Gut Check in These Foolish Things

Please note: really, really REALLY REALLY personal stuff ahead. The squeamish need not proceed. It’s my journal, so ima let you know what’s on my mind. I coulda made this private, but I’m choosing to put it allllll out there.

This is a true spoiler alert: I’m still having issues with my gut/butt.

I told my primary care physician about it and he sent me to a colon/rectal surgeon and my appointment was today.

My crazy psychiatrist friend B called me before my appointment to give me moral support. And what he said was so true. It’s called Getting Older. These are the things that happen to your body naturally when you get older. And he also said that the people who say that it’s easy getting old just aren’t taking care of themselves!

I was so freaked out that I had to take a valium before the visit and it was sooooooo worth it because the things you have to do to see a colon/rectal doctor can be traumatic if you’re not medicated at all.

The biggest shocker (heh) to me was that you don’t even have to take your pants OFF you just pull them down and get on the kneely table and then they lean you over! It’s like a Disney ride or something. Um. No.

But the thing is, that’s what they do. It’s their life’s work and the doc has 25 years of experience so he’s probed millions of a-holes, you know? But it’s also funny to think that he’s only a year older than I am, and also actually kinda hot.

GOD - why do I fall in love with all of my doctors??!

He saw some blood but it looked like it was further up than the short scope would allow him to see, so he told me that I need to get a colonoscopy ASAP. And it’s not that I’ve put it off (I’m 53 years old), it’s that my doc told me NOT to have it done for at least a year after my dissection was healed. And the thing is, I’m on blood thinners, so there are issues involved with going in with a scope and cutting things out of my body.

The docs are gonna consult.

I asked him to tell me straight if he thought it was cancer, and of course, he couldn’t rule it out, but he said he didn’t think so. So now, it’s the mystery to find out WTF is going on with my booty/belly..

One good thing is that I asked my doc to change one of my meds that I think was blocking me up. And I’ve googled the hell out of this drug and see it can cause gastrointestinal bleeding! So I actually started new meds today. We’ll see how that goes. Maybe it will clear this shit up literally and immediately!

Anyway, I know I sound like an old lady with this entry, and I kinda am! But other than being “butthurt” (hahaha), I feel really great lately! My hair is thick and healthy and growing, my skin looks good (other than the occasional “maskne”) and the 2 week challenge is still going strong. I haven’t lost any weight (wah). I’m not lethargic or depressed or anything other than the normal sadness for all of the bullshit that’s going on in the world, and I know that our mental states affect our physical states.

I just don’t feel sick. So I’m not! But I do need to get this figured out.

So there you have it. Happy Friday, everyone!
GS