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No, that's what the prescription was.  The eyedrops I used were just heavy-duty lubrication drops.  They're more gel-like (they're called Systane, they're OTC.)  I did take the Rx drops for a few days, but by the time I got them (the pharmacy had to order them), my eyes were already feeling much better.  The Rx drops didn't really seem to help anything at all, and my APRN (doctor-like person) told me to go ahead and stop using them.

Eric Storm

But washing a wound actually carries the bacteria out of the area.  The eyedrops do not (ideally) leave the eye, thus they can't carry anything away.  Not to mention, if that was all that was required, my eyes were watering pretty constantly, so the eye drops would have hardly been required for that purpose.

Eric Storm

Update for April 12, 2019:

Geez, I've forgotten how I even format that header!

The Woodward Academy, Year 7:, Chapter 8: January, has been made public.
The Woodward Academy, Year 8:, Chapter 2: July, has been posted to PRM.

Eric Storm

Thanks Eric.

Man, after 2 months i forgot i have to redonate again. Oh well, guess the story will have to wait. Keep on keeping on.

well that sounds like a pain in the butt. but glad you got the van sold at least. a load off yoru shoulders it should be.

I'm 46 years old and still have never had a camera in my ass....that is one thing I am willing to forgo for life.....that said, have fun with the air release after the procedure, if done in a fun way it can help to lift your spirits.....or so I've heard (Robin Williams talked about it in a few of his specials lol)

I've had colitis for 40 years, since I was 17. I've had around 30 colonoscopies done. The worst part is the prep (unless you really, really, hate getting an IV set), and they're infinitely easier and less unpleasant than they were when I started. You've got this, no problem.
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Eric Storm wrote:

You say "still" like it's unusual for someone of your age.  It's not.  Most people don't need to start colonoscopies until after they're 50.  And if you think that you'd rather face the consequences of colorectal cancer instead of the ignominiousness of a colonoscopy, let me tell you: my mother died that way.  You don't want to go there.  (That's why I'm having a colonoscopy at the age of 45.  Technically I should have had it three years ago.)

Eric Storm

The commercials are one of the reasons that I avoid the boob-tube.

Oh IF I ever need one, I'll get it done....but I really don't think I will last more than 3 or 4 more years as it is. Hell I was surprised I made it to 30 years old.

The "strangest" procedure I ever had was drinking a (mildly) radioactive shake and getting a nuclear scan done on my gall bladder...I say strange because the job I had at the time (I was driving a truck locally for a metal recycling plant) had one stop where I had to drive through a radiation detector and I set it off....freaked the guard out lol it beeped, I told him it was me and not the load of steel, he didn't believe me until he came out with his hand wand detector and it never made a sound on the load, but when he got close to me it beeped.

Update:

Survived my colonoscopy/EGD without issue (though I'm still a bit dizzy... maybe the anesthetic plus my vertigo is interacting...)

Good news:  Colonoscopy was completely clean, not even any polyps.
Not entirely good news:  I have gastritis.  He took a biopsy to find out why, but I won't find out about that for a week and a half.

Still, I can EAT NOW, MOTHERFUCKERS!    They gave me blueberry muffins at the doctor's office, but I'm about... oh, like 2500 calories behind for the week...  And my stomach is not happy about it.  So, I'm gonna go find some goddamned food.

Eric Storm

Eric, congrats on the clean exams. Very happy to hear the good news.

It's strange. This thing with people thinking they'd never make 30. I did the same thing. I was convinced since I was a teenager that I would die before ever turning 30. I never told anyone except my wife. I met Annie when I was 27, married her when I was 28. Gotta say, I became a bit of an asshole to my wife in the month or so leading up to my 30th. My birthday is December 21. On December 22, I was back to my old self. I didn't mean to be asshole, I guess my mind was telling me "Dude, you're going to die soon" and I guess it was affecting my mood even though in my logical mind, I knew it was probably just a superstition. But Storyjunkie is now the second or third person who said they felt the exact same way.