Seems that is what I was looking for Monday… Monday was “preparation” day for a colonoscopy. For those that have not done that, you are in for a real treat… I seem to be having more than my share but it is ok as long as they get things fixed and no other “big” issues come up.
Preparation consists of taking enough various laxatives to totally and absolutely flush you out… along with not being able to eat for about 24 hour (which in my case does no harm…) The prep this time was not as “nasty” as previous stuff… but still not enjoyable… I mixed up a full month or two supply of Miralax into two 32 oz. Gatorade jugs… along with taking double does , twice, of dulcolax and throw in some Gas-X and finish up with some magnesium citrate… the last stuff is the nasty stuff… they can’t hide that it is nasty with flavors and carbonation. Here is the procedure…
1. early mix up the miralax and Gatorade and put in refrig… (that does help if it is damn cold)…
2. get a light breakfast…
3. at lunch time take two dulcolax… (white tornado bombs for the guts)…
4. at 2pm start drinking the Gatorade mix at 8oz per 15 minutes and oh be sure to add in 12 oz. of clear liquids? (water) every hour beyond the Gatorade mix… ( hey your going to drink about 3 gallons of stuff here…)
5. at 8pm take 2 Gas-X (The doctor doesn’t want to blow up when he starts work back there)…
6. at 9pm take 2 more ducolax… like the first 4 steps didn’t do the trick?
7. at bed time take the magnesium citrate… bloody hell! what a flush…
By the time I got to 6pm, my ass was burning sore… remember you were taking in flush amounts every 15 minutes??? well you have flush amounts out every 15 minutes as well… and there is no holding anything so don’t even think you can wait for a commercial or take your time getting to the big white orifice… cause it is coming and you have little control when it is lubed up this good and all liquid… pinch like hell and it just shoots further… Oh and bedtime… ha! I was up about as much as I was down all night… and just as you slip off to slumber… you slip off to your shorts… so after 5 hours of trying to catch a few naps, and 3 extra pairs of shorts and 2 extra showers… the alarm went off at 4:45 am… yep… Doctors like to do these procedures before they go to the office to see other patients so you get a 7am time for a procedure and mine was in OKC about 50 minutes away… if I was lucky… by 5am I had slowed down on the squirts but I was really worried I wouldn’t make it to the city by the next movement???? But setting on that end and driving with due diligence… I made it… ( I had also packed another set of clothes just in case… but once we got the preliminary check in I was looking for the relief room… of course the check-in nurse knows why your there and told me… use that door over there if you have to… I had to…
Once in the little room… “shuck down to nothing but your socks “… yea I know, been there done that… I think my ass is getting famous as many people has have been looking at… expect to see pictures of it up in the Dr’s office… with the words… “What and Ass-hole”… or something like that… They stuck some “feeder” into my hand and after a few minutes wait we wheeled off to the exam room… The Dr asked some questions… like he didn’t already know most of it but he has to be assured of the facts… here we will stick this into your tube… first hot… then cold… ooooooh yea… “roll on your side…no really over and curl up tight… “ and the next thing I remember is “ok you can get dressed now”…
Even though I was awake… I wasn’t really awake… and we got home about noon? or maybe even before? I went back to bed and got 3 hours sleep in that time… although I was still pushing a little liquid… it wasn’t as bad as before and I only had a couple of things that needed to be removed up there… and solid food for dinner… oh what a relief it is…
Yesterday I was still somewhat groggy? but I had another Dr appointment? I had a recheck of the skin doctor having taken a biopsy and freeze job done a month ago… doing fine on that part as well… so I am good for another year , unless something pops out… and in 6 weeks I get to let the Colon Dr take a look at his work… they always like to admire what they have done, no mater where it is…
I didn’t get much else done yesterday other than eat real meals, and read some things, and do some clean out in the shop… I need to get some LED lights ready and installed in the motorhome so did a bit on that…
Today… lot of time working on a set-up table for my aluminum can cutting with a dremel tool…. I had one 10 years ago but in the move and shuffle in the shop it seems to have been lost?
I got in to town for lunch… some fast Mexican to rebuild some of that structure down below that was flushed out… and back home… worked on some plants, come yard cleaning, some bird nest removal(sparrows), and bills… geez they pile up quick?
Tomorrow I will volunteer to work gates at the Pawnee Steam show … hope I can hang all day? shouldn’t be a problem but one never knows… ha!
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