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It’s gonna be a fun three days… and then I get a tube up me bum. I didn’t actually remember following this diet the last time I had a colonoscopy (but apparently I did). Though I seemed less informed back then than this time (no red meats, etc). Also, I’m not on chemo this time! But the weird thing is that it’s been almost six years since my last colonoscopy, which is, well, weird. I can’t seem to get a straight answer from my “substitute” oncologist, but it looks like they just forgot to do this on a more regular basis. And so … this Friday I am having the nasty done once again and will see the oncologist on February 4th to get the results. And finally – I hope – I’ll find out what the new plan is for me. PET scans every year? Every 8-10 months? I’m also still waiting to get the chemo port out, but I understand that those waiting to have one put in have priority, and rightly so.
On the bright side, I will probably lose a kilo or two over the next few days. Tip of the iceberg, I know, but better than nothing…
Good luck! xxx
(What is “blue fish” anyway?)
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Thanks! Oops, I think “blue fish” might be my own Spanglish translation (I took this from the info page they gave me at the hospital). Blue fish: tuna, mackerel, sardines… I guess very oily fish. Really I’m mostly just going to drink apple juice and eat pasta with parmesan cheese.
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It’s a very curious list. Looking at the forbidden food I though it would be impossible to eat ANYTHING!!!11!! but looking at the allowed food, it seems quite possible to make some nice dishes (pasta with Parmesan cheese ftw ^^).
Will you be back to tasty forbidden-food Tapas on Friday evening already?
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Ask for the small camera. 😉
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😛
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Guess what? They DID give me the small camera. Said it was the one they use for children. Ha.
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Good luck! Hope all goes well with this.
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Just watch that Scottish guy video a few times.
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Which reminds me that I have one of those mail-it-in tests to do. Or my doctor will be sending me in for the colonoscopy. My niece has to get one about twice a year because she had Inflammatory Bowel Disease. She is in and out of remission.
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Mail it in?
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I’ve never had to have a colonoscopy, thankfully, but Cath (my sister) has undergone a couple & given me some idea of what she had to endure. I didn’t know there was a choice of camera size … why don’t they just use the smallest available unless for some reason they absolutely have to use a larger one??!!! All the best for Friday, anyway. 🙂
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Smaller one for children, apparently. Which they used on me this time, considering I only have half a colon and, for some reason, because I’ve had a hysterectomy.
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