Fingers crossed tomorrow's EGD and colonoscopy goes well. With any luck, we'll find out why I've been bleeding "down there" for a couple months now, sometimes heavily.

I'm looking forward to being able to eat real food again. I've been so cold for several days now. My poor kitty Belle has had to deal with cold hands on her warm paws in bed.

#EGD #Colonoscopy

I went to my first ever hospital admission, for my first ever colonoscopy this morning. My doctor advised me to schedule it just to rule out anything bad. I've been anxious about this the past two weeks while I was away on holiday.

Phew.

#colonoscopy

colonoscopy done, uneventful, great nurse who was also originally from Massachusetts and we had a mini-bond over a lot of things.

They only used sedative so I wasn't ever fully out. So I'm a tiny bit groggy and tired now (mainly from the nap I took after!) but fine

apparently they snagged one polyp so we'll have to see what the biopsy is for that

#adulting #colonoscopy

If I was crazy rich I would start a business called "clearFood.com" and it would sell clear chewy things to eat before a colonoscopy. You could send people gift boxes to sustain them for a day.

The part of #colonoscopy prep I hate most is the starving

In other news, I have a followup #colonoscopy tomorrow (after they found something precancerous last year).

With anethesia comes a very small chance of death, so if you don't see me posting/boosting in a few days, I thought I'd let you know that Mastodon has been a source of peace and pleasure, a safer kind of social media, and I appreciate all of you.

I guess it's ok to tell you that even if I don't die. :) Keep being awesome.

Wait.

What?

https://www.jpost.com/omg/man-discovers-ladybug-living-inside-his-colon-677331 #ladybug #colonoscopy #FlyAwayHome

I got a colonoscopy for my 47th birthday. And the results...

https://misryoum.com/us/lifestyle/i-got-a-colonoscopy-for-my-47th-birthday/

It’s my 47th birthday today, so I kicked off the celebration last week with the funnest thing someone my age can gift themselves:A colonoscopy!Colorectal cancer was the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. last year — and...

#got #colonoscopy #for #47th #birthday #And #the #results #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

Ok, so, for real this time… tomorrow is my first #colonoscopy. I hate writing #colonoscopy but hey, what are ya gonna do?

I’m glad I triple checked my appointment this time!

Also, State of the Union speech is tomorrow, and I’d rather have a colonoscopy than watch that.

*Update: So, everything went well. It was a real nice nap. One quarter-sized polyp removed. They’re sending it for testing but it didn’t look too angry in the photos so I’m hoping it’s benign!