Leslie's posts & Health & Progress Report Leslie on 16 Mar 2007 01:53 pm
The Colonoscopy
Getting the colonoscopy is on my “To Do” list for this year. And yes, I’ve been putting this off longer than the American Cancer Society says I should.
I’m not Katie Couric, so they’ll be no live streaming video here on this blog. Also no photos or general whining. And no vivid word pictures, either. I’ll just check it off the list when it’s done and note same here.
It’s enough to say that I have now scheduled the colo for about 6 weeks hence. I’ll be the first appointment of that day at an “endoscopy center” - never to be confused with an outpatient center at The Hospital. Clearly colonoscopies (sp?) are such a growth industry that they have their own facilities now.
This is, I suppose, another example of Baby Boomers and their endless contributions to a burgeoning economy as a result of our aging body parts.
on 02 May 2007 at 9:27 am 1.Lannie said …
Hey there!
The worst thing about my colonoscopy was that I didn’t even take advantage of it!
My plan had been to embark on one of those wonderful 3-day cleansing diets, you know the kind, where you get all the “toxins” out of your body by ingesting nothing but organic lemon juice or something….
After all, I figured, might as well put that purging to good use.
But of course, after the procedure, I just went home and ate fried chicken or something.
And the most irritating thing?
It was after I had done it - because our doctor told me I had to when I turned 50 - that I realized my husband had gotten the exact same instructions. But had he? No. Has he yet? No. and he turns 61 in July.