Colonoscopy

Dear Whoever-

This past week I went for a colonoscopy.  I have had severe pains and sometimes sudden diarrhea for a long time now.  I always equated it with my period, but with the infertility issue I've been getting everything looked at.  The most common suspects would be endometriosis or IBS.  My Nana died of colon cancer and my mother has had polyps, so its not like I'm not a good candidate for such early screening anyways.

So, it just happens that I've been training with the GI clinic and now they were going to be doing my colonoscopy.  Awkward!  As if working in ob/gyn for three years wasn't awkward enough, now i have my butt probed by these people.

The Golytle prep was horrible. I regrettably mixed it with green Powerade on the second glass and it made it worse!  The taste wasn't too bad, it just felt like it sat right on my gag reflex.  Chasing it with warm water and ginger ale made it possible.  When i was drinking the second half in the morning, i threw up a lot of it and decided i was done.

I didn't get called back until two hours past my appointment time, but it didn't really bother me because i was nervous.  The one tech went to get an IV on me and the catheter wouldn't advance.  It hurt like a son of a bitch.  When he finally gave up and pulled it out of my arm, the catheter looked like i chewed it up and my arm still hurt.  So, the anesthesiologist came to get one one me.  I thought great, these guys always get the hard shit.  He tried in my hand and failed, so ended up putting it in my right AC.  I don't even have bad veins, but my nervousness messes everything up.

Anyways, they wheeled me back in the room and i said hi to everyone and asked the anesthesiologist to not let me wake up during the procedure.  He told me i could feel burning in my arm (like we tell all the patients). it started to get very loud and then i woke up in the recovery room! It was great.

So far, i am getting a referral for a nodule and they biopsied some inflammation.  I will hopefully find out the path results this week.

That's it for now.

Me