The procedure wasn't at all awful. The prep for it varies in awfulness, the worst of which for me was the Magnesium Citrate drink which turns out to be carbonated for no very good reason that I can understand.
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
Angel ,'Shells'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Dec 04, 2013 8:23:19 am PST #13692 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
msbelle - Dec 04, 2013 8:30:57 am PST #13693 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The prep drink is by far the worst of it.
I am thus far being productive at work, which good, I guess. I'd rather be chatting here with you all.
One thing people (not me) are working on today would allow me to scan in our daily shipment receipts and not have to keep a year's worth (4 - 5 file boxes) in my office at all times. If they get this functioning, all I will be doing on the slow days around the holidays is scanning bills from the last 12 months.
Fred Pete - Dec 04, 2013 9:04:05 am PST #13694 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Prep actually wasn't as bad as I'd heard, possibly because the magnesium citrate was flavored. For me, the worst was the IV needle. I'm usually bad about needles, but for some reason, IVs bring out the worst in me. I didn't pass out, but it was a near thing for a while. Also not good was the air that got into my stomach, making things pretty painful afterward until I got it out of my system . And the nap was pleasant.
(White font for mild to moderate grossness.)
shrift - Dec 04, 2013 10:05:02 am PST #13695 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think some of the smellier Christmas decorations are giving me a migraine.
Zenkitty - Dec 04, 2013 10:07:05 am PST #13696 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Wait, a colonoscopy requires an IV?!
Fred Pete - Dec 04, 2013 10:13:50 am PST #13697 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
They administered the sedative by IV. At least, I think it was IV. Needle in back of hand, nearly passed out, cold cloth to forehead -- just like my surgery a couple of years ago.
One of the nurses had been a military medic. He told me that the big, tough Marines were the ones that actually passed out from needles.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2013 10:37:53 am PST #13698 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I woke up in the middle of my colonoscopy. Ask me how fun that was.
shrift - Dec 04, 2013 10:39:33 am PST #13699 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think these smelly Christmas sticks are ScentSicles, or something like it? I think I may have to ask people to get rid of them, or possibly just stay away from my desk for a couple of days. I have a banging headache and itchy eyes and an itchy throat.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2013 10:40:30 am PST #13700 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Woke up around 3 am this morning by a car alarm for a microcar in the neighborhood. It was literally the loudest car alarm I have heard in my life. Our smoke detector and the house alarm are not as loud as that fucking thing.
Why such a small car needs such a loud alarm is beyond me.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2013 10:40:39 am PST #13701 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You have to work from home through Epiphany!
I am killing time before my going-away party.