This too shall pass

Tomorrow morning is my colonoscopy. Today is my liquid diet day. I am really starting to get hungry now. It’s almost 3:30 in the afternoon. I guess I’m doing good. I’ll have to start drinking that “mess” in a couple of hours. But I am finding out how much I eat from habit. I haven’t been as hungry as I’d have thought, but when I have thought about it, it seemed to be from a “I want to do something” attitude, rather than “I need to eat.”

One good thing is that they’ve changed a few things in the last 5 years. I’m having a Coca-cola right now. That wasn’t clear enough to be on the list in the past. Coffee and tea is allowed too. I’m keeping busy out in my office today; Danny & Melissa ate lunch and packed her with goodies before coming to tell me she was ready to leave. I walked through the house glancing at the kitchen to see if anything good was still out. I was sniffing for some wonderful odor, but there wasn’t any.

I told Dan awhile ago, that in a way I felt stupid, like I was putting myself through this. But we’ve been tending to put things off lately with money tight and there always being something going on that is important. I knew that if I hadn’t gone ahead and made myself an appointment it might be 2 years before I did. This is not something anyone looks forward to. I’m no exception. But I have “family health history” that makes me want to be checked. If anything is going to go wrong, it won’t be because of neglect! So I am consoling myself by planning my next meal!

Schedule yourself if you haven’t been in a long while! It’s worth it!