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My colon has been scoped! After a couple of days of preparation turmoil, the deed is done! The procedure, a colonoscopy, almost seems to have never happened. There was the food moderation done on Tuesday, the liquid diet day and purgation on Wednesday (and all of the early Thursday morning hours), and the denouement--this morning's procedure and recovery period.
By far the worst of it all was the 16 hours of purgation that had to be done before the procedure could be performed. The best? The procedure itself! I was put to sleep and when I awoke it had been done and I had no memory of what took place. One minute, I was awake, and the next I was asleep (or even deeper than that). The next minute, I was awakening. I have no knowledge or sensation of what had been done--the removal of 5 polyps (hopefully benign) and the identification of one large remaining polyp. Unfortunately, this large one could not be excised with today's procedure--it has to be done by a surgeon. I don't yet know if the process is invasive or whether it can be done with minimal invasion. It would be wonderful if the process can be done without also doing a purgation. I will know more after talking with the surgeon and others.
The outside temperature right now is 88 degrees! Hot, hot, hot! But it doesn't feel that warm--but it's getting even warmer over the next few days.
I missed dance class today--thought it prudent to not push my luck by going to class while still under any effects from the anesthesia! Should be able to make it to class tomorrow--and then onward to more medical moves I go.
Just ran across a site, how-old.net--it takes an image of a person and returns a guess as to how old they are. My photo produced guesses of around 65! I'll take it!
My daughter and the grandkid took me to the surgery center this morning (early)--and retrieved me around noon. I was in the center for three hours. The people there were excellent--very attentive and caring.