Colonoscopy....why is it such a hard word to say? Not because it's a long word but for some reason it's embarrassing to say out loud. It's embarrassing that it's something I have to have, but there is no reason to feel this way.
For the last few months I haven't felt well. I'm tired....I mean TIRED! It could be a lack of iron, or water or sleep who knows but it has been bothering me. My gut hurts a lot and I haven't been "regular". Normally this would be no cause for alarm but I have quite the history. My mom had cancer in her 30's and my aunt in her 40's and my other aunt and my grandma and my grandpa. So I'm a little paranoid.
Today all I've been able to do is drink liquids - no food, fiber, dairy, or even red food coloring. For lunch I enjoyed a nice drink with 2 pills that made me feel like I was getting the stomach flu. Of course that hit me right in the middle of a meeting that I was running .... very fun. And now tonight I have to drink this crazy drink (which is doing some major cleansing) every 10 minutes. I've never realized how fast 10 minutes passes. I'm almost done then I'll have a few more hours until I can relax and go to bed. Then no more liquids and at 6:15 tomorrow morning I'm off to the hospital.
I'm nervous about the procedure - I've only been sedated once before for my wisdom teeth. Other than that I'm pretty sure extra strength Tylenol is the strongest I've had. I've been thinking a lot about what it will mean tomorrow if they find anything. I'm healthy and young so the chance of anything really being wrong is very slim but every time I hug my kids or Todd I think to myself how much I love my family and that they are the most important things in my life. I am so grateful to be an eternal family. I got a blessing tonight which helped a lot.
And the good news is....I'm going to have a total skinny day tomorrow. I'm sure I'll be way below my goal weight :)
4 comments:
I've heard that cleansing is pretty fun...I hope all turns out normal!!!!
And, I am sure you'll be back to poopin in no time :)
Good luck! And go watch the first part of "Ghost Town". You can relate.
Good Luck, Kathy.
After I had Olivia, when she was about nine months, I also felt really tired and worn down. Then one night I was pulling my hair in a pony tail and felt two very large lumps right behind my ear. The next day I went to the doctor and they said I needed a biopsy because it could be cancerous. That night I cried in the bathroom into a towel so no one would hear me. I was scared to death.
But everything was fine. Turns out I was just stressed out and really tired and a lymph node had burst. Hopefully you're just tired because you're a busy working mother of four kids including a small baby, who also happens to work her tail off running marathons.
That's my guess. :)
I'm sorry, Kathy. I hope they find what's wrong and can take care of it quickly so you will feel better.
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