Not my idea of a cruise

Rod and I survived our first colonoscopy.
Drinking that awful salt sludge was definately the worst part. By phase 2 we decided we liked drinking it straight and chasing it better than mixing it with something and prolonging the misery.

They had to try five times to get an IV in me, I think I was dehydrated from all the salt. They finally called in the supervisor to do the IV and she ended up being in my nursing class at Good Samaritan and was on my floor in the dorm 30+ years ago. We had some laughs.

I was teasing them in the procedure room that with our high insurance deductible this was costing us as much as a nice cruise which I have never taken and that I was waiting for them to make it more fun. The next thing I knew I was waking up from a nap in the other room and they were offering me juice and crackers.

Pretty slick, no pain, no soreness, just a nice little nap. I had 3 polyps that they removed so I have to repeat in 5 years. Rod was clean so he can wait 10 years.

I guess it takes a while for the "conscious sedation" to wear off because when daughter Bethany picked us up afterwards she said we kept asking the same questions and forgetting what she had just answered so maybe we weren't fit to drive but we FELT normal.
We all went out for a little soup, an event Rod has no recollection of, and came home to get hydrated and promptly all fell asleep, even the dog. I thot it was Bethany snoring oddly but it was the dog between Rod's legs on the couch.

I still think a cruise would have been more fun but at least when we do go I won't be worried about whether I am harboring colon cancer, the 3rd killer of people our age.

I can't believe I put it off so long...it was a "breeze".