Jess For A LaughNov 20, 2022

Drinking today like there's no drinking tomorrow. Because there isn't. I can't have alcohol tomorrow. Or food. Or joy. I'll be prepping for a #colonoscopy. I'll be drinking clear liquids and evacuating my brains out if you need me. Then, Monday, nothing by mouth at all, and procedure at 2 in the afternoon. But I have a presentation for work at 11am that I'll somehow accomplish between abdominal cramps. I'm a trooper.

#GettingOld sucks. #ChronicIllness sucks. Happy birthday, Jess.

Show threadJess For A Laugh

@ericdn627 @WelshBloke @kitsyn @Heidi @germanbini @kpelgbt

Thank you all for your kind words the other day. I managed to get through the fasting and the prep, do my presentation, and then I had the #colonoscopy. They did have to do some #biopsies, so I'm still waiting on that, and due to my #Cancer history, they want me to come back in 3 years (le sigh), but everything else went as well as could be expected, except I got stuck 4 times (dehydration and shitty veins). Appreciate you all!

Nov 22, 2022 at 4:10pmWeb
Show threadWelshBlokeNov 22, 2022
@meeple @ericdn627 @kitsyn @Heidi @germanbini @kpelgbt I'm glad it went OK! You definitely deserve to treat yourself! Could you feel when they did the biopsy? I could feel a sharp little tug when they did mine, not painful just weird.
Show threadJess For A LaughNov 22, 2022
@WelshBloke I couldn't feel anything, or if I did, I don't recall. Yay anesthesia. I don't have any discomfort or pain now, either.
Show threadWelshBlokeNov 22, 2022
@meeple oh yeah, I didn’t get any of the good drugs. Or any drugs. :(
Show threadJess For A LaughNov 22, 2022
@WelshBloke unacceptable! You should at least get a nap out of the deal.
Show threadWelshBlokeNov 22, 2022
@meeple I'd had a bit of a life wobble at the time and I was under a section and had an escort with me. It was eye opening how differently you are treated when you're in that circumstance. A lot of questions that should have been asked to me were made statements that were addressed to my escort. It made me very aware of not doing that myself when I'm at work so something good came out of it! And they have all the good drugs at the unit!
Show threadKitsynNov 22, 2022
@meeple Glad to hear you made it through. I’ve been thinking about you. I just got finished with mine. Thankfully, I don’t have to go back for ten years, because the prep about killed me. I haven’t projectile vomited like that since I was drinking way too much in college.
Show threadJess For A LaughNov 22, 2022
@kitsyn oh noes! I'm sorry it was so awful. I got to mix Miralax with Gatorade instead of the nasty prep concoctions I've had in the past, so it wasn't quite as bad.