Posted in seeker, tagged autobiography, colonoscopy on January 24, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I don’t want to put anyone on the spot by mentioning that she just came through her colonoscopy with the prize-winning flag of “10 years until the next one.” But I did want to say that I now know three extremely useful things for others who are facing a colonoscopy.
1. Check the flavor of the [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged autobiography, colonoscopy on January 19, 2006 | 16 Comments »
Just heard from the doc. The polyp was benign. No need for another colonoscopy for five to ten years.
When I was a kid, I thought that in the 21st century, I would have a jetpack. Time travellers, please do not go back and tell that kid he’ll get a colonoscopy instead.
Posted in seeker, tagged autobiography, colonoscopy on January 12, 2006 | 14 Comments »
Woke at 7:25, in time for five minutes of drinking water. Then my thought cycle for the rest of the day was, “I’m hungry and thirsty. I should eat and drink something. Oh.”
The nurse says I have the blood pressure of a twenty-year-old.
The nicest part was when they wrapped me in a warm blanket.
The most [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged autobiography, colonoscopy on January 11, 2006 | 5 Comments »
When I was young, I liked fasting. If I was a few pounds overweight, I would skip a meal or two. If I felt like I needed spiritual recharging, I would fast for a few days. I always liked the third day best, because that was when the hunger stopped.
I’m not sure when I got [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged autobiography, colonoscopy on December 28, 2005 | 13 Comments »
One of the joys of turning fifty is that your doctor decides it’s time to look at your intestines. At fifty, you have a 30% chance of having little growths called polyps. If you don’t have polyps, you get to wait ten years before you’re expected to have another colonoscopy. If you do have polyps, [...]
