tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14190620.post114093749016448881..comments2023-10-16T07:10:05.952-05:00Comments on BOHEMIAN adventures: the cuckoo's nestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14190620.post-1141403113597147942006-03-03T10:25:00.000-06:002006-03-03T10:25:00.000-06:00Just ran across your blog...and had to comment on ...Just ran across your blog...and had to comment on this post. I'm glad you decided to post on a subject that is so personal and potentially embarrassing. It makes the topic less taboo, I think. Due to a chronic condition I am supposed to have a colonoscopy every two years since the age of 14! And I'm 32 now. Of course I try to avoid that as much as I can and since I have moved a lot - school, grad school - I manage to delay for several years. But the colonoscopies always catch up to me sooner or later. The hideous preparation stuff you have to drink has gotten slightly better over the years- less volume but not necessarily better tasting. The last time I went in for one the preparation didn't work the first time and so I had to fast for three days (two for the first failed attempt and one more for the second successful attempt). Fortunately, I have been lucky and had really kind nurses and good friends or family to take care of me afterwards. So congrats to you, and all of the rest of us too! for having come through this particular adventure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14190620.post-1141147579558718252006-02-28T11:26:00.000-06:002006-02-28T11:26:00.000-06:00Ah Wendee, I understand your angst about colonosco...Ah Wendee, I understand your angst about colonoscopies. My second one is dutifully scheduled on my Outlook calendar for 2011, and you surely must know I am counting the days. Honestly, though, I don't recall the procedure being half as bad as the preparation. Did you drink that Golightly stuff? That was the absolute worst for me, facing the last glass with utter dread before simply pouring it down the toilet. I remember some years before having a sigmoidoscopy, which was worse for me than the colonoscopy: the doctor kindly told me that grown men often fainted during the procedure. Isn't that nice? Anyway, you are so much better off enduring the indignity and discomfort of a colonoscopy than avoiding it. My father in law died a terrible death because he never had himself checked until he felt the sharp pains in his abdomen. So you did it even though you hated it, and good for you. If you need one every ten years, as I do, just remember: you survived the first one, and you'll survive the next.Bob Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350825385315155962noreply@blogger.com