Today was one of the two days I dreaded this week; this was the day I had to start my prep for my colonoscopy. And the "fun" began when I had to think about what my last solid meal would be and that I didn't have any yellow Jello in the house as I thought I had.
One of the "pleasures" of the day involve having a light meal before noon. Given that one should have avoided vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds for two days before the procedure, this limits a person to meals high on protein. (I wonder how my niece, a vegetarian would deal with this limitation.) On the day before the procedure, one stops eating solid food and starts consuming both laxatives and fluids to purge the remaining "stuff" from the colon in advance of the procedure. Given that I hate to wake up early, I knew that I had to do so in order to have something to eat before the noon deadline.
Two hours after the last meal comes the laxatives. And you can guess what's coming next. Another three hours go by, and then I start drinking some ghastly fluid geared to keep this queen on her throne as much as possible. If I had my way, I'd have already started to feast on a huge steak. But I'm following doctor's orders, and putting up with a little bit of hunger for the evening. (I can only imagine how I'll be feeling once the procedure is completed tomorrow afternoon.)
Hopefully, I'll be able to go to sleep a bit early tonight, so that I can wake up early and finish off the remaining 32 ounces of the ghastly fluid.
More on this tomorrow....
