Hospital update

[wellinghall]

More starvation diet today - clear fluids until midday.

Got to the hospital, answered their questions, completed the forms, sat around for a while.

They did the scope with gas-and-air only! - no needles. It was darn uncomfortable, but I preferred it to an IV. They removed one polyp, which looked fairly normal.

More sitting around, cup of weak cool sweet tea, then released. Creatrix, the darling, had brought along some biscuits, and I got a Ribena and a Twix from the hospital shop; then home to real tea. Creatrix is now cooking our steaks, and our very own small crop of new potatoes.

Thank you everyone for all your hugs, support &c. You are good people!

Comments

[reverendgrim.livejournal.com]

Looks like I missed your original post. Anyway, glad it went well. My philosophy on the peutz jeghers and related procedures is that they beat the effects of the peutz jeghers if left untreated. I'm probably due some unpleasant thing sooner or later. I can't remember when the last one was.

Good recovery to you!

[reverendgrim.livejournal.com]

PS I'm with you on the needles thing. I hate them.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Do you have any particular ways of coping?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm fine now - still very tired, but then I was rather tired before I strated the prep. The ongoing heat and humidity, and consequent broken nights, clearly aren't helping.

However, I am now back on my full complement of supplements, and I do find that they help.