DS
DS Patient 0 here.

Discovery!

City Hospital, NG

  • the thing
  • the front row seat, view of screen
  • flashbacks to Cambridge Physiology / Histology (pink!)
  • the room with the biscuits and the cup of tea

Looking back on this day a few days later, I had an inkling that all the gentle communication from the colorectal service (made to reduce worry about the possible branches in the decision tree) was guiding me towards ā€œCā€.

As many people will attest, the worst part of the endoscopy is actually the 24 hours before it. Downing the horrible mix of sweet, salty, and sickly preparations for bowel prep was easily ten times worse than the actual procedure.