aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Delayed today

After months and months of waiting, today was the day for my debut colonoscopy. All’s clear. And they tell me I don’t have to have another for 10 years! (James Wolcott has to go back in five.)

I was wonderfully impressed by my doctor and the Macon Medical Center staff. Everything was as they said: I remember not a thing past the Demerol; the hard part’s the prep. And the prep was both better and worse than expected. Better because I didn’t have to drink the gallons of gunk, instead a glass last night and another this morning. Bad but not that bad.

Worse because this morning, when I had planned to dash off a quick post saying what’s up, I was instead wracked with migraine and heaving on the bathroom floor. Now that was bad.

But all’s well that ends well. It’s a beautiful day in Georgia. Burgers on the grill and a birthday party tonight. Next time I’ll prepare my morning post in advance.