A Healthier Friday

 Well I got the test over with or is it a procedure?  I got a reprieve of 7 to 8 years for a follow up and I couldn't be happier.

No polyps.  That's great.  I felt doomed that I would hear come back in 3 years.  I hardly ate even before the day of fasting.  When I got the packet, I felt kind of frustrated with the listing of foods and figuring out what I should eat for the 2 days before fasting so I lived on cottage cheese, eggs, peanut butter, Jell-O and ice cream.  I think I had a couple of slices of salami and some Reeses peanut butter cups, but I just didn't want to do anything where they said Um there's a problem, can you come back?  Unless it's the 12th of Never, then no, thank you. 

This is the part that I hated.  I told them my mom would drive me home. I live 6 blocks from the clinic and last time she would have driven home, but I felt ok.  And for 6 blocks?  I wasn't going to drive into a house.  I took it easy.  Since my mom's eyes got bad, I thought maybe I could take an uber or lyft.  She would be along and when I talked to someone they said No, you can't and Oh, you don't have anyone?  I do!  They're just not local.  Sigh.  They had offered a driver when it came closer, but when I looked at my paperwork, it said it would be charged to my insurance.  It might not be a bad cost, but it just felt humiliating. You have nobody and we'll charge you for it.  Sigh again.  Maybe I'll caller ID them in 7 or 8 years and not take the call. 

I went through everything, kind of took myself out of my body while they hooked up the heart monitors and got the IV going.  Everyone was fine with me, it was all good.  It was a relief when I got my juice and cookies and then I find out that they're bringing my mom back.  She had fallen asleep in the waiting room.  She was reading her Kindle and it was a long time.  Most of it is just waiting around and the whole procedure does not take that long.  The doctor who did the procedure brought her back, which was very kind of him.  When they left, I told her you had one job, lady.  Pretend that you're a competent person that can take me home.  It was a funny moment.  I was fine driving the 6 blocks home and I even went to Pick N Save for a few things later only because it rained.  I would have walked. I don't recommend anyone doing it.  I feel ok.  I don't like that I lied about her taking me home.  I feel embarrassed that I did that.  Maybe it's because I've had so many people poking at me that this seemed like child's play today.  I did finish the book "Game Change" by John Heileman which I recommend to anyone that loves a political dishy story.  It was good.  

I saw a man walk up to the desk before my procedure about his wife.  I'm not sure what she had and well, none of my business, but I thought it was sweet when she came out all happy to see him and he gave her kiss on the forehead.  I was envious .  You know, it would have been nice.  Not to say that I didn't have anyone next to me that loved me.  She was just fast asleep with her Kindle.  It's ok, mom.  You tried.

My sister and niece booked an Air BnB in the Milwaukee area for the week after July.  We're going to find the place and see what the neighborhood is like.  It seems like kind of a nice Milwaukee slash Wauwatosa area.  The place they're renting looked beautiful.  I'm just glad we have something to look forward to with their coming in July.

Tomorrow I'll finally get my mom's Amazon return back to stupid UPS.  Normally I take all of my Amazon returns back to Whole Foods on the weekend but this potato peeler piece of garbage has to go back to UPS.  I was going to do it last weekend and I realized they expect you to package it up.  Stupid stupid stupid.  I'll be on my morning errands run and try this again.  

It's such a relief to be done with this test and that it worked out even better than expected.  I have 2 more appointments I sort of dread but I think they'll be ok and after July, I'll just have to deal with getting an eye exam and maybe see my doctor, depending on how well my anxiety manages the rest of 2024.  Fingers crossed.