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More chronicles on my ass. If personal sordid details do not interest you, skip this one.

Went back to the gastroenterologist today. I showed him my picture from my last colonoscopy. He just glanced at it. "Yep, we really need to go look at that again. That was from five years ago? Wow." Later, "so the medicine did not work. Okay. Yeah, we want to look and see what's wrong."

My regular doc did order blood work for me to make sure I'm not bleeding too much, but those results aren't in yet.

But the nice thing was this time, I was shown into a cheerier room. It was better lit and peachier toned. The Poster of the Entire Gastroenterology Tract was on the wall by the door instead of front and center. And this time I saw the nurse follow us into the room, instead of feeling like I was alone with him. I could make fishlips at her while holding a cheek up. That made me feel much more comfortable.

For the record, I like anoscopes TONS better than the standard "well woman examination". I get to lay on my side, not dangling bits off the side of the table, for one thing.

And any man out there who feels badly about getting four inches of finger can shove his own finger up his own ass and just leave it there, okay? That's nothing to what I've been through, and what they intend to do me very soon. Yes, I've been scheduled for a colonoscopy. And that's taking a camera and shoving it where the sun don't shine, and keep shoving until it can't go any further without risking perforation. Risks for colonoscopies include perforation, infection, bleeding, and the usual risks of death and brain damage with general anesthesia, but these are played down because they are so rare. Risk of sticking a finger up your ass? Well, it might get shit on it.  ¶ 12:41 PM