Why Chrissy Teigen loved her first colonoscopy: ‘I wish it took longer’

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told her social media fans. “But it took like 20 minutes. I honestly wish it took longer, because it was a good nap.”Teigen, 37, seized the opportunity to educate her fans on the process, walking them through her experience.

She posted a pre-procedure selfie to her Instagram Story, captioning it “Time 2 check out that ass.” Only an hour later, the mom of four was back and in good spirits, updating followers from her hospital bed.

Teigen revealed she didn’t enjoy “the crazy drink” patients are required to drink the night before the colonoscopy.“It’s like very intense and [there’s] cramping.

And obviously, you have to get ready to have a camera up your butt,” Teigen admitted. “But now, it can be pills. So now I have to take these pills, a sip of water after every pill, and then a giant thing of water.” Days prior to her examination, Teigen was keeping fans in the loop on when and why she was getting the procedure done.“Soon there’s going to be a very large jump in people my age and even a little younger getting colon cancer because we don’t get checked,” she said. “And we don’t get checked because we’re not told to.