having to do the prep twice
Same here 2 weeks to the day. The starvation was freaking brutal, the procedure was easy peesy, the first fart after I woke up was legendary, and the deluxe pizza I got after the procedure was top tier.
I actually loved this video, to the point, and informative while being personal enough that it makes it interesting and also presents the info in a super accessible and understandable way, its a really effective video that makes this process a lot less intimidating, I think a lot of Adam's videos do this with cooking but its cool to see it with something like this, really drives home what is great about his style. Weirdly one of my new favorites
Can the dog be in all the videos now, they've all been great but this dog's got that je ne sais quoi
Really appreciate how you handled this subject. An important one, but one that a lot of people would struggle to talk about so candidly.
I’m a radiologist. He’s unfortunately way way off on the cancer risk associated with mammograms. The amount of extra radiation that a mammogram exposes to you is about the same as a cross country flight. It’s not nothing but his framing is way off. Don’t avoid mammograms due to concern for cancer risk, please! The benefit far outweighs the risk.
He did say as much tho
I'm gonna take a guess and say that having to tell patients that the radiation during a mammogram is nothing to worry about is a recurring issue?
thanks adam. you continue to help the world 🙂
I hope they gave you propofol, such a cool experience to visit oblivion and be called back out. 30 mins gone, but felt like 2 seconds.
Pretty sure it was propofol that Michael Jackson used to hire an anesthesiologist to sedate him with
Adams a bass player?! I didn’t think I could like him more but here we are
Right???
Hi Adam Sir wishing of long healthy life from Tamil Nadu India
This is my favorite episode in ages. Fun to learn about the science instead of just hearing about the downsides. ❤
Not exactly what I expected from Adam's semi retirement. But I'm glad he's choosing to do what he wants
This an amazing way to combat the taboo around medical hygiene of private parts of our bodies. Well done.
i miss the podcast dude 😭is there any chance you ever start producing episodes again?
Yeah me too! I'd love it even if it was monthly or quarterly!
I started at 50. I am now 66. Found a couple of polyps the 1st one (benign) which made me get a second one in 5 years instead of ten. I am a technologist and was so calm they did not knock me out on the 1st 2 and I enjoyed watching the screen. The third was a new doctor (old one retired) and he did not believe me and knocked me out. Thank you for sharing this important subject.
I must do this soon this year due to my ulcerative colitis. I actually still need to schedule that, but that probably won't until I see a GI next month.
Thank you for helping to normalize this. You're doing good work! Too much stigma and avoidance around this issue. You rock!
Haven't clicked on a video faster since my Crohn's diagnosis.
Strength to you my friend! I've got it and Crohn's is not joke.
thanks Adam. my family also has a history of colon cancer and seeing this video has made me less scared but the doctors finding something has me really on edge. what's worse is that younger people like me (just turned 31 last week) are getting cancer much earlier so i really should do it sooner than later
They should! My mom passed from Colon cancer when I was 21 and I wanted a colonoscopy and genetic screening right away but they told me they would when I turn 35 😢
I salute your bravery, dear sir, and thank you for sharing this! ✊🏻🚩
Thanks for doing this video! I know multiple people who have died from colon cancer way before age 45. It is really important.
Thanks For this adam!❤❤❤
Adam, thank you for making a video about this. Regular preventative screenings and understanding your own risk factors are so, so important for catching cancers early, and catching a growth early on gives the best chances of effective treatments and survival.
Adam really knows his shit!
Absolutely loving this new vibe
this may be my favorite intro of all time
FWIW: I successfully deferred my first "voyage to see what's up my bottom" for 10 years. Age 60 rolled around and I thought I'd better roll with the program. Got a proctologist with NO sense of humor. Nevertheless...
Came out the other side and he told me, in his words: "something I rarely get to say to people. You are squeaky clean." Zero, zip, nada at age 60. Not even a hint of polyp to biopsy. As an aside I told him it was due to the prodigious amounts of hot peppers I consume EVERYDAY. I got a "meh" but that's OK. Got a 10 year coming up this year so we'll see.
Good luck with your voyage Adam! And I, for one still enjoy your content! Thank you!
Is this juice that make your head explode?
My band will be called “The Osmotic Squirts.”
Thanks for a really fun and interesting way to get an important message to your public. I’ve lost a couple friends to colon cancer and both never had any idea till they started having problems and were found to be stage 4. Both were also younger than the typical age they recommend having a first colonoscopy.
I’m glad you’re all good. And the “I-don’t-give-a-rat’s-ass” drug is great, makes it like waking up from a nice nap.
Osmosis? Oh, I heard Ozzie Smith.
I really respect that you’ve adopted a philosophy that makes what I’m about to say potentially less important to you, but I just wanted to let you know nonetheless that I’m really loving the new, laid-back videos. They’re a breath of fresh air in today’s youtube landscape, and your personality is perfect to carry a more conversational format. Thank you for doing what you do.
Adam, you are an absolute legend. I don’t idolize people, but if I did, you’d definitely be Top 5 on the list. Thank you for…being. Just that and everything that comes with it
Colonoscopy saved my uncle’s life and his openness about it encouraged his coworkers to go in and get one. Great video Adam, thanks for being so honest!!!