The five best colon/bowel related movie titles I could come up with. 1 The Fast And The Furious 2 Blazing Saddles (especially the famous beans round the fire scene) 3 Gone With The Wind 4 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (the […]
I think I should demand to speak to my surgeon this morning as I am sure there has been some mistake. I. Believe that the surgical team have inadvertently fitted me with a whoopee cushion rather than a colostomy bag. […]
Friday sees the commencement of operation ‘colon’, as I undergo surgery to remove the tumour from my lower bowel. I have to remember that this is just the first stage of the process of recovering my health to what it […]
Operation is scheduled for the 1st of July. Pre-op checks done this week and just an appointment with the surgeon on Monday and we are good to go. Whatever the outcome of the surgery is, I will have a new […]
Today I visited the Pre Operative Assessment Centre (POAC) to go through the many checks necessary ahead of my operation on the 1st of July. I came away with a dose of this powerful concoction, Moviprep, or rocket fuel as […]
Much of what I have written so far happened a few weeks back and a lot has occurred since. So in a nutshell, this is where we are as of today. Tumour found – tell immediate family and friends (bastard difficult […]
My colonoscopy was scheduled for Friday the 13th and I trotted off to my local hospital for the procedure with few worries about the outcome. At this stage I hadn’t really considered that there would be anything wrong with my […]