Thursday, March 01, 2007

I'm good for 10

Actually, it wasn't that bad. Drinking that vile laxative was the worst part. I was pretty well knocked out for the actual procedure. Things are pretty clean in there so I won't need another one for 10 years. Works for me.

Stacey picked me up and we went to lunch. We had a very good conversation. I love that girl. Now I'm home and after this quicky blogging I'm going to bed. Can't goof off too much, tho. Carol's coming! Gotta pull this house together.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good to hear of your clean bill of health! I've had 3 colonoscopies so I'm well-versed in the prep (the worst part) and the procedure. I've been quite awake and watched on a monitor each time. ( My gastroenterologist plays Vivaldi for me while he operates!) I have ulcerative colitis so I'm more prone to colon cancer than most-hence the frequent procedures. I'm in a real good remission right now, though, so I'm really enjoying it!
Wish mine were every 10 yrs! Every 2 for me- I'm actually overdue.

Donita Curioso said...

Wow. I'm so glad you're doing ok.

I woke up at 3:00 this morning. By the time I got to the gastroenterology clinic I was already pretty sleepy. I'm sure it didn't take much to knock me out. I woke up a couple times and looked at the monitor but it was at a bad angle so I quickly gave up and went back to sleep. The feeling was very pleasant. A person could get hooked on that.

Vivaldi, how nice! I had gall bladder surgery about 15 years ago. When they wheeled me into the OR I was pretty upset. There had been a schedule change and they decided to move me up 2 hours early. They kind of swooped in and zoomed me over to surgery. I couldn't see Jim before I went in. This upset me quite a lot. So, I'm scared and weeping and they wheel me in and what's this?! they're playing rock and roll real loud and hey cool ok this still sucks but I like these people.

Carol called. Their flight's been delayed. They'll be at around 8:30 or 9. Carol's bringing crab for dinner. Yeah, baby! I'll go to the store and get salad stuff. No, I'll SEND somebody to the store for salad stuff. I'm queen for a day.

vivage said...

Me too, I'm well versed in coloscopies, because I've already had a freaking polyp at the tender age of 45. I have to go in every 3 yrs because of that stinking polyp.

Also, my best friend suffers from ulcerative colitis! Luckily she is on some meds that have controlled it for the last 3 yrs and we are so happy because she's been near death a couple of times due to that terrible disease. I'm very happy that you're in remission.

Hey, here is something, a friend of mine told me just yesterday (isn't that sycnronicity?) that she's having a colonoscopy and she gets to take pills instead of drinking that nasty, $%#&%+ shit they make you drink as prep. I would way rather take pills than ever drink that stuff ever again. AND it's supposed to take care of the morning enema too.

What a nice conversation this is, eh?