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10 August 2024

I was so happy yesterday! I made it through the colonoscopy with "flying colors" as my Dr. put it. Thanks to the suggestion from an FS friend of not eating too much during the low-fiber phase. The doctor said he could tell I followed his instructions, because my colon was very clean. He said he got a really good picture and that there were no polypus. Yay! Unfortunately, he had to explain prior to the test that I am in the "five year club," due to my family history. Of course, emotional me teared up and the nurses and him did a good job of calming me down. Colon cancer is the worst cancer in the world and I've witnessed it first hand. It's gross, demoralizing, and extremely painful. That's one cancer I definitely want to avoid! Afterwards, I agreed with him that it wasn't that bad after all and I will be back in 5-years. I literally felt nothing, because they put you to sleep. Of course, I kept cracking jokes to get everyone laughing and to distract myself. They liked how I pretty much stayed in "good spirits." Well, it was easy since the nurses and the doctors were great, with a wonderful bedside manner! I'd say the worst part was the laxatives; however, I was lucky enough to be able to use the Dulcolax/Miralax prep instead of the Go-Lightly. I don't want to see any more Gatorade for a long time now. I must be getting old, because that stuff is really sweet! If anyone were to ask me for advice on getting a colonoscopy, I'd say get yourself some adult diapers and don't expect to get any sleep the night before the test! Staying close to the bathroom is not enough. Yep...I'm old...It's true when you reach a certain age you start sharing the grossest blow by blow medical battle scars and tests. Thank you everyone for your support!

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08 August 2024

I made it through the low-fiber diet. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Today is the liquid diet, but I am allowed Jell-O and ice-pops without red or purple food coloring. Wish they would have said Italian ice instead. Anyhow, I made lemon Jell-O so I'll have that for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Maybe add the chicken bouillon to the lunch and dinner menu to make it feel like I'm eating something. I just keep thinking tomorrow afternoon will be back to normal. Hopefully I don't devour all of the left-overs from hubby's meals when that time rolls around. LOL

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07 August 2024

Last night was an interesting dream. I dreamt that I visited my old workplace and standing behind the counter was a retired coworker. She was always nice to me, but other coworkers told me she was evil and used to spread malicious gossip and rumors about me. (The dean used to call me into his office every time he heard the gossip and would ask me if it was true or not. If it was true, he'd ask to hear my side of the story.) Anyhow, the lights in the building were going on and off, which made the building seem very creepy like in a horror movie. I looked at her and told her that I was about to tell her the lights were going on and off, but I figured she knew that since it's on all floors of the building. She just said that she knew that. I felt like I wanted to ask her if she had done something about it like telling someone, but I stopped myself and said nothing. I just stood there observing her. (I didn't want to, but I was just curious why she was there.) I told her she looked good and had lost a lot of...and that is where I stopped, in mid sentence. She thanked me, then I noticed I was thin too and actually looked better than her.

What a dream! I think my mind must be looking for closure from all the hurt and pain caused by the malicious gossip and rumors. None of the department heads ever did anything about it. There's really no way to tell who started it and who kept the ball rolling, so I realize there will never be any closure. The biggest thing that I noticed about the dream was that she remained very stolid and unemotional the entire time. She didn't even seem to care about the lights! I think that is exactly what I need to do. Emotionally remove myself from my job, which will help me focus on my health. My health is more important than an old building with issues. It's hard for me to stop caring, because that is how I was brought up. You do your job with completely dedication and give the extra mile where you can, unfortunately that value seems to be outdated and somehow causes a lot of jealousy. I think I'm going to have to find myself a more challenging distraction to help me move on.

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04 August 2024

Yayyyyyyyy! I made it to 145! Very happy! I've got to keep going, because it's very easy to gain the weight back. Made a big pot of mashed potatoes for the low-fiber diet I have to be on this week. Today, I have to stop my herbs so we'll see how the pain is without herbal supplements this week. I'll just have to rest more and be careful not to twist myself into odd positions. Got the white grape juice for the clear liquid diet coming up on Thursday. I can do this as I sit here with black coffee! Thankful I can still have that fried egg and toast. :)

Weigh-in: 145.3 lb

lost so far: 10.8 lb

still to go: 20.3 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

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27 July 2024

Looked at the preparation instructions for my colonoscopy, which is next week. Wow! I don't know how my mother-in-law did it. 3 days before no seeds, corn, popcorn, nuts, and no fruit or vegetables with seeds. That would mean no strawberries, bananas, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini... Dang, but manageable. The day before is a basic full day fast/liquid diet, which is only clear liquids and no red or purple food coloring. It gets worst...nothing to drink at all after midnight or you turn into a Gremlin! The bright side is, I should lose some weight doing this. My new nurse practitioner found a way to convince me to do it. She said the magic words, "If you get a clean bill of health from that colonoscopy, you won't have to worry about it for another 10 years." I like the 10 years thing. I'm pretty confident, I'll be good; although, I am keeping my fingers crossed. Not cool having a family history of all sorts of cancers.

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