avoiding anything that ends in oscopy
right up front..TMI warning
I have few mantras in life, but one is...avoid anything that ends in oscopy. ...particularly colonoscopy. For you under about 50, this is something you don't have to worry about for a while, but it's coming.
I've seen what happens. I haven't seen the actual procedure, and really have no desire to. I've seen the preparations one goes through to get to that point, and....let's just say it's shitty....literally.
Mom-in-law stays with us when she has to go through this ordeal, because the hospital she patronizes is far closer to us than it is to her house 90 miles away. When that happens, we load up a bathroom with her reading material and, once she's in, seal it off with crime scene tape. After she leaves for the hospital, we bring in the biohazard team to check it out before we let anyone enter the area.
For years, Mr. My Doctor has been mentioning that ugly word to me, and for years I've been replying with an equally ugly phrase which can be loosely translated as "No."
Then my family started in on me...particularly (and surprisingly) the youngster, who showed some honest concern about my health and expressed a desire to keep me around for a while. The wife also hit me with plain old logic, which is a bit hard to refute, as in, "It would be really stupid to find out later you're dying of colon cancer, when everyone who cares about you is asking you to do this test to detect/prevent it." I started looking at my distaste for all things oscopy in a different light...as in, stop being a baby about this. No, it ain't a lot of fun, but it's only a day. You'll live through it.
So now, it's on the schedule. It's still a few months off....in October, but the trepidation is already here.
I have few mantras in life, but one is...avoid anything that ends in oscopy. ...particularly colonoscopy. For you under about 50, this is something you don't have to worry about for a while, but it's coming.
I've seen what happens. I haven't seen the actual procedure, and really have no desire to. I've seen the preparations one goes through to get to that point, and....let's just say it's shitty....literally.
Mom-in-law stays with us when she has to go through this ordeal, because the hospital she patronizes is far closer to us than it is to her house 90 miles away. When that happens, we load up a bathroom with her reading material and, once she's in, seal it off with crime scene tape. After she leaves for the hospital, we bring in the biohazard team to check it out before we let anyone enter the area.
For years, Mr. My Doctor has been mentioning that ugly word to me, and for years I've been replying with an equally ugly phrase which can be loosely translated as "No."
Then my family started in on me...particularly (and surprisingly) the youngster, who showed some honest concern about my health and expressed a desire to keep me around for a while. The wife also hit me with plain old logic, which is a bit hard to refute, as in, "It would be really stupid to find out later you're dying of colon cancer, when everyone who cares about you is asking you to do this test to detect/prevent it." I started looking at my distaste for all things oscopy in a different light...as in, stop being a baby about this. No, it ain't a lot of fun, but it's only a day. You'll live through it.
So now, it's on the schedule. It's still a few months off....in October, but the trepidation is already here.
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John put this out here at 8:04 AM
2 Comments:
Shudder. But your wife is right. It would be extremely annoying to die from something you could have prevented. Still...shudder.
When the time gets closer, remind me and I'll give you some tips on how to deal with the 'pre' part. Teez talked about it to me a few times.
Do it, sweetie and I hope it turns out in good favor.
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