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Ardith,

 AH>            Ah.  So I'm not losing my mind... or at least not
 AH> completely.  :-Q

  Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. 


 AH>            1988 in Dallas's case, 1990 in mine.  We started this echo
 AH> in 1990 while our daughter was in treatment for leukemia & I noticed
 AH> many people were returning home from the hospital to small communities
 AH> where they had a lot of well-wishers who crowded the local airport to
 AH> welcome them back, but where it might be difficult to find anybody with
 AH> related knowledge or experience.  Our focus changes as various people
 AH> bring up various issues.  IMHO SURVIVOR is an attitude inspired by the
 AH> work of an oncologist, not a medical diagnosis.  :-)

  One has to be proactive. There is a campaign right now from Arkansas
Urology...noting while women tend to take care of their personal health
issues (breast self exam, etc. -- but men do get breast cancer), men
tend to be "brutes", thinking they're invincible, and not getting things
like their prostate or testosterone levels checked). Admittedly, the
prostate check is not the most pleasant feeling, but it's a walk in the
park, compared to the COVID-19 nasal swabs!! :P

 AH>            IOW, about 1/4 of the amount.  I imagine that may be what a
 AH> friend was using when she told me she'd spent three days on the toilet
 AH> & said "Never again!"  She had a second colonoscopy a few months ago,
 AH> however, and reported that the newer prep was a considerable
 AH> improvement....  :-)

  I'm going back to the clear citrate of magnesia and Ducolax next time.
My late wife termed it "Sprite With A Kick".  While tart, and best
served chilled, it was much better than that MY-LYTELY. The Go-Lytely
was like tepid salt water .

 AH>            In my case the instructions from the hospital were rather
 AH> sketchy, but Uncle Google provided further details.  ;-)

  I saw a picture, where this guy has a T-shirt on. It noted "I don't
need Google. My wife knows everything". 

 AH>            I found it very helpful when... roughly 3/4 of the way
 AH> through the prep... I began shaking uncontrollably.  My self-diagnosis
 AH> of low blood sugar was confirmed within minutes after Dallas brought me
 AH> some apple juice.

  Thankfully, I'm not yet diabetic...but am Pre-Type 2. The Hemoglobin A1C
has been holding steady at 6.1, but the threshold is 6.4 for a type 2
diagnosis. I get full blood work every 6 months, with them done in both
September and March.

 AH>            Another thing which both Dallas & I found helpful, although
 AH> he was using a split dose & I wasn't, was decanting the prep into empty
 AH> soda bottles ... appropriately labelled, of course.  That way it's
 AH> easier to fit the stuff into the fridge & to keep the next installment
 AH> cold....  :-)

  As noted, the stomach acid I had, reacted with the citric acid from the
prep, and it felt like my esophagus and throat were burning...where I
couldn't finish the prep.

 AH> Although I love halibut the season is limited, and although the fries
 AH> could easily have been replaced by a salad I had a yen for them.  The
 AH> fat content was risky... but I'm alive to tell the tale.  :-))

  After fasting for bloodwork, I tend to go order a double or triple
cheeseburger...I figure I've earned it.  Lately though, I'm on a
diet of lunch meat sandwiches and diet green tea. Finances are tighter
than a frog's butt underwater right now.

 AH> If you believe life is still worth living despite your medical problems
 AH> I reckon we're on the same page....  :-)

  Same here.

  Because of COVID-19, the testapel (testosterone implant pellets) are
back ordered for another 6 weeks. My urologist noted that my level (390)
is at the low end of the medium range...and he felt that if we waited
until August, the levels would crash, and I'd likely be in trouble with
cardiovascular and diabetes issues. So, I am getting weekly shots in
the hip/gleute/butt cheek, every Wednesday...then, on the first Wednesday,
I also get a B-12 shot in the same area. 

  My shoulders are so sore from arthritis, that if I get a shot in there, 
it's hard to sleep, or work at the computer, for all the pain. I joke 
that "I get cheeky with the nurses" ...but nudity means nothing to 
them...as they've seen it all before. While there's a time and a place 
for everything, when it comes to medical stuff, folks need to throw 
all modesty out the window. Yet, I know folks who won't go to the doctor
for the fact they don't want to be seen naked, or discuss about "The 3
P's -- peeing, pooping, and procreation".

Daryl

... Darn it!! I forgot all about the Amnesia Conference!!
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