Answers, possibly, finally
Aug. 23rd, 2006 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kjpepperSo. Had my colonoscopy today. *chuckle* goddess bless nurses with children, I swear they tend to be a bit more patient and soothing on average than those that don't. And a special thank you to the nurse that completely distracted me from being nervous as I waited on the table with monitors and tubes coming in and out of me and first of all, made me laugh by entering the room, announcing I was too young to be there and to go home, and then had a conversation with me about generational perspectives on technology and computers (she was grandmothery age, so was interested in this sort of thing). Though this in no way slights Marty either - god, she was so sweet to me and made sure I was well taken care of. Guys, if you ever EVER have to deal with the indignity of a colonoscopy, go to Valley Medical Group instead of Cooley Dick if you can. I'm a little bowled over by how wonderful they were.
So the kinda icky news. The good is that my colon's pristine and nothing's wrong with it. The bad... well, the end of my small intestine's inflamed like fuck-all. At worst, it's Crohn's Disease. At best, it's just ileitis and there's a good chance that it might clear up on it's own.
Argh.
Actually, it sorta makes sense if it's Crohn's. I got really sick in early November and it hung on until mid-december, and after that I stayed all weirdly weak and tired and then there's was the suddenly 40 pound deflation. So, like I said to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
anzovin last night when he was complaining about his own colorectal acrobatics after being sick, yeah that makes sense, since Crohns is an immune reaction type thingie and in that case its a "while we're up combating viruses and stuff, let's go attack some intestine. *rolleyes* Anyway, I was really sick, and a month afterwards I started the Patch, and there are studies (some conflicting) about a possible increase of risk for Crohn's with oral contraceptive users. (Doesn't say anything about non oral delivery BC, but it's the same stuff mostly.) So, I'm not crazy in insisting that the two might have been related... it just seemed a little too coincidental that I started messing with my hormones and one month later I lose the ability to digest food properly.
Really I'm kinda relieved about it now - I've got some kind of answer that can be treated, and maybe I'll feel better. And it definitely seems that Crohn's, while serious, doesn't seem to be this profoundly dire and horrible thing to have anymore due to advances in screening and medication. The thing that makes me kinda wonder about it more now is why so many people I know seems to have irritable bowel & more serious GI tract issues... I mean, I'd never even heard of Crohn's disease before C and I moved in withbeatgoddess, and then one of our friends was diagnosed with colitis, and then C got IBS and then anzovin has Crohn's as well and... WTFM8? is there something in the water here in western MA?
Interesting note, Shannon Doherty apparently has Crohn's. Like, it's your turn, Heather.
Anycrap. The procedure itself was fine. This will be my second encounter with that crazy drug they give you to relax your muscles and has the side effect of oh, hey look, you won't remember any of this. (which isn't quite true, you remember bits and pieces.) Which I'm sort of annoyed about, because I really wanted to stay awake and watch the monitor while they were doing stuff. (they promised me pictures, though.) I guess it's fine this way though, cause I do remember one or two moments of being rather uncomfortable. And oh, thank $DEITY formorlock, who came with me this morning, distracted me from being nervous, exploited my punchiness in the recovery room by making me giggle a lot (the nurses found us really adorable, you could tell) then took me to the comic book store and then out for the first bit of solid food in over 24 hours. (BTW - when the hell did Wendy's start serving VANILLA Frostys???? $DEITY, but I swear, signs of the apocolypse are everywhere.... they're quite tasty, though the chocolate ones taste the best with french fries... no worries, followed it up with a slightly more healthy roast beef sandwich later.)
And now, something different than bitching about my various health crapola.
A meme yoinked frominle_rah!
1. Elaborate on your default icon.
Going to change it back to my "all your base" icon in a bit, but this is a pic of me at last years Northampton Pride, wearing a pink wig and a cowboy hat.
2. What's your current relationship status?
The link factor in a five person tribe. My partners in it aresundart and morlock.
3. Ever have a near-death experience?
Two actually. Nearly drowned when I was 11, and got hit by a car last year.
4. Name an obvious quality you have?
And would you like your coffee about this shade *points to wrist* or this shade? *points to palm*
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
Well great. I had blissful silence until seeing this question, now i've got "Ive got a lovely bunch of coconuts" stuck there.
6. Any celeb you would marry?
I think blind dates are sketchy. Blind marriages? Come on.
7. Who will cut and paste this first?
*shrug* don't really care.
8. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Bishop Desmond Tutu. Oh and Michael Tracy from first grade. I wonder if he remembers me.
9. Do you have a crush on someone?
other than me sweeties? only fleeting ones.
10. Have you ever vandalized someone's private property?
Yep.
11. Have you ever been in a fight?
A physical one? I don't think you get through middle school otherwise.
12. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
Choir was mandatory in junior and middle school. By myself? not since high school.
13. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
dimples and eyelashes, usually.
14. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
I try not to. If I'm caught in there, usually something dessert-like that would make lo-carb aficionados extremely nervous.
15. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
Yes.
16. Say something totally random about yourself.
*singing Baby got Back* totally my theme song, yo.
17. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
I got mistaken for rudy huxtable a lot growing up. Met her once. Didn't see the resemblance.
18. Do you wear a watch?
Nope. use my celly to tell time. Or computer clocks. I'm usually in front of one.
19. Do you have anything pierced?
3 holes in each ear. If I keep belly dancing, I'll get my belly button done.
20. Do you have any tattoos?
Not yet. At some point.
21. Do you like pain?
Depends on the context. I tend to have a higher threshold to begin with though.
22. Do you like to shop?
Ugh, not for myself. Other people? absolutely.
23. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
Lunch, sorta.
24. What was the last thing you paid for with a credit card?
restoring my paid and userpic status on LJ.
25. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
anzovin, while I was still kinda hopped up one whatever the hell they gave me. "Guess what! We're Crohn's buddies! Yay!" I was a little punchy. No, wait, I think [Unknown site tag] called me after that. but the first story was funnier.
26. What is on your desktop background?
A map of the Midnight Ocean from Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates.
27. What is the background on your cell phone?
Valentino, being dumb.
28. Do you like redheads?
.... ooooh, come to butt-head....
29. Do you know any twins?
Even cooler, I know one member of an identical triplet.
30. Do you have any weird relatives?
The ringtone on my phone is The Addams Family for members of my family for a reason.
31. What was the last movie you watched?
Um...Good question. I've mostly been watching Lost and TV series.
32. What was the last book you read?
Kushiel's Scion. Finished it during the colon prep. Currently back on Perdido Street Station.
So the kinda icky news. The good is that my colon's pristine and nothing's wrong with it. The bad... well, the end of my small intestine's inflamed like fuck-all. At worst, it's Crohn's Disease. At best, it's just ileitis and there's a good chance that it might clear up on it's own.
Argh.
Actually, it sorta makes sense if it's Crohn's. I got really sick in early November and it hung on until mid-december, and after that I stayed all weirdly weak and tired and then there's was the suddenly 40 pound deflation. So, like I said to
anzovin last night when he was complaining about his own colorectal acrobatics after being sick, yeah that makes sense, since Crohns is an immune reaction type thingie and in that case its a "while we're up combating viruses and stuff, let's go attack some intestine. *rolleyes* Anyway, I was really sick, and a month afterwards I started the Patch, and there are studies (some conflicting) about a possible increase of risk for Crohn's with oral contraceptive users. (Doesn't say anything about non oral delivery BC, but it's the same stuff mostly.) So, I'm not crazy in insisting that the two might have been related... it just seemed a little too coincidental that I started messing with my hormones and one month later I lose the ability to digest food properly.Really I'm kinda relieved about it now - I've got some kind of answer that can be treated, and maybe I'll feel better. And it definitely seems that Crohn's, while serious, doesn't seem to be this profoundly dire and horrible thing to have anymore due to advances in screening and medication. The thing that makes me kinda wonder about it more now is why so many people I know seems to have irritable bowel & more serious GI tract issues... I mean, I'd never even heard of Crohn's disease before C and I moved in with
beatgoddess, and then one of our friends was diagnosed with colitis, and then C got IBS and then anzovin has Crohn's as well and... WTFM8? is there something in the water here in western MA?Interesting note, Shannon Doherty apparently has Crohn's. Like, it's your turn, Heather.
Anycrap. The procedure itself was fine. This will be my second encounter with that crazy drug they give you to relax your muscles and has the side effect of oh, hey look, you won't remember any of this. (which isn't quite true, you remember bits and pieces.) Which I'm sort of annoyed about, because I really wanted to stay awake and watch the monitor while they were doing stuff. (they promised me pictures, though.) I guess it's fine this way though, cause I do remember one or two moments of being rather uncomfortable. And oh, thank $DEITY for
morlock, who came with me this morning, distracted me from being nervous, exploited my punchiness in the recovery room by making me giggle a lot (the nurses found us really adorable, you could tell) then took me to the comic book store and then out for the first bit of solid food in over 24 hours. (BTW - when the hell did Wendy's start serving VANILLA Frostys???? $DEITY, but I swear, signs of the apocolypse are everywhere.... they're quite tasty, though the chocolate ones taste the best with french fries... no worries, followed it up with a slightly more healthy roast beef sandwich later.)And now, something different than bitching about my various health crapola.
A meme yoinked from
inle_rah!1. Elaborate on your default icon.
Going to change it back to my "all your base" icon in a bit, but this is a pic of me at last years Northampton Pride, wearing a pink wig and a cowboy hat.
2. What's your current relationship status?
The link factor in a five person tribe. My partners in it are
sundart and morlock.3. Ever have a near-death experience?
Two actually. Nearly drowned when I was 11, and got hit by a car last year.
4. Name an obvious quality you have?
And would you like your coffee about this shade *points to wrist* or this shade? *points to palm*
5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
Well great. I had blissful silence until seeing this question, now i've got "Ive got a lovely bunch of coconuts" stuck there.
6. Any celeb you would marry?
I think blind dates are sketchy. Blind marriages? Come on.
7. Who will cut and paste this first?
*shrug* don't really care.
8. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Bishop Desmond Tutu. Oh and Michael Tracy from first grade. I wonder if he remembers me.
9. Do you have a crush on someone?
other than me sweeties? only fleeting ones.
10. Have you ever vandalized someone's private property?
Yep.
11. Have you ever been in a fight?
A physical one? I don't think you get through middle school otherwise.
12. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
Choir was mandatory in junior and middle school. By myself? not since high school.
13. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
dimples and eyelashes, usually.
14. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
I try not to. If I'm caught in there, usually something dessert-like that would make lo-carb aficionados extremely nervous.
15. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
Yes.
16. Say something totally random about yourself.
*singing Baby got Back* totally my theme song, yo.
17. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
I got mistaken for rudy huxtable a lot growing up. Met her once. Didn't see the resemblance.
18. Do you wear a watch?
Nope. use my celly to tell time. Or computer clocks. I'm usually in front of one.
19. Do you have anything pierced?
3 holes in each ear. If I keep belly dancing, I'll get my belly button done.
20. Do you have any tattoos?
Not yet. At some point.
21. Do you like pain?
Depends on the context. I tend to have a higher threshold to begin with though.
22. Do you like to shop?
Ugh, not for myself. Other people? absolutely.
23. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
Lunch, sorta.
24. What was the last thing you paid for with a credit card?
restoring my paid and userpic status on LJ.
25. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
anzovin, while I was still kinda hopped up one whatever the hell they gave me. "Guess what! We're Crohn's buddies! Yay!" I was a little punchy. No, wait, I think [Unknown site tag] called me after that. but the first story was funnier.26. What is on your desktop background?
A map of the Midnight Ocean from Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates.
27. What is the background on your cell phone?
Valentino, being dumb.
28. Do you like redheads?
.... ooooh, come to butt-head....
29. Do you know any twins?
Even cooler, I know one member of an identical triplet.
30. Do you have any weird relatives?
The ringtone on my phone is The Addams Family for members of my family for a reason.
31. What was the last movie you watched?
Um...Good question. I've mostly been watching Lost and TV series.
32. What was the last book you read?
Kushiel's Scion. Finished it during the colon prep. Currently back on Perdido Street Station.
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