It makes me mad that the Beast, when he misses an appointment, won't call and reschedule his own appointments. He always has to go out and do something so he can't. Today he was leaving for Walmart when he *remembered*. It took me over an hour of calling to finally get thru to his pulmonary doctor's office. Somehow, he lucked out because they had to reschedule the appointments because of an emergency the doctor had. So the girl was very cheerful and rescheduled him for later this month.
It's just a 3 month follow-up and not for any tests. The doctor just wants to check him out to see how the medications he prescribed are doing for him. The best we can hope for is that it slows down the progress of his COPD.
I'm really dreading my colonoscopy and I know I shouldn't. It's not the exam itself. It's what you have to go through to get ready for it. The liquid you have to drink to clean yourself out is just awful no matter how cold it is. And then waiting to hear the results is a pain. If he finds any polyps and removes them, you have to wait until you hear if they are cancerous or not. You never get the results the same day. It requires another visit to the doctor's office.
The polyp that cause the death of part of my colon that was removed and restitched was not cancer, thank goodness but the thought is scary. I'm so damn tired of having to have all these surgeries. My body is one huge scar from the waist down. Even the scars from removing my appendix isn't as small as you might think. Oh, it's only a couple inches but the gas that they pumped into my abdomen to aid in the surgeries (it gets the abdominal wall up so they can explore) had me farting for days afterward. And burping. It was awful. I didn't want to be around anyone while I was getting rid of that stuff and, wouldn't you know it?, everyone wanted to stop in to see me and see how I was doing.
I'll do what I must but I sure won't like it. I won't be able to stray far from the bathroom once I start drinking that foul liquid. And my diet must be clear liquids. Thank goodness I can have chicken broth. I do like that. Oh, and jello. I'll be starving by the time I get out of Day Surgery but I will warn the Beast so he will be ready to stop at one of the fast food places on our way home.
I'm tired tonight so I am heading for bed as soon as I post this. Love you all. I hope you had a good Hump Day. Mine was boring...LOL. Even TV sucked. The weather was okay but not great. We didn't get the rain we were led to expect. Will have to see what tomorrow brings us. ***Hugs***
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