I got up about 8am which is a bit later than I usually sleep. I had eaten more for dinner last night, but only an additional peanut butter sandwich after the usual onion/cabbage/noodle casserole.
This morning after watching an hour episode of CAPTIVE I called Dr. Peterson's office to complete the pre-registration. They were supposed to call me, but I wanted to leave to workout. I had called on Monday to make sure that the time had not changed, and I was shocked (but not surprised) to learn that they had bumped up my time slot. I insisted that I keep the already agreed upon time for Thursday, at 1145am. They said that would be fine, but I was never able to have somebody ask the 'medical questions' that were needed. How critical could these be? If I had any serious medical complications how could they ascertain these the day before the procedure! They finally said that these 'questions' could be answered tomorrow when I arrived for the procedure.
Janny sent me an email this morning and I guess Joe is prepared to take me. Apparently his eyesight is back to normal and he will be able to drive. There was some discussion about his sister driving both myself and Joe, and then Janny joining us after the colonoscopy. Thankfully, this is no longer the plan. Janny also mentioned that she wanted me to bring a few novels that I suggested for her to read since she might have some spare time during her Xmas break.
I went to the YMCA and was on the machines by 1pm and did a three hour workout. I'm having some soreness in my right ankle, so I cut back on the treadmill. Luckily, the steam room was back in operation, and I spent ten glorious minutes soaking up the heat.
I got home shortly before 5pm (when I was supposed to drink down the laxative) and this gave me a chance to watch some Youtube videos about the Suprep colonoscopy procedure. There was almost too much information and some of it seemed to be conflicting. One video even said that you could have a light breakfast the day before the procedure which I had thought was 'a fate worse than death' from what I had been told, and many people seemed to feel that it was almost imperative to drink many, many glasses of liquid in the few days before the procedure. This was not in any of the information that was given to me by the people at Springfield Clinic. And, a couple of the videos said that you shouldn't be left alone the evening after the procedure. One video said that if you are a smoker, you should stop smoking five days before your colonoscopy. Absolute rubbish! Nobody that smokes would be able to stop for five days and then take it back up after the procedure.
I simply put the bottle of laxative in the sixteen ounce plastic up and added water to the fill line. Then I drank two more 16 oz. glasses of water. The entire procedure took less than twenty minutes and the stuff didn't taste too bad. It reminded me of watery cherry cough syrup with a dash of salt. The instructions say that it could be as long as two hours before I experience a reaction, and I began watching POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING while I wait.
7pm. Felt the urge to purge and it was a liquid geyser. No problem and I'm going to have a couple of beers and a couple of cups of bouillon to remain hydrated. For right now, it seems that my 'lower tank' is quite empty, but I guess I will see. If I have to take the other bottle of medicine tomorrow morning, what could possibly come out?
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