Well…as you know, today was the day for my first colonoscopy under Medicare and I was a little freaked out about the possible outcomes…I have been really lucky with my health with not having health insurance for 16 years and not going to a doctor in that time…but the tests so far for all of the normal health concerns like high cholesterol, high BP, liver function, heart function, and now colon cancer….have been negative….the people who did the procedure were really nice and I was able to watch the entire thing on the computer screen while they did it…they only found a couple of polyps that they removed…and I got to see them do it… and no other pre cancer or any other problems…so, it looks like the combo of taking care of myself, eating right, and getting lots of exercise has done the trick to keep me healthy…and I am so damn relieved…no more doctors for a year and I get to go back to my normal life of worrying about other stuff….
November 5th
Well…that was an unusual night…have been up since about 4:45 with the prep for my colonoscopy today and that continues right now…didn’t sleep at all last night so I will tonight…I hope so, anyway if there is not bad news from the doctor…I guess I’ll know in 9 hours or so….it is a little interesting how knowing you can’t eat anything highlights the food shows and ads on tv….I am just fricking starving and I have a pizza to cook when I get back here this afternoon…will probably overeat the next few days since I have over 3,000 calories that I haven’t eaten and I am not going to even think about calories for a few days….don’t feel as bad as I thought I would but the stuff you have to drink to flush out the colon is just nasty and it got me right to the edge of throwing it all up after I got to the goal of drinking a half gallon….and I have more to drink this morning but I’m not sure if I’m going to drink all of it since it kept working all night…and there is just nothing left to clean out….will probably not do a political one today since my mind is going to be somewhere else…more later…
Might be the last election one…
Okay…have been following the election a little closer that I should be but, with a chance to end the repub nightmare both in Michigan and across the country, it is really important to know what is going on. Here in Michigan, the polling is showing some good news for those of us who are tired of the repub scams and just want the chance for our state to work for everyone, not just corporations and the rich. All three proposals are ahead with more than double digit leads that I’m hoping will hold for two more days…but I am a little concerned that the DeVos’s are pouring huge amounts of money into defeating the redistricting and making it easier to vote proposals (numbers 2 and 3) that would make their money irrelevant, or make it less relevant and prevent them from buying the government like they have since at least 2010. The ads they are running are just full of lies and decry that it could cost the state 10 million dollars every 10 years to run the commission that would draw the new district lines…but, my response is that it is a cheap price to ensure that no political party can hijack our state again and implement policies like right to work that only a small sliver of the residents want. The governor’s race is still looking good for us with Whitmer up around 8 points or so in the latest aggregate of the polls done late last week and that looks good for us to get rid of Schuette permanently…any time we can make another trump lover go away it is a good day…and another good sign is that Schuette has cancelled ad buys this past week…ensuring that he at least walks away with cash when he loses….there is a possibility of picking up some seats both in the Michigan house and senate but there is not much polling out there to comment on so I won’t…let’s just say that with a dem governor, there will be a brake on any more repub shennanigans and we should be able survive until 2020 when we will take back the entire government here with the implementation of Prop2…it can’t come too soon….
Hmmmm…
Well….sitting here waiting for the rain to stop to see if I can get out on the bike today but the wind is blowing about 25 right now so I just may take the day off…I am freaking out a little that today could be the last day that I don’t know I have a huge health problem and I guess I could look at that two ways…if I know, then I can get moving on treatment and maybe stay alive a few more years…but how is that going to change how I look at the world? I have been lucky to not have had any health problems at all really….I guess I need to stop thinking about it until I know there is a problem….but, there are not enough distractions right now to keep my brain occupied…and my stomach is already starting to give me problems with the diet change and not eating anything since about 6 last night….okay, need a couple of deep breaths and to find a soccer match to watch….and I need to stop whining….and remember “it is what it is” and know that I’ve dealt with everything life has thrown at me and this is just one more thing….more later….
November 4th
Well…running a little early today with the time change screwing me up like it always does and with the anticipation of the ugliness of the prep this afternoon…slept okay last night and I am starting to think it may be the new pillows…they are pretty comfortable and I know they are working to help the pain in my neck…now, the question is: why didn’t I do this a long time ago? Oh, well….I did get a little cleaning done yesterday and will probably do a little in the kitchen today in between football and the race that’s on later…did get laundry done yesterday, too, so I won’t have that to do today so it looks a like a pretty easy day…not sure about the bike ride today…don’t think I have the calories to spare with not eating again until tomorrow afternoon…and, I know I won’t get on it tomorrow morning…can’t wait for this whole test thing to be over so I can get back to normal…I am still a little freaked out about what they might find and the fallout from that….more later….
I just realized something…
Well….sitting here ready to take it easy for my Saturday night and I just realized something…with my test not until the afternoon Monday, I’m going to have to go almost two days with nothing to eat since I can’t have anything starting tomorrow morning…but, that really means tonight since I won’t eat anything tonight other than maybe some cheese and crackers….and with being so close on calories every day, I am going to be out of energy completely by Monday afternoon and that will make me feel even worse…crap…at least maybe the rain will come and it will keep me off the bike tomorrow…who knows?
November 3rd
Well…slept okay again last night and I may be getting convinced that it is the new pillows…my neck doesn’t hurt either, so that is a plus and I hope it continues…haven’t been able to move it easily for the past few weeks….had a nice day with getting out to have lunch with T and it was good to see her and buy her lunch for her birthday…had a huge olive burger and I am still not hungry even after not eating anything for dinner last night…but, I will have to eat today since I can’t eat anything tomorrow…but, nothing but protein since I can’t have any fiber…and that is a little weird….didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I do need to clean the bathroom today and do a little clean up in the kitchen….and I have bills to pay that I can do online so I don’t have to think about it early next week….can’t wait for the election to be over…the stress is killing me and I don’t even want to imagine the hellscape this country is going to be if the repubs keep the house….can’t wait for Wednesday…more later…
Vote for Debbie…
Well…There is just one race left that I wanted to talk about before the election Tuesday and that is the one senate seat that is up for a vote…now, there is really no choice to be made here….the only person to vote for is Debbie Stabenow, who has devoted her entire life to serving the people of Michigan…both in the Michigan legislature and for the past two terms as one of our US senators. I have worked with Debbie in the past when I was a parent lobbyist for the Kentwood schools during the Prop A fight and found her to be dedicated to what is best for the people of Michigan, not for the rich or corporations like her challenger has already admitted is his focus. So, let’s not elect another trump clone to do more damage than has already been done and let’s send a good senator back to continue the great work she has done for all of the citizens of Michigan.
November 2nd
Well…okay, not sure if it’s the new pillows or not but I didn’t get up until 6:36 this morning and that is an hour later than the new normal…and my neck doesn’t hurt too much so that’s maybe another plus…I did sleep okay, too with not too much tossing and turning but that might have been from not sleeping too well over the past week or so…we’ll see tonight…I am getting a little stressed out about the procedure Monday but I think it’s more the prep for it than anything else…and thinking they might find something is starting to add to the stress…and colon cancer can just be there with no symptoms so I guess I should look at it that way…let’s just find out and go from there….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will need to clean today to get a start on the weekend…don’t really have a lot to do but I don’t want to have anything to do Sunday when I’m prepping…I may have lunch with T today but I have to remember the no fiber diet I’m on and try to keep it…I really don’t want to screw up the test so I have to do another one….more later….
Bargains….
Well…it has been a little bit of a weird day with T cancelling so she could get some rest…and with her schedule, I don’t blame her one bit. But, that’s not what this is about…it’s about the screaming bargain I got on pillows at Kohl’s today. Every Thursday, I pick up the Free Press when grocery shopping and today they had an ad for Kohl’s in it…and, in the ad, they had pillows on sale for 2.99 each that are regularly priced at 12 dollars each…so, I picked up 4 of them and got an even bigger deal at the register…my total for the 4 pillows was $10.30 so they were only a little over 2 bucks each. Now, they may not be the best pillows in the world, but damn…only 10 bucks? Couldn’t pass that up….can’t wait to try them tonight….