I wrote a whole post and when I clicked submit I was suddenly logged out. Okay, a redo:
The gift chocolates from 2 weeks ago set of a few days of sugar craving. Today I am preparing for a major (for me) healthy habit: a colonoscopy. All I get to consume is basically sugar water! (Lemon Jell-O, Coke or 7-up, clear broth or tea & coffee. I could have apple juice, but last time I drank the juice and it gave me days of horrible indigestion.)
I hope this isn't TMI for you: My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 57. She had surgery and completely recovered, but lived in fear of a recurrence the rest of her life. She died just short of 93 of apparent Alzheimer's. I was once told that there might be a genetic connection to cancer on her side of the family, but I've been unable to find the ongoing study other than the hospital's yearly follow-ups on her health. I know of no one else in my close relatives who has had this cancer.
Medical information was much harder to access then, but over the years I've researched and kept up on the latest information on cancer prevention as well as heart disease, which killed my FIL at age 55. We adjusted our diet and consumed much less fat, and lots more fruit and veggies, whole grains, with fish and poultry and little red meat. I hope it pays off.
This will be my third colonoscopy, and as people will tell you, it isn't the procedure, it's the preparation. Today is prep day, tomorrow morning the main event. I have put this off several times because of scheduling problems and my husband's ongoing health issues. I was scheduled for Jan 4, but cancelled because he developed a serious infection and had a different procedure that same day.
I will be sticking close to home--have to miss class tonight, darn--but it will be a big relief to get it over with. It's stupid to say this, but maybe I will lose the last two pounds. Anyway, it's just past 10 am, I've had 300 calories and am starving. Long day ahead.
