General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and........May 23, Tuesday, 1 by kooger

kooger wrote:
~~~Hi everyone!~~~
I hope u are all extremely proud of me - I got the dreaded C-scope today and also an endoscope at the same time. Both sites are a tad tender. ha ha Results are about as I expected, but a bit worse. Need to have ±8 inches of colon removed - diverticulosis is bad there and blocking most of the colon. Surgeon is doing research and see if he can repair my large hernia with mesh at the same time. (result from 4 c-sections and hysterectomy) Other end - my chronic heartburn has not caused much damage, nothing precancerous - hurrah! Doc said I should use OTC prilosec - it's better to use that and then just Rolaids/Tums as needed. Better for the eosophagus, apparently. So we'll give it a try and carry on... And I promised myself I will never, NEVER drink that crud again - made me so sick to my stomach, gagging, half-puking - only got ½ gallon down but doc said it was clean enough to do the scope. whew! if ever have to have another scope, I will do the pills, period! Really humiliating to have so much trouble with it when my 83 yr. old MIL slurped that whole gallon down in a couple of hours!

I've tried to keep up with the daily threads but had to do a lot of skimming - did catch a few are sick again - pls get better soon!! and dmc had an awful scare! FIL did that once and came out unscathed also - just some bruises! BE CAREFUL Everyone! Your lives are all precious!!

And to gardening, the best part of all - got 21 pots filled (can't figure out where all those plants came from? lol) I'm enjoying the dwarf and intermediate irises that are blooming and sharing some in the break room at work. Sure perks the place up!