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HE got a call from the local VA letting him know the physician who had scheduled his colonoscopy has just retired. They offered to schedule him at the VA hospital in Gainesville, but that's a little over an hour drive away. So he said he'd schedule one with his physician here in The Villages.
Lucky for HIM they had an opening this morning for the consultation and he's scheduled for the procedure on the 19th ~ which is way earlier than the VA had scheduled him ~ which was the end of May. And his physician ordered a CT Scan and told him to call the Imaging place to get it scheduled before his appointment on the 19th. When he called they said he should come by for the 'prep'.....Hmmmmm, that was a new one on him.
Turns out it's a CT With Contrast.....so they gave him THREE bottles of barium he needs to get down before the scan.
ICK!
I don't know that I could keep that much down....and then there's always the joy of finding out the stuff turns into concrete once inside......
But, hey, no problem......four days later he gets to start taking the other icky stuff that will clear it all out of his system.
As if he didn't feel bad enough..........
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So, to help cheer him up I'm making him a grilled steak & cauliflower & asparagus for supper. He might as well have a couple really good meals before he can't eat real food.....
Lucky for HIM they had an opening this morning for the consultation and he's scheduled for the procedure on the 19th ~ which is way earlier than the VA had scheduled him ~ which was the end of May. And his physician ordered a CT Scan and told him to call the Imaging place to get it scheduled before his appointment on the 19th. When he called they said he should come by for the 'prep'.....Hmmmmm, that was a new one on him.
Turns out it's a CT With Contrast.....so they gave him THREE bottles of barium he needs to get down before the scan.
ICK!
I don't know that I could keep that much down....and then there's always the joy of finding out the stuff turns into concrete once inside......
But, hey, no problem......four days later he gets to start taking the other icky stuff that will clear it all out of his system.
As if he didn't feel bad enough..........
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So, to help cheer him up I'm making him a grilled steak & cauliflower & asparagus for supper. He might as well have a couple really good meals before he can't eat real food.....
They shrink to like 10% when cooked. 