One bullet dodged · 7:48pm Apr 15th, 2019
I'll make this relatively brief, as this is The Week Of Doctor's Appointments. Today was Audiology (need to follow up with an ear specialist before getting a hearing aid scrip, as she has differing losses) and Gastrointestinal. The latter was the followup for her most recent colonoscopy and polyp removal.
It wasn't cancer.
It was almost cancer.
No: that's an understatement. It was standing on the absolute border of cancer. It was in the middle of having its papers checked when security approached to ask about that one suspiciously-ticking gene.
For the medical among you: the largest polyp was just inside the rectum, measured at 30mm, and was staring to fold over on itself. It had every aspect of a cancerous growth except the cancer. Her doctor told us directly that given some more time to itself, it would have changed into a tumor. How much time? Hard to say. Three years on the extreme outside, months on the low end. But cancer would have been the ultimate, and inevitable, result.
Get yourself checked, kids.
So... he wants her back in September. Because he had to take this thing out in pieces, and he really needs to make sure he didn't miss anything. 'Anything' would mean it has a chance to grow back. But the next examination prep is supposedly easier: two enemas plus the clear food diet on the day before. And that meant we mutually managed to talk her into it. With effort, at the edge of the time window. (Three to six months after the last scoping: he wanted three.) Because she hates the prep -- but she'd probably hate colon cancer more.
But for now... she came close. You could feel the shockwave as the bullet missed narrow right. And in this case, any miss is good enough.
The rest of the week? Dental examination tomorrow. Neurology on Wednesday. Thursday is pain management. But Friday... Friday is when the fun begins.
Friday is when she has to make a decision about potentially getting a laser vagina.
My Ko-Fi goal is still set accordingly.
I may use some office wait time to blog about how I traded Match-3 Marvel Puzzle Quest for -- Line Up Three Or Four. Also with Marvel.
My casual game play seems to center around a need to blast things with repulsors.
I was going to something about catharsis through gamma-powered smashing.
In any case, glad to hear your mother dodged that bullet, even if it was close enough to impress Agent Smith. Here's hoping they missed nothing, and that the rest of the week is less exciting.
Not sure how that's possible when discussing laser vaginas, but the thought is there.
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I have the option for gamma-powered smashing. I have yet to find the option which allows Bruce to chuck a car at someone. Instead, he's just thrown a few at me. Thanks, big guy. Really. Nothing like a Ford Taurus to the neck to put things in perspective.
The truth on MPQ -- and I'll probably cover this again in any blog -- is that I couldn't recover my Facebook placeholder account, and so was unable to transfer my data. After all, when Facebook refuses to acknowledge my phone number as real, clearly the second-best solution is to entrust them with the requested driver's license. Unfortunately, the first-best was to walk away forever. And I tried to start over, but I couldn't even make myself clear the prologue.
So... Marvel Battle Lines. It's casual, it can be quick, I haven't spent $0.01 on it yet, and the strategy is intriguingly frustrating.
...actually, if I get that blog up, you may wind up being the single most interested party. Y'see, it's essentially a 4*3 Tic-Tac-Toe board --
-- which you play with Marvel-themed MtG cards.
You heard me.
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I see. This may bear further research...
I've had a colonoscopy. You take 2 laxative tablets (1 is the recommended dose)
and wash it down with a gallon of liquid laxative (128 fluid ounces of sheer goodness)
that makes you feel nauseous. Possible side effects include "death"
What mental midget writes these thing?!
"Death" is not a side effect! "Death" is THE effect.
I figured that was probably due to electrolyte imbalance &
fortunately you're allowed to drink original (yellow-green) Gatorade.
It replaced a barium enema as "The Most Unpleasant Medical Experience I Have Ever Endured"
That record lasted until I had a catheter put in
Good luck!
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Strange. I had a colonoscopy just a few months ago, and it wasn't nearly that horrible. Partly because I spent most of the prep day having a Marvel marathon with my dad. Then again, I'm only 24, so...
Good to hear some postive news; I hope it continues.
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I think it's the doctor's revenge. They've got to mess with your junk
& take your crap, then you are by God going to SUFFER
I told the Doctor "I'm not sure which is worse.
To have a woman handling your junk,
or to have some guy do it." She was NOT amused
5044899 At 24? Ouch. I had my first one at 50, and I've got another one coming up. The anesthesia they used (Propofol or Milk of Amnesia) made me only remember going into the doctors office, there's a bit of a skip to where they told me to count down from ten, then we were ordering Taco Bell, then I was going to bed, then I woke up at about 9 that evening. When they say get somebody else to drive you there and back, they mean it.
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Yeah & just the cab driver won't do. Had to get my roommate to pick me up.
They said that they wanted me back in 5 years for another. Not only "no" but
HELL NO
I waited 60+ years for my first one,
I can go another 60 with No Problem Whatsoever
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Glad to hear they caught this early and that it did not turn into yet another cherry on top of the crap cake. Good luck with the rest of the week's appointments, may your sanity prevail.
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Colonoscopy... not yet, thank heavens, but I am fast approaching that age where the quack wants you to volunteer to have that done and I cringe at the concept. Catheter though, yes... oh, pain on a pogo stick, flippin' heck, yes... that was wrong on just soooo many levels. I would go through a dozen barium meals with a side serve of double root canal before I'd volunteer for that experience ever again!
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Oh yeah. The list of post operative symptoms includes "painful urination"
That fellow was laboring under Divine Inspiration. Shakespeare himself
could come up with no more accurate word than "painful"
As for Estee, I hope that things go well with the Medicaid people.
There is a thing called "nonemergency medical transportation"
This basically means that they send a cab for you to get to a doctor's appointment.
This was automatic for me & a slam dunk to get because I don't own a car.
There is also a range limit on "how far will they take you?"
but, IMO, it is worth checking out.
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I guess not all anesthetics are created equal, because I was perfectly cognizant before I even got out of the bed. My dad and I went out for lunch at a pub afterwards. As for the age, my sister (26) had a polyp removed the year before, so we wanted to make sure I didn't have anything. Luckily, I was clean, and I don't have to do it again for ten years.
Well, thank god for that. I'm relieved to hear that it was caught in time.
I hope everything goes well for the rest of the appointments.