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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:46 AM
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The nurse, from my doctor's office called...
and she said, very slowly, "Do you have a few moments to go over your lab results?"

You know, a person could eat a sandwich while someone from the south gives their salutation!!

I don't think I was breathing at that point. I said, yes, and waited.

It seemed like the longest 30 seconds I can remember, before she finally just spits out, "So the polyps were benign."

Whew!

And......drum roll.......

I shouldn't have to have another Colonoscopy for another 10 years!!

:woohoo:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 12:43 PM
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1. I think that only a doctor could give you bad news.
Edited on Fri Jan-15-10 12:43 PM by Orsino
Right? And that hearing from a nurse or staff means is good news?

In any case, congratulations!!!!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 01:14 PM
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3. Thanks
I don't know, it's always the nurses who call me (even with not-so-good news).

Maybe it's just my docs, but the doctors don't ever talk w/me on the phone.



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rebel with a cause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 05:24 PM
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14. My doctor's nurse calls me with all the news.
but usually I have to go in to get all the details. Frankly I prefer the nurse because I don't have to console her. ;)
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Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:06 PM
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19. I don't know about that.
Twice now I've gotten panicked calls from the doctor's nurse instructing me to immediately go to the pharmacy for a prescription she called in and take it even before paying for it.

They tell me that I'm the only person they know of that has survived potassium levels as high as I've had.

I'm beginning to think that it might have been a mistake to have told my ladyfriend that she is the sole beneficiary of my Will.
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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 01:12 PM
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2. Congrats, HG...
Liked that last line the best.

You'll have a spring in your step today most likely, huh?
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 01:15 PM
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4. Thanks, kayakjohnny
I do feel very relieved.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 02:26 PM
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5. I had my first Colonoscopy a couple of months ago
they found two tiny polyps that turned out to be benign and all the other biopsies were benign too!

I am glad they didn't find any cancer but I was also a little dissapointed that they still couldn't tell me what is making me sick.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 02:44 PM
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7. Oh Roon...
I'm so sorry they still didn't find what is making you sick. :-(

Sometimes it takes the longest time... like a co-worker of mine who had food allergies.

:hug:
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:40 PM
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24. Thanks Haole
:hug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 02:38 PM
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6. My dear Haole Girl!
What great news!

I know you're relieved, sweetie!

I'm so happy for you...

:hug:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 02:44 PM
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8. Thanks, Peggy!
:hug:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 03:04 PM
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9. That's great news, HG. I'm happy for you.
And happy that your continued good health has been confirmed... B-) :hug::loveya:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 03:06 PM
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10. Thank you, Aristus
I don't really care how I die as long as it is quick and painless! ;-)

It was pretty scary imagining the worst case scenario.

:hug: :loveya:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 03:13 PM
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13. Great Caesar's Ghost!
The night before he was assassinated, Julius Caesar was asked at a dinner party his opinion of the best way to die. His answer: "Suddenly."

I don't really care how you live as long as it is long, painless, and happy. :-)
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rebel with a cause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 05:32 PM
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16. I use to want to die unexpectedly in my sleep.
Edited on Fri Jan-15-10 05:34 PM by rebel with a cause
But now that I know it is just around the corner, I want to know what corner it is around. :eyes:

Congratulations on your good news.

How bad is the colonoscopy? Colon cancer kind of runs in my family, my dad and one sister, but I figure since I had breast cancer, no family history of this at all, that I am immune to all of the others. In case you haven't guessed, I live in the state of Denial.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:16 PM
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23. Oh no
Please go ahead and get it over with. It's the kind of thing, if you have anything, you'd want to catch early. Denial is no way to live... it just postpones the inevitable. :hug:
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kimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 03:08 PM
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11. I used to have to give abnormal pap results to women over the phone
sometimes when they were out in the field and occasionally when they were deployed overseas. Those were tough. I remember each and every one. Benign results never warranted a phone call, though. That's an interesting way to go about it. I can understand your anxiety. Your heart must have stood still for a few seconds, and I'm so very glad that it turned out the way it did. Woohoo, indeed!!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 03:11 PM
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12. That must have been really tough
I've had to give bad news to people... it feels like it takes a piece of you away to do it, as odd as that sounds.
:hug:
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 05:31 PM
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15. Awesome
I am so happy for you!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:14 PM
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20. Thank you
How are you doing? :hi:
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ThatsMyBarack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 07:29 PM
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17. LUCKY!
:woohoo:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:14 PM
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21. Very! Thanks
:-)
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 07:39 PM
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18. *happy hugs*
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:15 PM
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22. Thanks, GreenPartyVoter
The best kind. :hi:
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:44 PM
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25. Thank goodness!!!
here is to good health! :clink:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:45 PM
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28. Thank you
And cheers!

:toast:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:44 PM
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26. But they are so much fun....
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:46 PM
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29. Shhh...
It will be our little secret until everyone else has to have one. ;-)
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:44 PM
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27. YAY!
What great news!!! :bounce: :hi: :hug:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:46 PM
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30. Thanks, bigwillq!
:hi: :hug:
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:48 PM
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31. Benign is good
That must have been an enormous relief!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:50 PM
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32. Thanks, yes it was
I didn't want to worry people, so I tried not to mention it to most of my family/friends.

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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:51 PM
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33. Hurray!!!!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:56 PM
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34. Thanks barb!
:hi:
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 11:14 PM
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35.  It's good to get good news from the doc.
I just had that done recently...I know.

:hi:
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-16-10 07:04 AM
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36. In 10 years? This could be in the Palin administration
If I had my druthers, I'd have the colonoscopy!

Anyway, congrats. I hate the prep for that procedure.

:hi:
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-16-10 09:13 AM
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37. Colonoscopies won't be necessary in a Palin administration.
there will be enough heads up asses to make them obsolete....in their diverse diversity.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-16-10 09:17 AM
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38. A Palin administration would be a colonoscopy. nt
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-16-10 12:22 PM
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39. Yea, hurray! I love benign. Cheers, Haole Girl.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-16-10 09:09 PM
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40. WOOT!
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-16-10 09:23 PM
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41. Way to go!!
:bounce:
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