Crazy Week

I know I haven't written anything in a week...YIKES! And after I promised I was going to be better about posting (shakes head in shame). The reason I was MIA was because last Monday I had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. Because of having dumping syndrome plus having to do a colon cleaning, my sugar dropped pretty low. Knowing that it was a possibility that my sugar would drop, my parents and I drove up to Boston on Sunday. We stayed at a hotel that was about 2 minutes away from BWH, which ended up being a God send. Around 2:30 pm we arrived at the hotel and around 3:00 pm I had to start the cleaning medication.

It wasn't an easy time, I couldn't get enough into my system to help boost my sugar level. I had originally brought my computer so I could write blog posts about my experience and maybe help someone having it done for the first time. I went to write my first post and an hour later it was a tiny little paragraph of words that made no sense. At that point I closed my computer, grabbed a pillow and curled up into a little ball while watching The Big Bang Theory.

For the most part my body seemed to get a schedule down. I would in the bathroom for about 2 hours straight come out for about 10 minutes and be back in the bathroom for ANOTHER 2 hours. I was only able to sleep for about an hour, thank goodness for my iPod. I watched almost every Marvel Comic superhero movie known. By the time we were heading to the hospital I was tired, low on sugar, and fairly irritable. When my doctor came in they knocked me out with some anesthesia and preformed the procedure.

The procedure, the ride home (my dad was trying to beat Red Sox traffic, so we didn't get to stop like we normally do to help my motion sickness), plus my chronic illness made me very sick for the entire week. The first day I was actually able to eat something and not dry heave afterwards was on Friday. Thank goodness for my IV infusions, they were able to get me some hydration.

So here I am, a week later and at least getting my feet a little more under me than last week. My next post I'm planning on making a list of things that are very important to have when going through the cleaning prep for a colonoscopy. Some I didn't realize until it was a little too late.

For now, enjoy the day my readers!