November BP

 

Day After the Ass Scope

The good news is I have survived. The bad news is that they removed four Polyps. The other news is I won't know anything about the polyps for four or five days.

So in the meantime, I'm going to go about business as usual. Today I want to attach an extension cord to my electric roof. It's a job I usually wait until snow has fallen to do and it's a good warm day to do it. It will be an uncharacteristically proactive thing for me to do.

Below is a scanned copy of the report they gave me with beautiful photographs of my colon. 

That's a nice looking Colon. This is more for me, having easy electronic access to the report, than for you, my faithful reader. 

And what's wrong with you that you faithfully read this?!

Day of the Ass Scope

The morning hath cometh all to sooneth. I awake to a sloppy wet rain-snow mix falling. Shortly I will begin drinking the rest of the prep juice and something else wet and sloppy will begin falling. I must say that I'm very happy about having a bidet. For this situation, it is quite commodious for the commode.

8:00AM: First glass is down. Here comes the fun. It's much better when it's not warm.

9:51AM: I finished the juice by 9 and have been off and on the toilet since. It's just a great way to spend the morning.

112:54PM: Well, I think I'm mostly done. Time to get ready to go down to the Medical place for the procedure.

Colon Blow

4:30PM: I just drank my first glass of the Prep Juice for my Colonoscopy tomorrow. I have to drink eight 8oz glasses over the next two hours. That should be about half the solution.

Then I drink the rest of the juice in the morning. I don't check in until 2:30 and the procedure is at 4. I'm going to be powerful hungry when I get out.

We are talking about going out for pizza afterwards. I'm just hoping I won't be too groggy to enjoy a night out.

4:45PM: Okay, I'm on glass number two. It's really not very pleasant. First of all, the instructions said to use luke warm water. Secondly, while it has a slight hint of lemon flavor, it's really heavy feeling, kind of oily. In other words, not very pleasant.

5:00PM: I downed number three really fast. Now I'm feeling full. Hopefully the fullness will pass before I have to drink the next glass.

5:15PM:

5:30PM:

5:53PM: This is the first chance I've had to sit here at the computer in a while. I'll be heading back in soon, I think. I've got two more glasses to drink. Yup, here I go.

8:30PM: I think I am mostly done being perched on the toilet. I am certainly not feeling full. I drank my eight glasses and all went as expected.

Now I have to finish up the juice in the morning.

Vacation Day One

It is my first full day of vacation. I slept in until 7. I made myself my favorite guilty breakfast, biscuits and gravy. And now I have just finished fixing the kitchen space heater. 

I'm getting good at this. It only took me 20 minutes. The most tedious part of this process is removing about 25 sheet metal screws. It just takes a while.

I just plugged it in and am waiting for the thermostat to engage the fan. I was pleased to see the switch light came on. That's a good sign. Ah! The second and more important good sign...the fan is on and heat is coming out.

I would normally now sing the praises of me and my ability to fix something. I have found that sort of pride often leads to a mighty fall somewhere else. Go find my post about cutting into the gas line by mistake.

I have made a call to the Union Gospel Mission to come and pick up the car. It has sat in the driveway for almost a year waiting for me to decide what to do with it. I have decided to follow the road of least resistance. Just get rid of it!

Later: After a high quality nap, I have pretty much given up for the day.

That's one vacation day down.

Tuesday or Friday

I rolled out of bed this morning knowing it's a Tuesday but believing it's a Friday...at least for me. After today, I have the next three days off. Throw in a Saturday and a Sunday and I'm ambling down Vacation Lane.

When I got into the bathroom and gazed out at the chilly morning about to begin, it was all covered in snow. We only got about two inches but that's enough to make it the second significant snowfall of the season.

I had no time to snow blow before I left for work but it all worked out because it had all melted by the time I got home...as I expected.

I have no major plans for the next five days except for the Colonoscopy on Friday. I have lots of little projects I plan to complete.

1) Get a little organization going in the Carriage House so I can use the space over the winter.

II) Donate my old car to the Union Gospel Mission. I need it the hell out of the driveway.

Three} Try to finish up the trim on the TV Room front window.

D] Clean my closet.

5) There must be a five but I don't know what that is yet. Oh Wait! I need to put a new switch in the kitchen space heater. The cheapo switches I bought on Amazon last year last only a few months. It turns out it was a good thing they come in a pack of 5.

Monday or Thursday?

 Susan's alarm goes off at Five AM. She gets up around 5:15. So I'm gently jostled awake which prepares me for my alarm at 5:30. When it went off today, I sat up on the side of the bed, and with a tone of disgust in my voice, I said, "Monday!"

I got up and started into my morning routine. As I was about to step into the shower, I realized I was taking some vacation days on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 

So one could consider this as my Thursday. That little realization brightened my day (and my shower) considerably.

But in the back of my mind, I still know that it's Monday.

Another reason for discontent is that my Friday will be spent prepping for a Colonoscopy at 4:00. I don't know why I accepted an appointment so late in the day. My only defense is that I made it a loooooooong time ago and didn't consider the time.

October BP

Perhaps you will notice that I have augmented this month's Blood Pressure Chart with the Daily Sunrise-Sunset times. I did it for no particular reason other than it is fun to watch the progression of the time changes.