Health

I wake up next to a nurse with a kind face. They said I wouldn't remember anything and they were right. "Just breath in the oxygen," was the last thing I heard, and then I'm looking at the kind face.
"Hi Richard, I'm Julie. Just relax for a few minutes."

I needed to have a colonoscopy. To make sure there wasn't anything sinister going on in my colon.
I don't recommend them. The prep involves 'clearing the bowel'. I won't go into any detail but it involves nothing going in and a lot going out! I think I'm too young to need a colonoscopy, but better safe than sorry.

I'm looking at Julie, the nurse with the kind face, and thinking that I need to go to the toilet. She seems to notice and says, "the surgeon had to tie (or remove- I'm not too sure- I was just waking up) a couple of haemorrhoids, so you will feel a little sore for a day or two.

A little sore? It felt like a squirrel had crawled up my butt and was trying to get out! The only place I felt at all comfortable was sitting in a hot bath. I almost tried to sleep there overnight.

Yet, in a day, I almost feel completely back to normal. In the scheme of things, haemorrhoids was a good result.

The whole thing made me think about health, about being able to do the things you love, about making sure you are not wasting your time, about being grateful for the health you have, and not taking it for granted.

So I'm going to do more of some things and less of others;

more stretching
more water
less crappy sweet drinks
less stress
more taking moments. Slow, enjoyable moments
more exercises
more fruit and veg

more smiles.