Yesterday....we left the Grand Casino RV Resort around 9:30am and arrived back in F'town about 2:30pm. Easy trip, even tho the last 48 miles are on a horrible two lane road with no shoulders on either side.
Unloaded most of the RV....and then checked my phone messages. WELL............... there was one from the hospital telling me to begin drinking that gallon of "Golytely".....which should have ANOTHER name. I called the hospital and told them that I had been told the procedure would be on Thursday morning. Sooooo, long story short, I began drinking that stuff around 4pm......8 ounces every ten minutes!!!
It tastes MUCH like Alkeseltzer without the fizz, so I added a squeeze of a lemon to each glass....and it then tasted like Lemon Alkeseltzer, without the fizz!!!! It took about 1.5 hours of drinking before the required action began.........and kept me from writing my thoughts last night. Besides.....you would NOT have wanted to hear my thoughts last night, even if I could have taken the necessary time to write.
Finally around 11pm, with a few chills wracking my body from the efforts I was experiencing, I got up off the bathroom floor, where I had been laying(so I would be "close by") and got into bed. Twice during the night it was necessary to hurry and get out of bed and dash through the darkness to the necessary room.
By 5;30am, I was up, extremely tired and dragging my ....hmmmm.....well I'll keep it clean and say....rear, I took a shower in an attempt to be handsome for those nurses upon arriving at the hospital. Off we went to Farmington to the hospital, got checked in, and was escorted to the procedure room. Then I was politely taken to the undressing room, told to remove only my pants and was given this horrible "back door's open" gown. I exited and was told to lie down on the "table" and was given a pillow for my head. Then they took the necessary vitals, which I am SURE were off the charts by that time.......so, I didn't ask what they were.
They explained about the meds I would receive by IV.......something to make me groggy and drowsy and some other kinds. I was only interested in getting PLENTY of the groggy meds!!!!!
Then.....the wait for the Dr who was going to see the insides of my body......my virginal colon. The "ladies in waiting" ( nurses) tried to keep me busy with their questions and conversation, but the time the Dr. arrived I was feeling like a basket case. Then, I was told to roll over on my side......with my "back door open" gown wide open........then one of the "ladies in waiting" said she was going to begin the meds........I told her to do it!!! And, then..............
A half hour later I was awakened, the Dr. was gone, and the "ladies in waiting" made me sit up and asked me some questions, of which I can not even remember now. In fact.......I know nothing about what happened, didn't feel anything, nor do I feel "sore" from the procedure.
The next thing I remember was I was being helped into the truck. How I got dressed, how I got into a wheel chair, how I was wheeled to the exit..........I will never ever know. My memory of these vital details is gone!!!! The 1st Lady asked if I wanted some coffee......and then I was gone again.......and when I got home, I had this empty cup in my hand but do not remember drinking it or even where it came from.
The next couple of hours I sat on the patio........and came in and out of reality. REALLY weird feelings......don't remember any of those hours. Finally began to come around........and had another cup of coffee and the 1st Lady fixed some early afternoon dinner. My memory is ok from that time on.
After effects??? TOOOOOOOOOOOOO much air still inside my colon and it is still rumbling and grumbling as it tries to find the only exit available......and it is not having much luck!!! And.....for the second time in my Life......the meds they used to make me groggy......well, these meds "froze" my bladder or some other parts which made it totally impossible to discharge any liquids which continued to mount up in quantity. This happened to me when I had minor surgery for kidney stones about 10 years ago.........and it was necessary to unblock things with a catheter tube insertion. By late this afternoon / early evening I was beginning to get in bad shape with "needing to go" and couldn't!!!!
Soooo, I walked around the yard, pulled some weeds, trying to exercise and get things flowing. I then sprayed for mosquitoes around our hostas on the privacy fence line.....and the music of the water spraying against the plants and fence began to really get that urge inflamed!!!!! Soooo, telling the 1st Lady to get ready to go back to Farmington, I gave it another try.........and VOILA!!!!!! The frozen "valve" began to little by little give way.......and soon relief was flowing over my body!!!!!! HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sooo, I am now drinking some much needed water which I was afraid to drink for fear of an explosion.......and hopefully things within me will return to normal.
Results of this morning???? I know not.......will surely hear something tomorrow!!! I am a bit tired, even though I lost some of my Great Life this morning........no memory of those hours. Soooo, I am posting this early and will lay my exhausted sagging body down soon.
As always.....(whenever all the plumbing works)
Life is GREAT!!!! and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!
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