You may want to skip this post..:)..but it is for me to remind me once my 3 years are up again what I went through. As many of you may already know, my mother died of Colon Cancer and passed away in 1994. She was diagnosed at the age of 54 at stage 4; the doctors told her that she had 6 months to live but she was a true fighter and passed away at the age of 60. Much too early for herself and her family. Miss you always!
Monday was the beginning of my ritual experience of the liquid needed to prepare for my colonscopy on early Tuesday, 12/1/09. Thank god a friend told me to suck on hard candy as this stuff was completely horrible to drink. I'll leave out some of the details so as not to ruin your stomach. If it wasn't for my orange sucker, I wouldn't have been able to do it. I think the hard part was that I've been sick with a nasty cough for most of the week prior so their wasn't much left inside me. The procedure was fine and the good news out of all of this is that I have no polyps. I need to go back in 3 years for a repeat and if all goes well I don't have to go for another 5 years after that...I can only cross my fingers! More broccoli for me!!
I went through another 6 hours of hell after the procedure because I couldn't keep anything down and my head was going to split open. Not sure if I was dehydrated or if it was the going under that did it for me. So, my lovely David came home and nursed me back to health. We called the nurse twice to get me through this ordeal as I was ready for the ER. All I wanted was to feel better..::(. I'm feeling much better on day 3 and am grateful for a healthy ARSE!! Now, let's begin and celebrate our blessings during the holidays with family and friends. And, thanks to my brother, Steven for checking in on me :)- your turn next!!
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