Hiya, can i have a positive kick up the b.....

[SueA]

Hope everything goes well for you Minty, I'm sure it won't be as bad as you imagine & you'll be able to tell us all the gory details on here afterwards!

[wellie]

Our thoughts are with you Minty.X
I rather like the story of the woman who goes to the dentist, and she has to have some fillings, and she's really frightened. Wellie whispers something into her ear, and leaves the room.
Just as the dentist starts the drill up, she grabs him by his *****, and says: "Now then - we're not going to hurt each other, are we?!"

[Flummery]

He he, Wellie! I thought it was going to be the one where the really frightened woman says 'Oh no! Not a filling! I'd rather have another baby!'
'Make up your mind,' says the dentist 'I 'll have to adjust the chair!'

[HeyWayne]

Always makes me laugh when I go to the doctors to have my check ups - including BP. "Ooh, it's quite high Mr Wayne" - what the chuff do they expect when they keep you waiting on an uncomfortable chair, with the temperature up in the nuclear levels, with screaming kids running about and you're worried about what the results might mean!? Cawse my bladdy blood pressure's going to be high!

Besides, my blood has a long way to travel - if it was lower, it'd never reach me fingers and toes!

Now then Minty - can I suggest that you don't ask for a kick up the @rse when having a Sigmundfreudoscopy!

[kirsty b]

Minty, I hope all goes well!
ECG's are painless and over in minutes. You'll be laying back on a bed and showing a nice nurse your chest. Might be a bit iffy taking the stickers off if you have a hairy one though!
Having blood taken takes seconds, and at 37, you are still young enough to do something about whatever the results may be (hopefully nothing)

As for a sigmoidoscopy....relax as much as you can and take your head to a happy place......
Good luck xx

[tootles]

I was a worrier once too.
After I had my children, I came to the conclusion that it really wasn't helping anyone. I was in almost constant pain as a result and had to undergo some similarly glamarous tests.
It took quite an effort for quite a while, but I have managed it. I don't worry about things I can not change, if I can change something I would worry about - I change it.
It makes life an awful lot simpler and more enjoyable (for everyone).

[Minty]

Hiya all, thanks sooooooooooo much, and i really do mean that!.
Little update- Had a lovely nurse do the ECG, bloods and blood pressure this morning and was then asked to wait in the waiting room while she consulted a doctor regards the ECG . aaagggggggghhhhhh "Whittle Arse then sits in waiting expecting the worst. Well it turns out that the ECG was OK and although blood pressure was high i still skipped out of the surgery high as a kite that ECG was OK.
BUT...Thought it might be an idea to call the Sigmoidoscopy unit to see if the high BP would affect the procedure and Yes it does. GRRRR.
So it seems i have to get the BP down before they do the "procedure" . So bit in limbo but feeling a lot better thanks to you guys, a decent ECG and Morrissey on the headphones(which strangely make the Labyrinthitus a little more bearable).
In my 18 to 25`s i used to have the nick name Laid Back, nowadays i feel a bit more like Dot Cotton.
Love Minty XXXXXXX

[bramble]

KirstyB, just love the advice.
Had all of the above done and I could'nt agree more.
Good luck Minty.

[snohare]

Hey, I'm waiting for a scope at the moment, and I am really looking forward to that fabulous dreamy narcotic they give you to knock you out. Waking up afterwards is worth all the hassle beforehand, even the draughty gown !
The worst part of a sigmoidoscopy for most folks is the taste of the stuff they give you beforehand to clean your pipes out. Try chilling it in the fridge, splitting it into three doses, and adding 2/3 lemonade to each dose before drinking it down quick. If you have had a mainly liquid diet beforehand, you stay hydrated, no real discomfort, it's a walk in the park really.
Okay, a slightly seedy park late at night, but it could be worse.
And take it from one who has had 30 + years of tests, there are all sorts of things that can go wrong in your gut, make you think or wish you were dying, and you will live to be old and wrinkly despite the damn tests they run !
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