How many of us enjoy this procedure? Did you say, "Yes?!"
Really, to quote Vizzini from Princess Bride, "INCONCEIVABLE."
If you said , "Yes," you may stop reading . For the rest of you......
After the lovely gallon drink prep, which by-the-way, may be avoided ( if your insurance company is compassionate), I was most eager to have the entire process behind me. Did I just write insurance company and compassionate in the same sentence? I must still be under the influence of the Propofol, which is a most excellent drug.
To demonstrate how any drug effects me, I came out of this drug induced nap singing, "On the Bright Side of the Road," by Van Morrison. My excellent recovery tent nurse said, " I knew that she had positively recovered when I heard her singing, and on key."
That's a first; no one has ever accused me of singing in-tune before. Sister Margerete, the choir director at Dominican High School, told me to lip sync our senior class song and allow the other to sing! After teaching at TARC, where I was commanded by Crystal to sing "Jingle Bells" in Walmart in July, I sing out loud all of the time; and especially in Walmart.
Let's get back to the effects of the Propofol. Not only did I sing, I made earrings out of the sticky heart monitor tabs, and asked Dr. Thomas to pose for a picture; how's that for a selfie? AND, I suggested that the nurses create a version of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" with the sound track provided by the gasses escaping from the recovery room tents!
Please see the attached photo; no it is not a picture of my perfect colon; because everything was perfect. It is a photo of my new earrings.
My dear sister friend, Laurie Abadie accompanied me to Ochsner where this procedure was done. I had to be wheeled down to her car, because drugs effect me for quite some time. We drove to the Oak Street Cafe to find something delicious for breakfast. We shared an excellent meal of chocolate pancakes and cheese grits, and we were serenaded by an H. L. Bourgeois Graduate, Katherina Boudreaux. Katherina plays a lyrical jazz-cajun piano, and sings, too!
Later she was joined by the "Duck " Man, his son and grandson. This colorful ensemble looked like they walked off of a Dr. John CD cover. I highly recommend the Oak Street Cafe, but not the procedure which proceeded it.
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