Subj : Re: Health Update To : Ardith Hinton From : Daryl Stout Date : Sat Aug 08 2020 17:50:00 Ardith, DL> Even had to take a colon test a couple of months ago. AH> Seems to me you're in good company... [wry grin]. My next one is in April. But, I'm going to do the Citrate Of Magnesia, and the Ducolax. That My-Lytely stuff sucks...the acid reflux I had reacted so with it, it felt like my esophagus and throat were on fire...so I couldn't finish the prep work. DL> they said I was normal. Hearing that...I cried for joy. AH> Uh-huh. Although I didn't think it was likely I had colon AH> cancer I was quite relieved when my gastroenterologist found no AH> evidence of it.... :-) That's what I'm hoping for. When I had my last one nearly 3 years ago, there was a woman in her mid-80's getting her first one. My gastrointerologist, a black guy with a great sense of humor (but very cordial and informative) was very annoyed with this woman for waiting so long. AH> Uncle Google says very little about it, except that it AH> affects many people who spend a lot of time in a seated position. If AH> you're a truck driver who has to eat & sleep whenever the opportunity AH> becomes available I understand how these things can interfere with AH> one's digestion etc. because I'm in a very similar situation. What AH> made the matter more urgent in recent months was that I'd developed AH> chronic diarrhea... beginning around the time people who used to eat AH> out a lot started remaining at home & learning to bake bread. The AH> grocery stores (for this & other reasons) often couldn't meet the AH> unprecedented demand for so many things I won't try to list them. I AH> reckon the situation in the US was probably much the same. I saw no AH> complaint in this echo WRT how difficult it was to obtain xxx, yyy, or AH> zzz for quite awhile. But I remember what Daryl said about joking with AH> his nurses & AFAIC we're on the same wave length there. When I first had the rectal bleeding (red), I thought it was cancer. But, if it's red, it's hemorrhoids. When my doctor said "you've got the same thing women get from having babies", I growled "I'm not a woman, and men can't have babies". When he did a flexsigmoidoscopy on me (I was not sedated for that, and the cramping was awful), he said "Look!! Your colon on TV!!". I growled "I want to change the channel!! Where are the dancing girls??". This was also the same one who had a poster on his exam room door, that said "Ask Me About Viagra" (this was around the time it first came out). My wife was in there with me, as I was having "male problems". So, I said to him, "OK, Doc...I'll bite...what about it??". Grinning like the cat who just swallowed the canary, he said "I've had 8 men ask...2 women ask...and I personally don't give a [crap]". AH> It was easier years ago to cross the Canada/US border than AH> it is to get into a hospital nowadays. I remain patient while security AH> guards ask me a bunch of questions about where I've been recently, AH> whether I have any symptoms of COVID-19, and what my business is with AH> the hospital. When I finally get to the outpatient clinic I have to AH> answer the same questions all over again... so the moment I can be sure AH> I'm talking to a nurse I let it all hang out & add to the simplistic AH> responses other people expect. Do I have blah blah? Yes, I've had it AH> for xxx months... that's why I'm here. The nurse who interviewed me in AH> the gastroenterology clinic didn't miss a beat & we got along very AH> well. :-)) I have a 13 page med list of all my surgeries, conditions, medicines, doctors, specialists, etc. The only thing it doesn't have is a full front and full back nude photo of me. Then, it would be "Everything you wanted to know about me medically...but were afraid to ask". If I'm going for a full physical, a procedure, or an emergency room visit, I print the full med list. When the nurse asked about my medical history, I handed it to her, and said "Read this!!" . I thought she was going to kiss me!! She said "This makes it so much easier for us"...and I replied "Then, I don't have to remember all of it!!". Daryl .... WARNING!! I'm naked under these clothes!! === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) .