An Update - I Did A Stupid Thing...on Facebook, No Less

since everybody else can see this now, I thought, why not you? Plus, it's a good reminder to see the butt doc every 10 years or so. I am not looking forward to the "potion from hades" you have to drink as prep...the other won't be so bad, as I'll be sleeping really good, and won't care what he/she's doing at that point.

Just an update to let you know how things came out ( pun intended). I do NOT have cancer - but a condition that is treatable with a careful diet. I know it will cost me a buttload of money (pun intended), to have the procedure, but the peace of mind; well, it's hard to put a price tag on that.

Here's a couple of hints that I learned that will help you in the future, should you need one. This is the BEST way to have it done and it is much better tasting and much gentler on the stomach (since mine was already sensitive).

Request Miralax (the 238 gram bottle), it is found over the counter at Walmart in the laxative section. Do it your way, you DO NOT have to drink that NASTY mess!! Of course, you can't eat anything the day before the procedure, so the night before I couldn't eat anything, at 11:30 I made a run to the Border (Taco Bell)and got the biggest burrito they had!

Anywho, on the day before the procedure when you can't eat anything, divide the miralax and mix it into 2 32 oz bottles of powerade or gatorade (you will end up with a few oz less of the drink, but you still can't even hardly taste it)and refrigerated it. Then I took 2 ducloax tablets at noon. At 4:00 PM, I began to drink the bottles of powerade, I had pretty well finished both bottles by 8:30, at which time I took two more of the ducolax tablets. Then I continued to drink an unmixed bottle of powerade, just to replace the electrolytes I was losing up until midnight.

It was a "crappy" night for sure, but at least I didn't have to drink that stuff that tastes like pure salt and costs a fortune and is way too rough on your system. This was much gentler on my colon that was already having problems. I had it done in a gastroenterologists doctor's office that had a setup that was set up like a mini outpatient hospital and was in and out of there in 2 hours. They gave me the stuff that just puts you out for a small amount of time, not a general anesthesia. This is also a much cheaper way to do things (and with my full time jobless situation) a much better solution for me.

Thanks for reading and I hope you will keep this in mind when you have your "10 year party". It doesn't have to be that BAD!