Not that I've been given a choice about which colonoscopy preparation solution I would like to toss down my gullet today.
Maybe things have changed since I last had this exploration for polyps and the solution will actually be tasty.
Somehow, I doubt it.
I think it's more a matter of different doctors having their own preferences.
Dr. Craig prescribed the SuPrep solution, so that's what the pharmacists in Charleston has sent for me.This is to be taken twice, not once.
The first time will be at 5 PM, though I somehow doubt it will seem like a 'happy hour' cocktail.
One of the 8-ounce bottles will go into the mixing container, to be added to 8 ounces of water, then drunk.
Another two 16-ounce volumes of water are to be drunk within an hour.
Then, tomorrow, I get to repeat all that at 5 AM.
Oh, joy.
I've already been peeing more than usual, as I haven't had anything solid to eat since dinner yesterday.That was a delicious 'big salad' (as 'Elaine' of "Seinfeld" would order), with lots of tuna, using the Publix Makoto Honey Ginger package.
Truly was marvelous!
Ten years ago, I drank the Go Lytely stuff and then rode the shuttle from the Savannah VA Center to the Ralph Johnson VA Hospital in Charleston, where I had the colonoscopy as well as the surgery for the carpal tunnel in my left hand.
Christina was up in Summerville, South Carolina, visiting her boyfriend, so she came to the hospital to pick me up and bring me home to Savannah.
Amazingly, she will be coming to my rescue again on Monday!
She'll be dropping off her girls for their annual camp at the Fresh Air Home at Tybee Beach, so she won't need to make a special trip to town.
i thank You, God.
And what shall I do to pass the time today in between trips to void my bladder and my intestinal tract?
Well, Comcast has given me a $1 movie rental, and I chose "Merrily We Roll Along", a musical from last year - hooray!It's based on the eponymous Stephen Sondheim musical from 1981.
I've already watched it once and am quite pleased with Daniel Radcliffe's work.
No wonder he won a Tony for that role in 2023 when the musical was revived on Broadway - good for him!
I already had an item to help the time pass, though: a baseball game!This will pit the Savannah Bananas against the Savannah Party Animals.
The venue is Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon... LOL!
Why does that make me giggle?
Well, it will be one of those right place, right time moments for me.
My first husband, Keith Schiller, called that town his home and I got to visit it, for the first and only time, when we returned to the States from Galeta Island in Panama.
Wouldn't it be funny if he was there watching the game, too?
Hahahaha!




1 comment:
I started the SuPrep at 5 PM, on the dot.
Then I started drinking the water... and didn't get even a third of the way through the first glass before the SuPrep kicked in.
It's now been about 40 minutes since I last had to run to the toilet.
I've taken a shower and cleaned the toilet, but my body seems to be done... at least for now.
One note: by the time the SuPrep and 2 glasses of water went through me, the contents coming through my intestinal tract were pretty light-colored.
That's reassuring.
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