I survived today.  It wasn’t bad at all, so don’t let anyone over 50 use any excuses to get out of this test.  Basically I woke up this morning around 9:30…I went to bed at 3AM because I was doing work and well, my stomach wasn’t quite ready to go to sleep.  When I woke up all I wanted to do was sleep.  Not eating anything for 36 hours was definitely taking its toll on me!  Justin and I headed over to the hospital, got checked in and everything went SO smoothly.  We got there around 10:30 and my test was scheduled for 11:30.  I looked at the clock right before they put me under when I was in the procedure room and it said 10:55.  Who has ever heard of a hospital running early?!  

They got me checked in and hooked me up to an IV.  After about 20 minutes on the IV, they moved me into the procedure room and the doctor came in and spoke to me briefly (“Your dad had colon cancer, you have Crohn’s and so does a brother?  Wow, your genes aren’t too good in the digestive department.”) and they injected me with the stuff to knock me out while she was talking.  That probably was the worst part of the day….that stuff burned!  I could feel it move into my iv and then spread throughout my body…and then I woke up in recovery.  They actually didn’t really put me under.  They basically put me to sleep and then gave me something else and I was wide awake within 5 minutes of them giving me that other drug.  Justin was waiting for me in recovery.  I maybe stayed in there 15 minutes, drank some diet coke, and then I was discharged. 

Doctor’s report: My Crohn’s is active.  That is what is causing all these issues.  That actually is the best news I could have heard.  In all honesty, I don’t really care about the Crohn’s.  I got it…there is no getting rid of it…and I already knew all that.  I was worried it might be something else.  She did take some biopsies, which I should get the results in the next few weeks, but no real concern there.  The last c’scope I got, I had polyps…which are bad….they turn to tumors.  They were removed and told me I had to have another c’scope in 5 years, which is 2009.  So I needed to get the whole exam done anyway.

It was good news.  As long as there were no tumors or polyups, I’m a happy camper.  And the test/procedure isn’t bad at all.  We were out of there a little after noon.  I made us stop for food ASAP.  I have this really odd obsession with Asian cuisine after having test.  I don’t know why.  I think it is that I want warm, fairly oily food that has a bunch of veggies and rice.  Large quantities that I can eat slowly. 

Apologies for the awful photos–they were taken with my blackberry. 

At Peiwei I ordered the Japanese Teriyaki with vegetables and tofu.  I got it served on fried rice.  It was yummy and I basically picked at it all day.  I didn’t finish the rice but I did eat all the veggies and tofu.

After getting my food at Peiwei, I knew I wanted a milkshake.  My body was screaming milkshake.  Which is so weird because I do not do well with dairy. Actually, it is more heavy cheeses, creams, and oily dairy that I don’t do well with, but I do shy on the side of caution and limits when it comes to ice cream and regular milk.  But not today!

I think this in itself made the entire day totally worth it.  I got a small Peanut Butter and Jelly milkshake from Cheeburger, Cheeburger.  It was heaven.  Justin thought about stealing it from me.  The strongest flavor was definitely the peanut butter.  The jelly was almost a very subtle sweet aftertaste.  I think I could consume one of these daily, but my hips are telling me that might not be a good idea.:)

When we got home, I basically slept all day.  Around 6PM I decided I should get up and move around.  I have to work tomorrow and I don’t want a sleepless night tonight.  I decided a very easy and basic yoga podcast would be the perfect thing to just get my blood flowing and work all the drugs they put through my IV out of me.  I did Elsie’s yoga kula podcast.  I did a beginner 1 hour class that was very simple.  The site on my hand where they put the IV is VERY bruised and tender so I can’t put any weight on it.  The thought of a chaturanga seemed simply impossible.  This choice ended up being just perfect.

All in all, today hasn’t been too bad.  There are definitely worse things in life.  I am going to go make the hubbie some dinner to thank him for all his patience with me.  I probably will eat something light, not really all that hungry.

Back to normal tomorrow!  And I promise–no more speak of colonoscopies!