One of the "real fun" things for seniors are those colonscopy thingies. Well, folks, it's been 5 years so that means I have to have it again. So what are the perks?
Except for the obvious (the preparation), they really aren't too bad. The stuff you have to drink is much better today than the mixture I had to drink say 10 years ago. If you were not getting one ten years ago, just trust me on the previous preparation drinks. Has anyone ever told you they put vodka in their preparation drink? Like is that scary or what? Smashed and needing the bathroom quickly? Don't go there...
And you get to sleep the whole rest of the day-or at least I do. I also get to ask all kinds of stupid questions to my husband, fall asleep, ask the same questions again when I wake up because I never remember a thing. It must be the meds my GI doc uses.
They play terrific music in the GI lab-or they do at least for the 5 minutes that I am actually conscious before getting some joy juice. Is it bad that they are playing Abba's Dancing Queen???? Hmmm-well maybe if I was a man it would be bad...
Then there are the gowns. What kind of sadist designed them? They really never cover up anything and after all, what part of you is the subject of attention in the lab??? Why not just let you wear some really neat t-shirt. My GI doc could use it for advertising. It could have some real catchy phrase on the front of it. Any suggestions for that phrase? What about .... Get to the bottom of things at----
and then have my doctor's name and clinic.
I think I will now go have a bowl of cereal. I only have 1 hour before I can't eat anything solid until after my test on Thursday.
lydialou
Except for the obvious (the preparation), they really aren't too bad. The stuff you have to drink is much better today than the mixture I had to drink say 10 years ago. If you were not getting one ten years ago, just trust me on the previous preparation drinks. Has anyone ever told you they put vodka in their preparation drink? Like is that scary or what? Smashed and needing the bathroom quickly? Don't go there...
And you get to sleep the whole rest of the day-or at least I do. I also get to ask all kinds of stupid questions to my husband, fall asleep, ask the same questions again when I wake up because I never remember a thing. It must be the meds my GI doc uses.
They play terrific music in the GI lab-or they do at least for the 5 minutes that I am actually conscious before getting some joy juice. Is it bad that they are playing Abba's Dancing Queen???? Hmmm-well maybe if I was a man it would be bad...
Then there are the gowns. What kind of sadist designed them? They really never cover up anything and after all, what part of you is the subject of attention in the lab??? Why not just let you wear some really neat t-shirt. My GI doc could use it for advertising. It could have some real catchy phrase on the front of it. Any suggestions for that phrase? What about .... Get to the bottom of things at----
and then have my doctor's name and clinic.
I think I will now go have a bowl of cereal. I only have 1 hour before I can't eat anything solid until after my test on Thursday.
lydialou
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