What I've been forgetting to tell you ...

[wellinghall]

... is that I went to the hospital last Wednesday, for a consultation. He carried out a digital examination and a sigmoidoscopy, and said he could see nothing wrong except piles. However, given my medical history, there might be a polyp, and so he would arrange a colonoscopy for 10 July. So I've got (a) fasting and prep, (b) an IV, and (c) a big tube being stuck up my bottom to look forward to. Hugs, manly shoulder pats, chocolate etc all appreciated.

I am pleased I am going to have it done (well, sort of!); but it was a pointless appointment really, because I could have told him that I had piles and that I needed a colonoscopy. Thinking about it, I suppose he might have found something very wrong, and admitted me there and then.

It was only after I got home that I remembered that we are going to be away the weekend before that, so I will need to re-arrange the appointment.

Comments

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

You have a very great deal of sympathy from me.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

How's your husband doing now?

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

He's having more tests. Last time I spoke to him he sounded a bit sorry for himselfbut OK

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Best wishes, good vibes, take care, etc!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot.

[wildfyre.livejournal.com]

Eek! Many hugs and much chocolate ♥

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much :-)

[amalion.livejournal.com]

Will be thinking of you. Many *Hugs*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Even more *hugs*.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

(Warning - I'll be asking for them again next month!)

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

No worries - I'll probably be asking for them back (cf. my latest post)...

[reverendgrim.livejournal.com]

Hope it goes well. That stuff they make you drink to clear out your intestines is pretty rough, isn't it? Anyway good luck with it!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Cheers, mate.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Picolax. Urgh.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for it "only" being piles.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[emperor]

*hug* I hope it goes well.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks, mate :-)

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

*manly shoulder pats* the idea of hugging your Farmers is a bit too ickky even for me ;-) I assume they are a side-issue from the polyp thing, but I'm suprised he didn't suggest something for them to be going on with so as to make July's job easier.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks, mate. Yes, they probably are a side issue; and yes, in retrospect, I'm surprised too, but not bothered enough to face *another* apointment.

[sally_maria]

*hugs*

Hope everything goes well for you.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[wryelle.livejournal.com]

Joining in the *hugs* :)

Hope it goes well.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[applegail.livejournal.com]

another ::hug::

will be thinking of ya mate.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

Wasn't too far from you recently. The weekend before last, we were stopping in Branston, with two trips to Grantham for shopping-and-relatives. Then last weekend, I was in Branston again, with a trip to Bottesford for fish and chips, and then Grantham to get the train to Doncaster (and then, a few hours later, a very brief stop in Grantham on the train from Doncaster to London!)

[applegail.livejournal.com]

really?

one of these days we should meet up for a drink!

:o)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes - I'll let you know next time I'm going to be up.

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

Even more *hugs*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this :)

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

Plenty more where that came from... *huge great hugs*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Ta :)

[chainmailmaiden]

Sorry to hear you've got to go back again for more prodding and poking :-( *hugs*

Thanks for the other books, they arrived yesterday, I haven't had a chance to look through them yet, but they look very interesting.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Hope you enjoy the books. There's no hurry for getting them back to us (and, in some cases, no need to send them back at all).

[tovaglia.livejournal.com]

Sympathy - how horrible. Sounds like that was a very stressful day in itself, notwithstanding (a) (b) and (c) to come. (I am not quite sure what notwithstanding means, but the conveyancers used it a lot when we bought our house, and I was most impressed and have always wanted to take the word out for a test-drive).

Hugs etc notwithstanding.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these kind words, tovaglia.