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IT'S SORT OF LIKE 'OH YEESH, YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT TO ME
WHERE, WITH WHAT KIND OF A DEVICE?'
YOU JUST HEAR THE WORD COLONOSCOPY AND YOU'RE LIKE
'UG, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT.'
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE STOOL TEST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS
GROSS.
THE SIGMOIDOSCOPY SEEMED EMBARRASSING, HOW FAR ARE THEY
GOING IN? AND LIKE CAN THEY CAUSE MORE DAMAGE THAN ANY
BENEFIT OF THEM GETTING OUT OF.
I WAS GETTING INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO HADN'T HAD THE
PROCEDURE DONE, AND I DECIDED
'WELL, I NEED TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF.'
SOMEBODY DID TELL ME 'YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRINK THAT
'NASTY STUFF.'
I SAID 'CAN I PUT SOME SUGAR IN IT?'
THEY SAID 'NO.'
THERE IS A BIG SCREEN THERE, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH
YOUR OWN COLONOSCOPY.
I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. JUST GET ME IN, PUT ME ON THE
SLAB, DO THE THING, AND GET ME OUT.
OK, HOW AM I GONNA GET POOP ON A STICK?
EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THAT MY GAS SOUNDED LIKE A TRUCK HORN.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE THAT GRAPHIC, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.
THE STOOL TEST WAS NOT AS GROSS AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE.
I WAS SO SURPRISED HOW PAINLESS IT WAS.
YOU THINK TO YOURSELF 'WHY DID I AGONIZE OVER THAT?'
I THINK I WORRIED OVER NOTHING.
MY GOAL IS TO BE AS HEALTHY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO LIVE TO BE 100, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE IF I
STOP EATING ICE CREAM.
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