Subj : Re: Health Update
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Aug 25 2020 09:19:00

Ardith,


 AH>            Dallas & I both used Colyte, because that's what the local
 AH> pharmacy had, and found it reasonably tolerable.  I could ask our
 AH> friend again what she was so impressed by... but I guess you've
 AH> established what works for you.  :-)

  Never heard of that brand...will have to remember that. My late wife
referred to the Citrate Of Magnesia as "sprite with a kick".


 AH>            Or skin tags, which are also close to the surface & may be
 AH> found in both males & females.  What matters here AFAIK is that blood
 AH> looks red when it has been exposed to oxygen but hasn't gone through
 AH> the digestive system.  When you have a stool test for occult ("hidden")
 AH> blood the idea is that it can't be seen by the naked eye & is
 AH> identified by chemical tests.  If the specimens one provides are
 AH> contaminated with blood from the rectum a colonoscopy may be next on
 AH> the agenda because there's no other way to be sure what's going on....
 AH> :-)

  I've got those as well. The next colonoscopy is set for April...I'm
going to try to get something besides that MyLytely this next time.

 AH>            No... but they can strain at stool, as some folks put it,
 AH> and I was instructed to reproduce this action during the final stage of
 AH> childbirth.  :-)

  When they were checking for a hernia in the groin area, I was told
to bear down, and "broke wind". :P 

  I remember Dr. Drew Pinsky doing a show, talking to new mothers to
be (he actually got to deliver his own kids!!), and was asking them
what "advice" that their Mom, BFF, etc. gave them. In the teaser for
the show, you didn't hear "the winner", but everyone was roaring in
laughter, and he was as red as a tomato.

  My wife was still alive at that time, and we were watching the show,
and they revealed "the winner"..."Don't poop on the table!!" <BG>. My
wife and I were laughing as well!! :)

 DS>  Your colon on TV!!". I growled "I want to change the
 DS>  channel!! Where are the dancing girls??".

 AH>            Very good.  Stay as sweet as you are... [ROFL].

  I'm getting razzed now that Laura (the hurricane, whose remnants
are supposed to affect my area late Wednesday into at least Friday),
is "my new girlfriend". A fellow ham radio operator in the New Orleans
area quipped "she's a high maintenance female"...I told him "I don't 
want to know". <G>

 AH>            Dallas & do likewise.  It saves all concerned time & effort,
 AH> and it helps ensure the junior Dr. assigned to taking the history gets
 AH> it right.  :-Q

  Then, you don't have to remember all of it. I joke that the only 
thing it doesn't have is a full front and full back nude photo of
my anatomy. Then, it would be "Everything You Wanted To Know About
Me, Medically...But Were Afraid To Ask" <G>.

Daryl

.... I'm making chocolate chip cookies, and I have more M&M's to peel.
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