Wish me luck. Getting my screening colonoscopy tomorrow. Supposed to be starting the prep today

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26. My husband and I have a little ritual around colonoscopies.

After we're done, we go straight to Jason's Deli which is close to the hospital. This is the only time we go there, so it's our special little treat for getting through the procedure safely. It doesn't make the prep any easier, that's just awful by the end, but this treat makes the recovery nicer.

I need a colonoscopy but my GI doc won't approve me until my Cardiologist signs off that it's safe. I have new insurance and my old heart docs aren't included. New heart doc can't see me until the end of April and then who knows what tests I have to go through and how long those will take, all to just have approval for a colonoscopy. I guess it could be worse, I could actually be having GI problems, but I'm not. It's just that my mom had colon cancer at age 87 and my younger sister already has polyps.

Everything is more difficult when you get old. Sigh.