I got a letter through the other day, saying I could now phone the colonoscopy unit at the hospital to book my procedure. I phoned up straight away and it is now booked for 4th March. Still three weeks away, but at least there's something to aim at. I've dropped my steroids down to 10mg a day, but not sure I can go further, and may even need to increase again, as bowel movements now have no form, and are fairly frequent!
Anyway, the good news is they've sent me my laxatives through the post, and they are going to phone me to do pre assessment over the phone. I had to go in for this last time, just to be told what I could read on the paperwork for myself. Considering the hospital is more than an hours drive away, this was rather annoying!
The bad news is, it falls on a Tuesday in term time. I was hoping it might fall next week when I am on holiday, but as it is, I will have to take two days off work, due to the cleansing procedure. This will go as follows :
Three days before the colonoscopy, I begin a low residue diet. The day before, I stop eating and take the laxatives. This empties my gut of all its contents. The no eating, coupled with very frequent trips to the toilet will make it impossible to work.
It's annoying that I will have to take time off for it, especially when we are understaffed, but on the other hand, at least my week off, the week before won't be ruined! So there is a silver lining in every cloud!
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