oh *FUN*
Having hit the big FIVE-OH my doctor has ordered me to get a colonoscopy. He always refers to people at Mount Auburn but it's a pain to get across the river to Cambridge. I had deliberately moved here to be near a hospital in the Longwood Medical Area, so I called the one that's in my plan to schedule this FUN.
Either you have to arrange for a responsible adult to meet you after the procedure in the department and drive you home, or you have to promise to do it without sedation. Even though I wouldn't be driving home in any case. When do I ever take the car to Longwood Medical Area? The traffic is crazed and parking is prohibitively expensive. I live along the route of a bus that goes right through there. This is not a coincidence. But no, they aren't willing to consider whether I could take the bus home by myself after sedation; either I have a responsible adult pick me up or no sedation or no procedure.
I know that at least one of y'all has done this without sedation and it was fine, maybe mildly interesting even. So I promised I would do this with no sedation.
But I'll have to cope with this weirdness after a day of no food other than jello and chicken broth. Maybe no coffee. I can have black coffee the day before, and the day of if I have it before 6:30 am. But if I'm going to be coping with fasting and ick and lying around anyway, might be a good opportunity for a bit of a caffeine holiday.
And, this is happening the day after the day that Daylight Saving Time does a thing. Clocks spring... in the direction that makes it even harder for Vic to get up and get to school on time by an hour.
wheeeeee.
Either you have to arrange for a responsible adult to meet you after the procedure in the department and drive you home, or you have to promise to do it without sedation. Even though I wouldn't be driving home in any case. When do I ever take the car to Longwood Medical Area? The traffic is crazed and parking is prohibitively expensive. I live along the route of a bus that goes right through there. This is not a coincidence. But no, they aren't willing to consider whether I could take the bus home by myself after sedation; either I have a responsible adult pick me up or no sedation or no procedure.
I know that at least one of y'all has done this without sedation and it was fine, maybe mildly interesting even. So I promised I would do this with no sedation.
But I'll have to cope with this weirdness after a day of no food other than jello and chicken broth. Maybe no coffee. I can have black coffee the day before, and the day of if I have it before 6:30 am. But if I'm going to be coping with fasting and ick and lying around anyway, might be a good opportunity for a bit of a caffeine holiday.
And, this is happening the day after the day that Daylight Saving Time does a thing. Clocks spring... in the direction that makes it even harder for Vic to get up and get to school on time by an hour.
wheeeeee.