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This is going to be a difficult week, and I'm going to need a lot of support to get through it. I am scheduled for a colonoscopy on Friday, and I'm scared half to death. It's not the procedure itself that worries me -- I'll be under full anesthesia so I won't know what's going on. But I'm frightened of the prep and how I will tolerate it, and I'm frightened of what the results might be. I didn't have any bowel problems until June 2014, when I got a food-borne infection, and I have never really recovered from it. I developed IBS-D secondary to the infection, and it is only controlled by staying on the FODMAP diet. I know I should think positively -- but it's really hard and scary. First, I was a smoker for most of my adult life, which puts me at higher risk for colon cancer. Second, my Mom had four different kinds of cancer, but lived to be 91 -- spry and with it until just a few weeks before she died. Third, my sister was just diagnosed with uterine cancer. She is a 20-year breast cancer survivor, and she told me last week that she had cancerous polyps removed from her intestines a few years ago. So now I am SCARED.
And just to make matters worse, you aren't supposed to eat any nuts and seeds for a week before the procedures, so that means no quinoa, no buckwheat, no raspberries or strawberries after today. For a lot of people this would be no biggie, but eating gluten-free, FODMAP, and low glycemic, these are staples in my diet. So in addition to the full day of liquid diet before the procedure, for most of the week I won't be able to eat much of the food that keeps me going. Let's hope the trade-off is that I weigh myself next Monday 10-12, and I've lost a few pounds.
Whine, whine, whine.
Diet Calendar Entries for 02 October 2015:
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1418 kcal
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Fat: 60.76g | Prot: 98.22g | Carb: 120.01g.
Breakfast: Bonne Maman Orange Marmalade, Milk (Nonfat), Buckwheat Pancakes-Gluten Free, Smucker's Natural Strawberry Fruit Spread. Lunch: Red Sweet Pepper, Green Giant Fresh Baby Cut Carrots, The Shed Spicy Mustard BBQ Sauce, Roasted Broiled or Baked Chicken Wing (Skin Eaten). Dinner: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Fresh Express Spinach & Arugula, Cooked Tuna, Quinoa (Cooked). Snacks/Other: Archer Farms Cinnamon Glazed Pecans, Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Ice Cream, Cantaloupe Melons, Deli Sliced Ham, Cougar Gold Sharp White Cheddar Cheese. more...
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2336 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Clearing/washing dishes - 10 minutes, Driving - 1 hour, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 30 minutes, Cooking in Kitchen - 1 hour, Shopping - 1 hour and 15 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours, Resting - 13 hours and 5 minutes. more...
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Colonoscopy prep sounds a lot worse than it really is when you do it. And, they often use versed to relax you and make it a sleepy procedure which is painless. I bet you will do OK and you have been so good about your diet that there may be nothing harmful to worry about. I do colonoscopy every five years because I have polyps and they like to keep up on removing them before they can become anything. Hang with it.!
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I also have colonoscopies every 5 years with polyps usually being removed. So far they have tested benign. The prep isn't pleasant, but not horrible. It is possible that the food born illness threw off the flora in you're gut and it may be as simple as introducing good pre and probiotics. Going without your most eaten foods for a week is also unpleasant but tolerable. It's only a week. I know when cancer runs in the family it can be scary. My father died of breast cancer, so every time they find a mass in my breasts, I freak. Try to stay as calm as possible and think positive thoughts. We are all here for you and will make a good sounding board until you get your results. I'm sending love!
02 Oct 15 by member: Johanne
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It will be okay u won't remember anything or feel anything :)
02 Oct 15 by member: karasmith2
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You will be in my prayers. I'm so glad I read your journal because my DH is having one done this week and I ask him about the nuts and seeds and he said he didn't know ( he guessed he needed to read the papers) so thank you for the information.
02 Oct 15 by member: Addie Aline
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Thank you both for your encouragement. I really need it. I know it sounds stupid, but one of the things I'm upset about is that I have to board my dogs Thursday night and Friday because obviously, I can't take care of them properly, especially Thursday night if I'm tied to the porcelain thrown -- I mean since I got sick there really have been nights when I was nervous about walking the dogs in case I suddenly had to go -- know what I mean? I was just going to send them to daycare on Friday, but then I read the prep instructions and realized that I might not be able to walk them on Friday morning, so I am going to drop them off on Thursday night and my dog walker will go get them and bring them home to me on Friday evening, and then my friend/roommate has promised to come home Friday 10pm to do last walk. I know I shouldn't complain and feel sorry for myself -- lots of people have much worse problems than I do, but for some reason this has me terribly freaked out. P.S. I made my appointment for my physical and tomorrow morning I'm going for the blood work. I am so hoping that all the work I've done in the past year pays off with low blood sugar, low A1-C, and lower cholesterol. I will be really mad if it hasn't made a difference!
02 Oct 15 by member: Hermiones Mom
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I fully understand your fears and not wanting to board your babies, I'm probably going to have a bone graft on my jaw and I've put off about as long as I can because of fear and I have cats to care for. I know other people have bigger problems but my problems are what affect me and it's the same for you. Hang in there.
02 Oct 15 by member: Addie Aline
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When I started having problems with near vision, I said to my ophthalmologist that I felt silly complaining about something so unimportant when my, then, husband had cataracts since birth and corneal dystrophy. He would eventually go blind without a corneal transplant. My Dr said that, to me, my loss of near vision was just as devastating to me and to not belittle my feelings about it. We can't compare our experiences and belittle their impact on our lives just because others have more horrid issues. As that Dr said, from our personal perspective, our issues are just as real. Nothing you have said sounds stupid. You sound human and worried. It's justified.
02 Oct 15 by member: Johanne
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Thanks everyone. You really have made me feel better.
05 Oct 15 by member: Hermiones Mom
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