Friday, July 20, 2007
clean as a whistle
yay! got through the colonoscopy with flying colors. truth be told I was a little worried. you have like a 10% higher risk if you have endometrial cancer.
welp. not me! no polyps. see you in ten years they said.
I even have the picture to prove it. They give you a picture to prove they got all the way to your cecum - I will post it when I get a scanner ... promise. But here is something from Wikipedia for you.
Buy charmin. I don't because I have environmentally stupid, low flow toilets and it stops them up but in this case ... stock up!
If you don't have a sweet tooth like me (I will take a chip over a cookie anyday) this is tough for you. Jello and pop sicles did not cut it for me. And I just couldn't even open the organic chicken broth. ick. What I did was do Miso and then strain it. It was so much better but I would have killed for food and now I don't even want it. What is up with that? Got me lots of residual gas. TMI?
If you are really sensitive to caffeine like I am, don't think drink a half gallon of lemonade ice tea like I did. I didn't even fall asleep last night watching Woody Allen's Matchpoint which pretty much deadly.
Have a good sense of humor. I have very deep veins (NO it is not fat). Always have. Giving blood is always a chore and they always go for the best phlebotomist after hitting my arm and tieing it up for quite a while. Just roll with it ... pun intended for those of you who have had a vein roll.
Accept the irony that while you are shaving your legs in the week hours, the doctor will soon only be interested in your anus.
Be nice to your housemate who is driving you eventhough he makes a pretty pungent breakfast for himself.
Be greatful that such technology exists.
And so it goes ...
welp. not me! no polyps. see you in ten years they said.
I even have the picture to prove it. They give you a picture to prove they got all the way to your cecum - I will post it when I get a scanner ... promise. But here is something from Wikipedia for you.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Cecum | |
|---|---|
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The cecum or caecum (from the Latin caecus meaning blind) is a pouch connected to the ascending colon of the large intestine and the ileum. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve (ICV) or Bauhin's valve, and is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic junction.
ANYHOO - No major probs with any of it.
Here is my list of things to know though ...
Buy charmin. I don't because I have environmentally stupid, low flow toilets and it stops them up but in this case ... stock up!
If you don't have a sweet tooth like me (I will take a chip over a cookie anyday) this is tough for you. Jello and pop sicles did not cut it for me. And I just couldn't even open the organic chicken broth. ick. What I did was do Miso and then strain it. It was so much better but I would have killed for food and now I don't even want it. What is up with that? Got me lots of residual gas. TMI?
If you are really sensitive to caffeine like I am, don't think drink a half gallon of lemonade ice tea like I did. I didn't even fall asleep last night watching Woody Allen's Matchpoint which pretty much deadly.
Have a good sense of humor. I have very deep veins (NO it is not fat). Always have. Giving blood is always a chore and they always go for the best phlebotomist after hitting my arm and tieing it up for quite a while. Just roll with it ... pun intended for those of you who have had a vein roll.
Accept the irony that while you are shaving your legs in the week hours, the doctor will soon only be interested in your anus.
Be nice to your housemate who is driving you eventhough he makes a pretty pungent breakfast for himself.
Be greatful that such technology exists.
And so it goes ...
