Colonscopy - at the hospital

My day at the hospital was pretty good.  All the people - nurses, doctors, support staff - are really good and made the process easy.  I won't say fun, though I was entertained at times.  But, I don't think that you can ever associate a colonscopy with fun.

One point that irks me though.  I started my procedure one and a half hours later than I was told. And I believe that was because early patients were late.  That's one of the problems with healthcare in Canada.  Doctors have to queue up people and over-schedule because you have a few A-Holes who think that they are above the system.  They don't worry about being late, because it doesn't cost them anything and they join the queue where they were supposed to be.  Make these patients go to the end of the line or make them compensate the people who are getting pushed out and we will have a better system (end rant).

Anyway, I got prepped, laid around for some time and finally got into the theatre.  During prep they tell you that there is a 1 in 1000 chance you may get a perforation that will require surgery.  teh doctor wasn't impressed with me when I asked how many patients they had since her last perforation (as I didn't want to be # 1000).  I thought it was funny.

Unfortunately, because we were late, my doctor needed to go for lunch so they swapped in a new guy.  He was pretty good though - funny and said "this is the break I was looking for"...But, he was good.  The procedure went well (even with my apparently curly colon).  The pain is tolerable (easier than banding IMO) and they do give you drugs for it (though I don't think mine were working super-well)...The result - no cancer, which is a good thing.HE told me I don't need to come back for 10 years and I didn't have the heart to tell him that in 10 years there is no way I am doing this.  The chips can fall as they may.

He did tell me that I was a top 500 colon though.  I kept pushing for top 10 or top 100.  I think he thought I was pretty weird asking.  But, when another guy has a bunch of stuff up inside you, you want to make conversation.  And I did want to tell my wife that I ranked well anyway...

So, colonscopy - don;t fear it.  It is relatively easy and quick.  A few days later I am back to just hating my hemorrhoids and wanting them fixed finally.