Pooping snowballs... really!

LOL! Quite the title eh? Got your attention, eh?! I mean it, literally! I had to do a 'Barium swallow' yesterday - another screening for pre-op. They're looking for hernias, etc. Haven't heard anything on it, but I bet it's fine. But wow that x-ray sucked. Silver lining? The technician was flirty and EXTREMELY handsome (like the "why are you doing this for a living when you could be an actor or model" kind of good looking). I was in shock! LOL!

It was kinda funny actually. He says "Here take this little cup of powder, throw it to the back of your throat and then swallow this water quickly like a shot drink". I looking him right in the eye and said "Are you sure we haven't met before?". Then he had me drink some white chalky liquid over and over, and it was funny because he'd say "you need to drink it fast". So that's what I'd do. Then he'd ask me to drink another big gulp and I'd say "It's already all gone." LOL! He eventually said, 'gee, you're a really good drinker' - I said 'told ya'. Geepers.

I've never had a guy tell me to swallow 25 times... I had to bite my tongue to not say what was coming to mind. BAD GIRL. Almost makes me want to fall down some more stairs - HEY! I need another x-ray please! LOL!!

Okay, okay. I'm married, yes, but I'm not DEAD. His bedside manner was funny and flirty and it made this yucky procedure kinda fun and definitely bearable. What's a girl to do but go along?

;o)

As you can 'hear' I'm feeling better. Been kinda off my diet for the last 5 days or so, but not doing badly, just not recording. I'm ready to get back to it now.

Oh, and the pooping snowballs... right. The Barium is white and powdery. And it stays that way all the way through. So now I'm pooping out snowballs. It's funny, but it also hurts a lot. The powder at the beginning with the water made my stomach blow up like a balloon. And you're not allowed to burp... period! Then you drink the Barium. Then you roll around like a piggie in a blanket to get the sides of your stomach coated well as they take the x-rays. Well, the 'expansion gas' continues through your whole system. I feel like a beach ball today... bloated and my whole gut is tight and crampy. Blah. Where's that cute distraction today eh? ;o)

P.S. Thank you to my anonymous poster - you are right. "This too shall pass" - and it has. Keeping a focus on the healthy factor I'm targeting is important. And my chin is back up. Thanks dear!