OH man! I have an appointment scheduled with a doctor to see about having a colonoscopy. UGH!
Now that seems like the worst procedure in the world, to me!
I've prepped patients with the gallon of "juice' that must be taken the day before...
but that's as far as I've allowed myself to go.
But I had a complete physical 2 weeks ago and the doc there told me I MUST have one!
They put you out for it? That's good to hear!
I'm very pale, blonde, fair-skinned, & have no visible eyebrows practically...
so I feel like I have to wear eyeliner & mascara or I look like an albino.
Since I can't keep my eye make-up from running into my eyes and down my cheeks when I go
swimming, to the gym, during my line dancing classes & my 'dancing for the health of it' classes...
I was advised to get eyeliner & eyebrow tattoos. So I did! Plus, it gets up to 115 degrees here in AZ!!
As you can probably tell by now, I am not doing well nor happy with aging!
But I must say that the cosmetic procedures have helped me a lot in dealing with it!
I was the same way, peace, about my colonoscopy -- scared me to death because all I could think of was how horrible it would feel. Poppycock and horsefeathers! Truly. The procedure is easier than giving yourself a hot salt water gargle for a sore throat -- I HATE those dayam things, but I do feel better after the gargle. Ugh, I hate 'em. <shiver>
The standard of care, at least in Raleigh, NC, is they will
always, always knock you out cold unless you ask them not to do it (idiocy, perhaps, or a touch of masochism??). And worse (IMO, at least), if you are not knocked out, you can watch the entire procedure on the telly -- yes, you can follow the yellow brick road, right on up that colon if you wanna. Ack. My next door neighbor has his that way (with a valium drip) every time. Freak.
There is a down side, however, and it's the prep. Here comes the tmi part: for me, the time spent in the loo is a breeze compared to the carp you have to drink. Yee-uck. But it doesn't hurt, it's just very salty and yucky. (My husband's instructions were to take a couple of whopping doses of laxative & chase it with gatorade -- nothing like as bad.) We had different gastro's; he got propofol & I got fentanyl and versed.
So you may not have to drink the salty stuff. Comparatively, the day of the procedure is a slam-dunk breeze. It's wham-bam up your bum & out in a jiff-jiff-jiffy. They're all so nice & wanting to reassure you. That day was just fine. A good day.
And like you, I'm one big recessive gene: blond straight hair, fair skin, blue eyes and blond eyelashes & eyebrows. I also would like tatoo'ed eyeliner & eyebrows, but I'm such a chicken, I never checked into it. Sounded too ouch-y to me.
Go for it girl -- you'll feel much better when the gastro gives you your good, healthy news. And it does need to be done, you know that....
===> Please excuse the lengthy O/T but this is a very important health matter & needed to be said, to all. <===
