Rant #3,915: Little Willy

Yesterday, I had that procedure done, and now, if I feel up to it, I can move on with my life--

Until the next hurdle comes my way, on my birthday.

I have been through the colonoscopy procedure before, and let me tell you, if you haven't ever had one, the prep is far worse than the procedure itself.

So when I have this thing on April 28, it will be a good day.

April 27, however, won't be one of the best days of my life, as the prep really will knock out the day--and other things--for me.

I just think it is almost funny that I am having that procedure done on my birthday, but it won't be the first time I gifted myself with health on my special day.

Way back in 2007, on my 50th birthday, I had my gall bladder removed.

It just worked out that way that time, as I went into the hospital on April 27 with severe stomach pains, and the hospital said all I had was a bad stomach ache. 

However, I told them numerous times that this wasn't just a bad stomach ache, that this was something more, but they insisted--

Until I told them that I had Gilbert's Syndrome, a relatively minor liver disease where the liver does not fully process billirubin, that you can live with your entire life and not feel it.

A previous doctor years earlier told me I had it, and it simply came to mind when they wanted to get me out of there as quickly as they could.

Lo and behold, I went for some more tests, and they literally told me that my gall bladder had to come out.

I went into surgery on April 28, they removed it, but in the middle of the surgery--and I was told this when I awoke from the anesthesia--that they now listed me as an unruly patient, because I supposedly woke up smack dab in the middle of surgery, started pulling things out of me, and said I was done--

And it took six male nurses to hold me down.

I had the surgery, was home on the morning of April 29, and that was that with that.

Kind of strange, but true.

So if I have to basically forfeit a day of my life to find out what is going on in my colon, then so be it.

And I also have the other stent in me which needs to come out, and it will be removed prior to the colonoscopy.

But at least for now, onto other things ...

And don't get me started on "No Kings Day."

Just don't.