[Magdalen] Procedures on Friday

[Rick Mashburn]

Yep, I'm there rationally but emotionally I'm still worried. I'm hoping it
all goes well and I laugh about it after!

Thanks, Rick

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 10:36 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>