I am at that awkward age when medical professionals begin to be persistent in their admonishments for a fairly wide variety of uncomfortable poking and prodding. Day before yesterday I took some pills and drank a very large amount of liquids and powders to clean things out so I would be ready for a colonoscopy yesterday. It was scheduled for the morning and I thought I was going to be able to go back to work in the afternoon. A colleague at work disabused me of the notion of returning to work, so I to the whole day off. I was glad I did.
The event itself was surprisingly benign. It turned out the most uncomfortable part of the whole thing took place the night before when I was drinking all those liquids and dealing with the results of my intake. When I got to the hospital, they asked me to lay down on a table, gave me something to put me to sleep and I woke up twenty minutes later like nothing had happened. The after effects of the sedative induced a nice long afternoon nap and that was that. I was glad to have Kiwi to join me in my nap.
Upshot: There is no reason to put off that colonoscopy you are dreading.
Betty Blonde #461 – 04/16/2010
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They lied when they named the pre-colonoscopy drink “Go Lightly.” It is anything but. I speak from experience.