Colonoscopy

Oh my goodness,

has it REALLY been 5

(ahem 7) years????

Huh.

(That's a little how my conversation

with my doctor went a few weeks ago.)

And ended with me actually making

an appointment.

Well, honesty wins out.

I DIDN'T make an appointment.

His nurse did it for me.

And then called and said

"Be here on this date."

I love my doctor.

He is not actually a doctor.

He is a nurse practitioner.

But he's awesome.

And I love him.

He's also an avid reader.

So several years ago,

I sat in his exam room waiting for him to arrive.

I was happily reading on my Kindle.

He walked in and we spent the first 10+ minutes

of the appointment comparing what we are/have/wish

we were reading on our various E-readers.

Low and behold, like that very afternoon

he sent me a HUGE dropbox file full of

books to put on my Kindle!

And then...

crickets.

Fast forward a year or so later

when I saw him again.

(I have to see him every 6 months for

my thyroid - stupid insurance company,

who I just happen to work for...)

(ahem)

Anyhow.

He made me go get a mammogram.

And then he sent me a few more books.

And then....

crickets.

Fast forward to earlier this year.

I went in for my stupid thyroid appointment.

And he was amazed I'm still using the same

Kindle (which I LOVE, by the way, and

am now actively looking to find the exact same

version for Kyle since the new ones don't do

"text to speech" with a headphone jack.  We

both like to LISTEN to our books, I listen

while posting $, he likes to listen while he drives)

(which he will be doing lots more of soon...)

(teaser...)

So...

After agreeing to another stupid mammogram 

(I know, I know, but I prefer thermography)

he immediately sent me more books!

And then I had a bone density test...

BOOKS show up in my email inbox!

Then I did the pre-consult for a colonoscopy

BOOKS!!!!

So.

Yesterday I did the deed.

And it was AWFUL!

(Ok, the test was no biggie,

in fact it was the best nap I've had in

a LONG time, I nearly asked the doc

if he would put me back under and just

leave me alone for another hour or so... lol)

PREP was AWFUL!

There had BETTER be a bunch of 

REALLY GOOD books in my

inbox in the next day or two.

*******

PS - all is well.

I have the "most beautiful colon he has ever seen".

Ok, that's not actually what he said,

but I was still kind of drugged

and it's my blog

so I can tell it how I want to.

But all IS well...

AND I'm off the hook for

drum roll

TEN YEARS!

They'd better have a better plan for prep

by the time I'm 65 dang years old

or there aren't enough books in the world

to make me do that again.

Sheesh.