Let's replay, shall we?
Tuesday night I only had a bowl of homemade chicken soup for dinner.
Not realizing this was my last meal or I would have made it far better.
Wednesday morning I read my instructions and take out all the things they gave me in a pretty little bag.
The instructions told me I was not allowed to eat all day. WHAT? I woke up hungry and want to eat my arm. Oh boy. But I'm allowed black coffee with stevia so I did have a cup of coffee. Woo-hoo!
My instructions that were given to me:
Wednesday -
3 pm - take 2 pills from the brown packet.
Mix 64 oz of water with the full bottle of the powdery stuff and drink every 20 minutes from 3p - 6p It stated it would make you queasy and if I were to vomit to then drink every 30 minutes. Oh yea, that'll help.(made me very nauseous all night)
9 pm - take 2 more pills.
5 hours before test, take another pill from yellow packet (test at 10)
Mix 10 oz water with the packet of magnesium citrate.
What Peg did:
Started an hour earlier than told because I knew I'd want some sleep.
Also took the last pill and magnesium earlier too.
I mean I was up why the hell not?
Yes, that was at 4am. No water after 5am or any liquid at all.
But that didn't help.
I just wanted to shower and get this over with but I couldn't stop going to the bathroom.
So there I sat. Aside from the nice color of my powder room I thought about what the hell could I have eaten on Tuesday that I am still going?
Salad for lunch. Coffee for breakfast and soup for dinner. It's still not gone? Geez. What can I eat when I get out of there? What is in our pantry? I think I need some new hand towels. Yep wondering thoughts while on the throne. Hmm...
At 11 pm I sat in my husband's big chair (closest to the powder room)
and I fell asleep for 2 hrs. Then it began again.
With all of our advances in science and the medical field isn't there a better way to do this? Honestly, I am never doing this again.
I also wonder why I had to wait until 3 pm to start this since I wasn't allowed to eat all day. Why couldn't I start earlier and be finished so I could get some sleep?
When Rick had this done he drank one thing and it was over. Went to bed, showered in morning, had test. Done. They made this far more complicated than necessary. I don't care for this doctor and this did not help endear himself to me anymore.
We get there as instructed 45 minutes prior to the procedures.
Why so early I do not know. So everyone in the room can run to the bathroom at the same time? Yeah, a poop party. Why do they do this to us? Dignity is all out the window. But the bathrooms were clean and the tile work was very nice. 😀
For some reason, sitting in the waiting room my husband is finding my doctor's name quite funny.
He knew the name before but for some reason like a good 12-year-old boy, he is having fun this morning with the name. We are both loopy tired and that doesn't help.
He keeps saying, "Can you imagine having that name as a kid?"
I told him I was too naive as a kid to have known anything other than it was his name. Then he said, "what is his first name, Harry?" Well, that cracked up the old fool. He was having a laughing good time.
Harry Mirkin.
I told him his name was Kenneth. But now he is acting so childish and I am so tired I too am laughing at his ridiculous comments. That only encourages his bad behavior. Thank goodness they called me back and he had to sit there and amuse himself.
I awoke to them telling me all went well. No polyps etc. Rick thankfully was by my side so he heard it all because I was still a bit out of it.
I am just happy it's over and they told me I don't have to do that end for another 10 years. Yea, right.
Little do they know I am never doing this again. Once was enough for me.
The prep was horrible and it made me so nauseous. I asked about that and they told me about half the people do get sick and vomit. Thankfully I wasn't vomiting but being nauseated isn't fun either. Nothing like sitting on the throne holding the garbage can in front of you just in case.
As for my endoscopy, there are some issues and they will be in touch about that. Inflammation and some celiac things. No biggie I assume. But biopsies will be done and I was free to go home and eat.
Eat. Oh, I wish I could have a good ole cheeseburger but instead, I came home to some scrambled eggs and sausage and a cup of coffee. yum. Rick made me breakfast and I love when that happens. I am now full, very full. And it feels good to be full. In my mind, while thinking about eating when I got out I thought I'd be eating a ton of food I was so hungry. But then I got food and it was great but I couldn't eat it all.
I answered 4 voicemail messages, booked all 4 and after I hit post here I will be laying down for a bit. Still feeling groggy.
Okay, that is all the tests for the rest of this year for me.
I am done.
Even if "they" don't think so. I.am.done!
13 comments:
So sorry that you had to go through all that, I feel ill just by reading it. Hugs!
I wonder why your doctor made you do that kind of prep. I had the same one Rick had. Not that it was a piece a cake either but there must be something about your health profile that made him do the one he did. I am due for another but I'm getting the one where you just send in a stool sample to a lab. Not as effect of a test, they say, but I'm like you. I don't want to do it again. If they find something in the stool, okay, then maybe I can be talked into it. My doctor agreed.
Glad you got to eat finally!
I just thought of this. You missed a chance to have a gluten fest right before you took your cleanser. It would have helped clean you out. Well, you'll get another chance in ten years.
Alessandra - Thanks.
Jean - I think he must have hated me or something. I think I am asking about what you just mentioned for when I'm 10 years older. :-)
Mike - If that wouldn't have made me sick I would have done it so fast. But it wouldn't have worked. And no more, not even in 10 years.
I hav had two colonoscopies. The first one was perfectly fine. Ten years later and my doctor insists the DNA stool testing procedures is just not sufficient and I had a second colonoscopy. My doctor showed me the picture of my shiny pink, perfectly healthy colon. She said "You couldn't ask for a better colon than this so you can wait another ten years." I am a slower learner than you, but I had the same idea that there is no way I will do this again. It wasn't even that bad a prep for me, I just don't see the necessity.
P.S. I certainly hope you do not have celiac disease!
Olga, Unfortunately I already have celiac disease. this was not to find out i had it, but to see repair,and see about some continued issues I'm having.
I have a bunch of 'funny' remarks for cases like these, but not for people who had to suffer like you did. I am so, so sorry. That's awful. I don't blame you for never, ever wanting to go through this again. And I wonder, was the medication GF? One of my good friends who has celiac had a colonoscopy and the doctor gave her the wrong stuff for her prep. She was HORRIBLY ill from it. ((Hugs)) to you. I hope you feel a lot better this evening.
I had it and I will never have it again. There is no excuse for a test this awful.
Ami, oh you can make funny remarks. We sure have been. This may sound odd to you but you have no idea how happy it makes me that you "get it" No one gets it when you have this stupid disease. I get eye rolls, nasty comments or what others perceive as jokes. Why don't people joke about diabetes or asthma? Because it's not funny!! Oh how I could go on but I won't here. This new doc is my new celiac doctor so this was something that was discussed prior to the procedure. He doesn't have any meds that have gluten so I was okay there. My God what a nightmare to go through this and then get so terribly ill for weeks because of gluten. I would have been livid!! But too weak to do anything until I was better.
Barbara - I am with you 100%. last time!
I've only had one colonoscopy, and after reading your post, have sufficiently talked myself out of having another one. Mine wasn't near as horrible as yours, although I recall thinking if I ever have to do it again, I'm wearing depends so I can get a little sleep. Ugh. Happy all is well with you though!
Gee depends sounds like a good idea just for the darn sleep.
Oh Peg! I seriously have just laughed until my stomach aches. My FB popped up with a "memory" for me and it was an old blog post from when I was writing, Cottage By The Sea. You had made a comment so I clicked on to see if you were still writing. I am SO HAPPY that all is well after your test but let me tell you, reading it made me laugh harder than I've laughed in years. My husband even turned the mute button on his football game and asked me to read it to him. I could barely read it aloud because I was still laughing so hard. You are hilarious! Love you, Tia
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