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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: Colonoscopy Preparation

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

History, Comedy, Sawbones, Health & Fitness, Medical History, Medicine

4.815.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Back from his first colonoscopy, Justin outlines the extremely detailed steps he took in order to prepare for the screening: the before, the after, and whether it's easier to take four liters of laxative or navigate the United States healthcare system. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Immigrant Defenders Law Center: https://www.immdef.org/

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0:00.0

Sawbones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.

0:07.2

It's for fun.

0:08.7

Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?

0:14.2

We think you've earned it.

0:15.8

Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.

0:22.6

You're worth it.

0:25.9

All right.

0:27.5

Tommy is about some books.

0:30.6

One, two, one, two, three, four. We came across a pharmacy with its windows blasted out.

0:52.5

Pushed on through the broken glass

0:54.4

And had ourselves a look around

0:56.3

The medicines, the medicines

0:58.4

That I scallet McComb for the mouth

1:01.3

Hello everybody and welcome to Sawbones

1:06.3

A marital tour of Misguided Medicine

1:07.7

I'm your co-host Justin McRoy

1:09.1

And I'm Sydney MacRoy

1:10.0

And what a week it has beenroy. And what a week it has

1:12.0

been since, what a week it has been. Yes, that's true, Justin. It's been a thrilling 24 hours since I was,

1:19.6

not 24 hours, that's not a week, seven days since I finished my colonoscopy prep, which I, is short for preparations, I believe. Is that right?

1:30.2

Yeah. Did you not know that? Well, I just don't think we ever clarified. So my preparations

1:35.6

for my colonoscopy. Yes. Which I, again, just to recap, if you missed last week's thrilling

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