I am finally doing something tomorrow that I have put off for awhile. I am doing something that is strongly recommended for people my age---something responsible--I am going in for a colonoscopy. I think it is easy to see why such procedures keep getting pushed farther down on the old To Do list. A colonoscopy is about as much fun to look forward to as a root canal only a bit more personal. I wish the health and well being of my colon could be assessed by having me open my mouth and stick out my tongue but instead I need to be part of a weird Kodak moment. To add to my apprehension I haven't even met the doctor who will be doing the test. We should have got together for lunch first or something but I guess sometimes it's better this way. We put a lot of trust sometimes in people we don't know. Oddly enough it is usually in situations involving our precious bodies.We like to go to someone we know to get our car fixed or our hair done...
Anyway--I have been on a liquid diet today. I think it will do me good and I do need to be cleaned up for my pictures tomorrow but I really like to sink my teeth into food. I'm the kind of person who likes chunks of vegetables in my soup, pieces of candy in my ice cream or shakes, fruit in my Jello, and ice in my water. Oh well, it is only for today and besides the Miralax did give texture to my Gatorade. I still have teeth so why am I complaining?
I am going to try and be optimistic about this rite of passage (moving closer to old). Perhaps tomorrow I will write about the bright side of getting a colonoscopy---about the humor in getting a colonoscopy---just the highlights?--or maybe the next day I will write the ABCs of my aches and pains... I am just getting a glimpse of the scope (pun intended) of fun activities that come along with aging.
I am seriously thankful that I live in a day and age when we have tests that give us early detection of life-threatening problems and it is important and wise to take advantage of such positive opportunities. Another upside of living with modern technology is spellcheck and I just got a good giggle when my spellcheck highlighted colonscopy and gave cloudscape and kaleidoscope as the suggestions for correction. Oh the analogies I could draw...but I won't.
Well, gotta run..(Sorry I couldn't resist)
