Subj : Health Update
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Sun Aug 23 2020 18:36:10

Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

DL>  Even had to take a colon test a couple of months ago.

AH>  Seems to me you're in good company... [wry grin].

DS>  My next one is in April. But, I'm going to do the Citrate
DS>  of Magnesia, and the Ducolax. That My-Lytely stuff sucks
DS>  ...the acid reflux I had reacted so with it, it felt like
DS>  my esophagus throat were on fire...so I couldn't finish
DS>  the prep work.


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



DS>  When I first had the rectal bleeding (red), I thought it
DS>  was cancer.  But, if it's red, it's hemorrhoids.


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



DS>  When my doctor said "you've got the same thing women get
DS>  from having babies", I growled "I'm not a woman, and men
DS>  can't have babies".


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



DS>  When he did a flexsigmoidoscopy on me (I was not sedated
DS>  for that, and the cramping was awful), he said "Look!!
DS>  Your colon on TV!!". I growled "I want to change the
DS>  channel!! Where are the dancing girls??".


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



DS>  I have a 13 page med list of all my surgeries, conditions,
DS>  medicines, doctors, specialists, etc. The only thing it
DS>  doesn't have is a full front and full back nude photo of me.
DS>  Then, it would be "Everything you wanted to know about me
DS>  medically...but were afraid to ask". <G> If I'm going for a
DS>  full physical, a procedure, or an emergency room visit, I
DS>  print the full med list.


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




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