See this little girl?
Well, that is the ONLY cute thing in this post!
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You know I don't talk about
serious issues often, right?
I don't like controversy so I don't
promote my religious beliefs
OR
my political beliefs
OR
post my opinions on controversial subjects
on my blog.
BUT TODAY
I want to talk about the
DREADED COLONOSCOPY!
As Joan Rivers used to say...
Can we talk?
I am many years past the time when
I should have had my first one.
Finally, my doctor,
bless her little black-spirited heart said-
GO GET YOUR COLONOSCOPY DONE IDIOT
Let me just say-
I cancelled my appointment
SEVERAL TIMES.
I won't tell you how many because it is downright
EMBARRASSING.
You know what is
NOT EMBARRASSING?
Having a colonoscopy!
I was prepared for the worst.
I simply DREADED the PREP
that was coming.
Guess what?
It was NOT AS BAD as I thought
it was going to be.
The worst part was drinking
"the koolaid".
There are two kinds:
The kind you mix with a gallon of water
OR
The Elmer's Glue awful stuff that comes in 2 bottles
to which you add a cup of water .
I had the Elmer's Glue awful stuff.
THAT was the worst part for me-
getting that down.
The bathroom "end of it all" was not
nearly as bad as I expected.
No cramping or miserableness
just a feeling of
GOTTA GO...and you GO!
After "drinking the koolaid"
I was still able to sleep about 5 or 6 hours
in one stretch the night before the procedure.
Crazy, huh?
The morning of the procedure
you check in and they give you a relaxant
and then you can opt to watch the procedure
IF YOU WANT TO...
otherwise they will give you something to make
you forget the whole procedure.
MyHero wanted to be PUT UNDER and has
NO MEMORY of anything happening at all.
I opted to be awake.
I was awake when they discovered a
WALNUT SIZED POLYP.
I was awake when they took it out and
sent it off to be biopsied.
I was awake when they sent me home with
instructions not to lift anything more than
TEN POUNDS for TWO WEEKS.
Seriously?
My left ankle weighs more than that!
Anyway,
I got the news yesterday that the biopsy is
ALL CLEAR-NO CANCER.
Whoo-Hooo.
NO BIG C FOR ME!
Now here's the
REALLY FUN PART.
I get to go back in
THREE YEARS
and do this all over again.
Let me just urge you-
IF you have NOT had this done--
and are at the age
when you should have had it done--
please do it.
when you should have had it done--
please do it.
Had the polyp been malignant
I would have had a very good chance
that it was contained and treatable.
Don't let embarrassment or fear
stand in your way.
If I can do this -YOU can do this!
Now- PICK UP THAT PHONE
and call to make your appointment!
NANA SAYS SO!
Ummmm-that being said
I WILL NOT
be wearing this T-shirt!
be wearing this T-shirt!
Have a great day---
and PLEASE make that appointment!
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