Not that every minute of life has to be fun, but colonscopy prep has to rank pretty high on the list of things that are not fun at all. Especially when you have to do it for two whole days. But my extra long colon and I both survived, and now are free for three whole years. I'll take it. I'd like to be free for five more years like most people, but at this point, three sounds good enough.
So as you can imagine, my weekend was full of ick for the most part, though I did finish two books I had been reading, and got a chunk of knitting done, so all was not wasted. But not eating and having to drink disgusting stuff gives me a killer headache, so I couldn't do a lot of what I'd wanted to do, either reading or knitting.
Yesterday I got home around lunchtime, ate some lunch, and then fell asleep until just before dinnertime. So that was kind of a lost day as well. But the whole thing was exhausting, and I'm still tired today. I only look *slightly* better than this woman.
I always forget how physically taxing it all is.
Oh well, onward. Now the next big thing to prepare for is much better, because next week is The Tim's birthday, and I love getting ready for that. I had planned to knit him a pair of socks for his birthday, but instead he'll get something knitted for Christmas. Not that he keeps track, trust me. I've already told him that he needs to give me a heads up about what he wants for his birthday dinner, and what birthday dessert he would like. I just love getting ready for birthdays!
I did accomplish something over the weekend before I had to hunker down and drink the ick - I had a coupon for a percentage off of any purchase at Sephora, so I got myself there to get the minis of the makeup removers I wanted to get for my nieces for their December birthdays. It was nice, because they were in stock, and getting any percentage off helps the cause. You may recall that I was knitting makeup remover cloths/pads for them to go with the minis (well, I was planning to do that), and I'm happy to say that I have a little more than half of them made! I wanted to make five for each of them. The good thing is that they go so quickly - each takes maybe 20 minutes - I know I'll have the rest done by the end of the week. So that's another good thing to anticipate.
And that's all the news from here, at least for now. I hope your week is going well, and that you have some good things coming your way. Thanks for all the good wishes you sent my way for my procedure, they seemed to do the trick!
9 comments:
Thank goodness that's over! I feel like, in 2021, there has to be a vastly better way to accomplish all that. Why isn't there?
I'm glad the *ick* led to good news. (Steve is doing HIS next week. UGH!)
Happy knitting and an early happy birthday wish to The Tim.
Glad it went well and now you have a 3-year reprieve! One thing I learned is that "they" don't recommend the test when a person is over 75 so I only have 1 more colonoscopy to "look forward to"! Yay!
Yay for it being over! I always get ill from the drugs so that's my own reason for hating it.
My Tim's birthday is next week too---11/20. Happy Birthday to the Tims!
Aahh, the days we lingered over eye shadows at Sephora. . .
I've been thinking about you. Glad you're okay.
what great gifts. Remover pads!!! awesome. You are a great gift aunt!
I was thinking about you yesterday. Before Daughter was finally diagnosed with Celiac's she had to go through that so many times I lost count. She hates living gluten free but at least the scary symptoms that caused all the fuss are gone.
Oh, yeah. There is not much that's worse than colonoscopy prep . . . I'm so glad you got a good result! YAY. And not having to worry about it again for three years is a wonderful gift. I hope you're feeling more and more your "regular self" and finding your energy again. XO
Ick is right. We do eventually “age out” of these screening things, so that’s something to look forward to.
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