[Magdalen] Procedures on Friday

[Scott Knitter]

The great thing about a colonoscopy is that if you have polyps...I always
have a few...they get removed, so then you leave with less potentially
cancerous tissue than when you arrived for the test. Fortunately none of
mine have been precancerous. But they've all gone bye-bye rather than
continue to lurk in my system.

And do give back the hospital's air afterward once you get back to your
little room on the ward. They'll want you to do it, and you'll want to lose
the bloat. So satisfying.

These are good screenings and I'm glad my friends are getting them done!

Old-timer here with 3 colonoscopies in the books.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:16 PM M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Colonoscopy prep?  Easy, depending.  I was simply awakened at 4:00 am by
> My System, and didn't go to sleep again (wink wink).  Don't be surprised if
> you continue said "prep" once you arrive at the doc's office.  By then
> you'll be a pretty clean fellow anyway, so don't sweat it if it so comes
> about.
>
> As for when it's happening, everyone has a different experience.  Even
> though I was supposedly pumped with opioidal pain killers, I never felt
> like I was, AND experienced no pain.  Or "not being there-edness".  In
> fact, I had a great conversation with the doc during.  When he saw some
> blood vessel inflammation and wondered about it, I said "Well, I do have
> vasculitis elsewhere.  Maybe there too?"  He couldn't but agree.
>
> Afterward, you will have GAS.  Or, more specifically, the AIR pumped into
> you prior to camera snooping.  So, don't be afraid to, well, ... you know.
>
> You'll be fine.
>
> As for the endoscopy, never had one of those.  You'll have to educate in
> reverse!
>
> M J (Mike) Logsdon.
>
> "Aaugh[.]" -- Charles Brown.
> "Avoid dull needles and use a soft cloth." -- E Kovacs.
> "Because that's the kind of guy, I'm." -- C Reiner, "Your Show of Shows",
> skit: "From Here to Obscurity".
>
-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA