Colonoscopy and Other Things

Warning, colonoscopy topic may be offensive to some (-:

M had a routine colonoscopy a few days ago. You are sedated for this procedure, so I followed him to the hospital and brought him home. He seems to be fine and won't require one for another 10 years. The room had a few other patients undergoing the same procedure. There wasn't much privacy so you could hear what everyone was saying. I swear the doctors are getting younger (as I age). So the doctor told one of the ladies they did find and remove 4 small polyps inside her colon. They told her not to worry as they are usually benign, and that they would follow up with her as necessary. The hardest part of the procedure seems to be the preparation the day before to empty your bowels, and having to have just clear fluids like broth and non-red jello.

We were discussing the weather among other things with the nice nurse. She remarked that the snow and ice generally never disrupt her schedule, she never thinks it's such a big deal. I told her that was a very Canadian thing to say, as we laughed. She was telling us her daughter turned 21 in university this year. The daughter and her friends went out to celebrate and one of the guys decided to pick her up and run. The girl had been wearing very high heels. Well, he tripped and she went flying onto the pavement. She hit her head and broke her pelvis. The poor mom gets this call and has to drive down to the school to get her daughter. Horrified, I asked if she was ok. She is, after a 6 week recovery. Kids will be kids and it was a horrible accident. The people in emergency did not seem surprised, 'Oh, turned 21', they figured you go out to celebrate and things can happen. They must have seen it all.


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