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| Actual photograph from my last colonoscopy. (Why is Tom Cruise in there???) (Source) |
I'm going for three packs of Lorna Doones this time ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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| SAN DIEGO (April 5, 2011) Hospitalman Urian D. Thompson, left, Lt. Cmdr. Eric A. Lavery and Registered Nurse Steven Cherry review the monitor while Lavery uses a colonoscope on a patient during a colonoscopy at Naval Medical Center San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chad A. Bascom/Released) |
Hopefully I'll be back here with another installment of the current fictional series on Friday. (Guess I'm gonna need a title for that at some point.)
Hopefully ...
It's not the procedure that bothers me; it,s the prep. Somehow my body rebels against that foul substance before it can properly work.
ReplyDeleteThe prep is ...
DeleteNo, I can't bear to think on it.
Reading the word "colonoscopy" results in the same reaction as a vampire facing a silver cross........(shudder). After a procedure like the one named today it's Quick Step time!
ReplyDeleteThe prep. Once again I survived. Go back in a year.
DeleteOnce visiting my mom in the local hospital, I stopped by to see my old High School music teacher (also a patient). He had had surgery and was to be discharged after the Docs did a colonoscopy. He was impatiently waiting. I told him that it wouldn't be long. They had the instrument in a tray of ice in the hospital hallway chilling it down.
DeleteOuch!
DeleteVaya con Dios, Sarge. Doing the same thing myself soon. It's one of the important things we do for our family and friends
ReplyDeleteBoat Guy
It is important, but like many important things, not exactly pleasant.
DeleteI daresay, I'm getting used to is. What does that say about me?
Sarge, "resigned to this" might be a more apt phrase.
DeleteWhen you're right, you're right.
Delete(Waves hand towards screen) "This is not the post you were looking for..."
ReplyDeleteBest of luck Sarge. Here is to a smooth procedure and a quick recovery.
Heh, avert your eyes!
DeleteThings went very well.
Crusty Old TV Tech here. At least the Proctologist has a cheerful disposition...his business is looking up, after all! Keep in mind, they used to use candles...buena suerte!
ReplyDeleteCandles ...
DeleteHhmm, cauterize as you go?
There is an old saying, "if it was up your a** you'd know", I'll bet that you'll know for sure by this afternoon... :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping the results come out ok for you.
Oh yeah, believe me, I know.
DeleteHoping for great results for you. I've got to schedule this soon.
ReplyDeleteThings went well. Get 'er done, ain't no thang.
DeleteWell...Crap!
ReplyDeleteOh wait...That was yesterday. Today's the easy day.
Best of luck.
juvat
Wednesday night was ...
DeleteNope, not going there.
Things went well.
go back and tell your boss I couldn't find any lead up there
ReplyDeleteNo matter how hard they tried ...
DeleteAh, the ol' "Poop And Snoop." Picked up some prep earlier today ... for the Smarter Half. I had one a few years ago. Not the sort of "bonding" a couple should have. At least they give good drugs.
ReplyDeleteAt my age the frequency of such things seems to be increasing.
DeleteHeck, beats a pine box I suppose.
At some point of superannuation they tell you to not bother to schedule another one. Apparently they think that other stuff will snatch you away before any colon problems could build into something to worry about..
ReplyDeleteYup, the prep is the worst, the rest merely an inconvenience. With the Michael Jackson happy juice you no longer have the "day of" being a total fog lost to memory. Now, come home, take a short nap and git to work, slacker!
But on the rear occasions they do find something, it is well worth the inconvenience and indignity.
I kinda pity the poor docs, who do nothing but look up people's butts day after day. Gotta wonder about career choices some people make. After all, they could have become a lumber and made just as much money.
Glad it turned out well, Sarge.
JB
Heh, "rear" occasions, nice!
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