OT: Advice For Those Who Might Need It

[Guest guest]

Howdy y'all,

 

Here comes Butch again taking some folks to the School House .. and boring

others. ;-) But I hope this post may be of value to some folks.

 

The below testimonial will be Old Hat for many of you .. but I believe that

there will be some who will appreciate the information because .. even

though you might not fear this test .. there is a certain amount of dread

with most any medical procedure

 

This morning I had a Colonscopy .. it was the most simple and uncomplicated

procedure I have ever experienced .. the ONLY hard part was not being able

to have a cuppa coffee when I woke up. ;-)

 

I went in at 7:00 .. by 7:15 they had an IV in my hand and it included some

sort of medication that caused me to hallucinate because though I was wide

awake .. I imagined that the nurses were all walking trees .. and I saw a

great big, beautiful stone in the center of the room .. it must have weighed

30 tons or so .. bright blood red and shiny .. looked like a ruby. I dozed

off at some point and then around 7:30 or so they wheeled me into the

surgical room and stuck an oxygen device in my nose .. then the doc came in

and the nurse told me to roll over on my side and face her.

 

I did as she asked .. and then a few minutes later she asked me if I would

like some juice or a cuppa coffee .. I said " Sure, but can I have it now? "

 

She said .. " Yes, the procedure is over. " I looked around and realized I

was in a different room. I told her I must have been asleep during the

procedure and she said I had not been asleep .. that the doc and I talked to

each other quite a lot the entire time I was in the surgical room.

 

The coffee was great! ;-)

 

Since I couldn't drive home I had planned to take a taxi . I live out in

the county .. around 12 miles from the town of Paris (pop: 9,800 or so) ..

but when the nurse called for a taxi they said they did not go that far out

of town. I was a bit drowsy but I gave myself a Field Sobriety Test ..

walked the line, did an About Face, arms outstretched and finger to nose and

all that good humma-humma .. and I passed the test .. so I told her I could

drive home. She would not accept that.

 

Since I have a couple of police officer buddies here I told her I would walk

downtown to the police station and get one of them or whoever was on duty to

give me a ride home. She wouldn't accept that either .. and she drove me to

my home in her own vehicle. That is one of the benefits of small town

living .. and its sorta what one can expect of Southern Hospitality. :-)

 

 

The feller who lives down the road from me called a few minutes ago to see

how I was .. and he volunteered to take me back to town around 4 to retrieve

my vehicle.

 

The short of it is .. I came out fine .. and the doc told me to come back in

10 years. ;-)

 

The importance of this post is to maybe remove any dread folks who have

never had this procedure might have .. and .. to emphasize the importance of

getting this test if one is over 50 .. especially men folks. Regardless of

what other tests one gets during a physical, there is no way to determine if

one has a colon problem without this test. I have two friends in Georgia

who had the test and they did have Colon Cancer .. one was treated in 2001

and the other in 2005 .. both are in great shape now because the problem was

caught early.

 

So .. I would recommend that folks NOT do what I did (I put it off for 15

years) .. but DO do what I am recommending now .. get the test if you are

over 50 or even younger if you show any of the symptoms of a potential

problem .. and do NOT have the slightest bit of reluctance or dread because

you will be totally surprised at how simple it is .. absolutely no pain

before or afterward.

 

Y'all stay healthy .. and keep smiling. :-) Butch

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Golly Butch, your description of the effects of the IV almost had me scheduling

the procedure, LOL!

 

Butch Owen <butchowen wrote: Howdy

y'all,

 

Here comes Butch again taking some folks to the School House .. and boring

others. ;-) But I hope this post may be of value to some folks.

 

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