They still make you take tests even when you’re not in school anymore
Thursday September 17th 2026, 8:20 pm
Filed under: Family,Life

I don’t think I’ve bought any such thing since I last had a small child with an upset stomach–I had to find a Safeway employee to help me find the stuff.

They tried to feed it to me when I was in the hospital till I told an orderly who was tasked with delivering it five times a day that “I would have to be dying to eat that stuff. And I’m not dying anymore.”

The guy laughed and I never saw him nor it again.

So. No red. No blue. No orange.

Well at least at that store that left a single option. Food-wise, lemon jello and only lemon jello all day, poor guy.

His last colonoscopy, with a doctor who has since retired, the redhead gene won out and he started chatting up the doctor with questions about the cool stuff he was seeing on the screen because the anesthesia was not doing its job.

I am told that got fixed rather fast.

So I guess tomorrow we find out if the new doctor read his chart?


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Oh uuugh colonoscopy prep. I’d note that you can make jello with plain unflavored gelatin and clear filtered fruit juices, like apple and pear, but… yeah. The options are limited.

I hope they read the chart and figure out something that works for him! Sigh, that redhead gene and its unpredictabilities.

(It’s too late for him, but I’ll also put in an unsolicited gross TMI colonoscopy advice that most medical offices don’t seem to mention, that if you historically have Unpleasant Burning in Certain Areas when experiencing acidic diarrhea, then coating those areas before starting prep, with either A&D ointment or vaseline or any other waterproof barrier your skin does well with and that you have on hand, and reapplying occasionally during the prep, can really knock down the surface burning/irritation response.)

Comment by KC 09.18.26 @ 7:59 am



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