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Waited for over a year to get my Colonoscopy. You're supposed to get one done at age 40. Well, I kept putting it off (over two decades). By accident, I let it out to my doctor that my father had colon cancer when he was 70ish. Yeah, that sent up flares and the doctor put a referral in for a colonoscopy. Now that the genie was out of the bottle, I had no choice. So, I agreed to the procedure. Since one member of the family had it, most likely you would, too. Kind of hereditary. Anyway, this was last year. Today was my appointment. I was not looking forward to it. My wife had stage four colon cancer and she died from it, so I was not looking forward to the bad news.

Anyway, they only found four polyps and they were not cancerous. A real relief. I'm good for another 3 to 5 years.

I got to see the whole procedure in full colour (technology, eh?). Damn, my innards were so smooth, clean, and pink. The doctor was very good and put me at ease. Her caring voice reassured me everything was going to be okay. I asked her for a cigarette afterwards. She immediately told me, "No smoking in the hospital." I guess the joke went ten feet over her head. The entire ward did break out in laughter when I broke out with, "You can Keep Your Hat On," by Joe Cocker, when the nurse said, "Everything off except your socks!" Hee hee............. There was a semi-hot nurse there and I was hoping she would stroke the stanchion and do a dance, but nope. I think she was too young to know what it all meant. The orderly's and nurses in that ward were very laid back and funny. Good Vibes, indeed.

So, if any of you are contemplating getting one done, it's not as bad as people make it out to be. Not eating for nearly two days and drinking this thing called, "Pico Salex," was not fun at all. That's was the only "shitty part"....................