First…….this is not an attempt at one-upsmanship.
@bbenson67 is the confirmed PB storyteller but I’ll put myself in the top 5, if I may.
Had my every five yr colonoscopy yesterday. Show up at the appointed time. Sat in the waiting room for 90 minutes as they were “over-scheduled” with a variety of surgical procedures scheduled.
Finally took me back to the little room, got in the $4 hospital gown and was ready to move forward. Initial nurse (Sabrina) was doing a few preliminary, routine tests and she almost immediately stated (w/ confidence) that I was in “A-Fib”. WTF?
So then the shit started. Two more nurses came in as they were already waaaaay behind schedule-wise. They saw what nurse-one saw. EKG was ordered. A-Fib was doubtful (maybe). They decided against A-Fib…..maybe.
Then they got the anesthesiologist involved. He was like “all’s good”……let’s get on with this”. Didn’t talk to me at all, no eye contact, nothing. As he turned to walk out of the room I asked him what he saw. I reminded him who’s butt was about to be invaded and he wasn’t even going to take two seconds to talk to me? Wtf? He backed down and shared that he thought everything was ok. Color me underwhelmed.
Then they called the big guy in. The Doc who has been doing this procedure forever, including each of my 7 colonoscopies, going back to 1992. He has been a life-long Colorado Puff fan and I asked him about Dieon. He responded with some random “Recruiting should be good” comment and he commented on my EKG and was quickly gone.
Tired of the indecision and ready to do this thing, I said “let’s go”. Won a bet with a 66 yr old nurse (on who was older) in the actual procedure room, went to sleep and woke up less than an hour later. Todays “amnesia” med allows you to wake up and be clear-headed waaaaay sooner than give yrs ago.
Went home and had no desire to sleep unlike the previous six butt-visits. Must admit that the whole possible A-Fib thing was a little unnerving.
There ya go. My day yesterday. See ya in 2027.
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