Tank birthday, 55+ years

[Paul B]

Today I have been "prepping" for my very fun colonoscopy. I didn't eat since 5:00 yesterday and won't eat until about 12:00 noon tomorrow so I am a little hungry. :cool:

I think I am more tired than hungry because I can't sleep at all unless I take something to sleep so I take "Sleep Eze" almost every night which is just an antihistamine, but it is bright purple so I am not able to take it now. I could take my wife's medical Marijuana but being they will knock me out for this procedure I figure I may not wake up after the anesthesia and find my semi clothed pictures on Facebook. :astonished-face:

They won't allow you to go home by yourself so my wife will have to drive me and it's on a highway. Normally I don't let her drive on the highway because with her MS she uses a "Left Foot" gas pedal and has to use her left foot to brake but almost all my friends are in Florida to escape the cold.
(Bunch of Sissies)

So in an hour I have to drink the "Lemonade" and the exciting part will start. :confounded-face:

 

[vlangel]

Today I have been "prepping" for my very fun colonoscopy. I didn't eat since 5:00 yesterday and won't eat until about 12:00 noon tomorrow so I am a little hungry. :cool:

I think I am more tired than hungry because I can't sleep at all unless I take something to sleep so I take "Sleep Eze" almost every night which is just an antihistamine, but it is bright purple so I am not able to take it now. I could take my wife's medical Marijuana but being they will knock me out for this procedure I figure I may not wake up after the anesthesia and find my semi clothed pictures on Facebook. :astonished-face:

They won't allow you to go home by yourself so my wife will have to drive me and it's on a highway. Normally I don't let her drive on the highway because with her MS she uses a "Left Foot" gas pedal and has to use her left foot to brake but almost all my friends are in Florida to escape the cold.
(Bunch of Sissies)

So in an hour I have to drink the "Lemonade" and the exciting part will start. :confounded-face:

I do not envy you Paul. May you get a good report tomorrow when this is all behind you!

 

[twentyleagues]

Today I have been "prepping" for my very fun colonoscopy. I didn't eat since 5:00 yesterday and won't eat until about 12:00 noon tomorrow so I am a little hungry. :cool:

I think I am more tired than hungry because I can't sleep at all unless I take something to sleep so I take "Sleep Eze" almost every night which is just an antihistamine, but it is bright purple so I am not able to take it now. I could take my wife's medical Marijuana but being they will knock me out for this procedure I figure I may not wake up after the anesthesia and find my semi clothed pictures on Facebook. :astonished-face:

They won't allow you to go home by yourself so my wife will have to drive me and it's on a highway. Normally I don't let her drive on the highway because with her MS she uses a "Left Foot" gas pedal and has to use her left foot to brake but almost all my friends are in Florida to escape the cold.
(Bunch of Sissies)

So in an hour I have to drink the "Lemonade" and the exciting part will start. :confounded-face:

Lol! I am not laughing at you. I was just going over this with one of the younger guys I work with not 30 min ago. I feel for you. I have had a few of these because of issues. Good luck and god speed!

 

[Paul B]

I do not envy you Paul. May you get a good report tomorrow when this is all behind you!

Don't say the word "behind". :rolleyes:

I have had a few of these because of issues. Good luck and god speed!

Yeah, I know. I have had maybe 5 or 6 of them just for fun. :confused:

Young people don't know all the fun things us Geezers do to keep these "God" bodies intact. :cool:

 

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[Paul B]

I got up at 4:00 am to take my second shot with the "Magic Lemonade". I also had to drink 5 glasses of liquid last night and 4 more this morning. I normally get up at 5:00 so that is not a hardship.

I also just weighed myself and lost 3 pounds. :D I haven't eaten in almost 40 hours but real Men don't have a problem with that. :anguished-face:

On my way home today I will get a nice dish of my favorite food, black linguine and clams.



Maybe with a side of oysters.

 

[Rybren]

Have a fun day Paul, I really don't like getting colonoscopies.

 

[vlangel]

I got up at 4:00 am to take my second shot with the "Magic Lemonade". I also had to drink 5 glasses of liquid last night and 4 more this morning. I normally get up at 5:00 so that is not a hardship.

I also just weighed myself and lost 3 pounds. :D I haven't eaten in almost 40 hours but real Men don't have a problem with that. :anguished-face:

On my way home today I will get a nice dish of my favorite food, black linguine and clams.



Maybe with a side of oysters.

That sounds like the way to celebrate a colonoscopy that is done!

 

[Paul B]

Have a fun day Paul, I really don't like getting colonoscopies.

Rybren, I don't think most people do that for a hobby. :confounded-face: It's just something we do to keep our spouses happy.

Mine came out exquisite. No ich, velvet, urenema or any of those silly things so I don't have to drink Prizapro with hydrogen peroxide, tree stump remover or whatever many people do to their fish. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I got to the place a little early but they kept me in the waiting room for an hour anyway. Then I got all excited when they called me in. A girl came in and told me to take off all my clothes. The last time that happened I got married. She said, even my socks. I asked her if this was a colon doctor or a podiatrist.

She put me on a gurney with the paper gown and stuck oxygen in my nose and left me there for about 40 minutes where I fell asleep.

Then a Middle Eastern anesthesiologist woman came in and asked me a bunch of silly questions like if I use cocaine, LSD, Heroin, or crystal meth. I said, If I took those things I wouldn't need her to put me to sleep. :rolleyes:

So she took my left hand and stuck me 5 times looking for a vein. She couldn't find one, so she had to put a tourniquet on my wrist to quell the bleeding from all the holes. Then she tried on my right hand and found one.

I said, Good Night" and fell asleep. I don't know what happened in between, but I hope I don't see pictures of my naked but on YouTube. :rolleyes:

I hadn't eaten in 40 hours, so I was a little hungry. We ate on the way home, but I couldn't get my linguine or even oysters. We just went to a place on the way.

I don't have to go back for 10 years, so I will let the nursing home worry about that. :anguished-face:

 

[ScottJ]

Rybren, I don't think most people do that for a hobby. :confounded-face: It's just something we do to keep our spouses happy.

Mine came our exquisite. No ich, velvet, urenema or any of those silly things so I don't have to drink Prizapro with hydrogen peroxide, tree stump remover or whatever many people do to their fish. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I got to the place a little early but they kept me in the waiting room for an hour anyway. Then I got all excited when they called me in. A girl came in and told me to take off all my clothes. The last time that happened I got married. She said, even my socks. I asked her if this was a colon doctor or a podiatrist.

She put me on a gurney with the paper gown and stuck oxygen in my nose and left me there for about 40 minutes where I fell asleep.

Then a Middle Eastern anesthesiologist woman came in and asked me a bunch of silly questions like if I use cocaine, LSD, Heroin, or crystal meth. I said, If I took those things I wouldn't need her to put me to sleep. :rolleyes:

So she took my left hand and stuck me 5 times looking for a vein. She couldn't find one, so she had to put a tourniquet on my wrist to quell the bleeding from all the holes. Then she tried on my right hand and found one.

I said, Good Night" and fell asleep. I don't know what happened in between, but I hope I don't see pictures of my naked but on YouTube. :rolleyes:

I hadn't eaten in 40 hours, so I was a little hungry. We ate on the way home, but I couldn't get my linguine or even oysters. We just went to a place on the way.

I don't have to go back for 10 years, so I will let the nursing home worry about that. :anguished-face:

Paul, you make a Colonoscopy sound almost fun.

 

[Paul B]

It was thrilling. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[naps]

Thank you for your service Paul! I was an Infantryman in the U.S. Army. 1st Calvary Division. 3rd Battalion 8th Calvary Regiment. Something about fish tanks must attract guys that went to war. I spent 13 months in Afghanistan but I'm sure it would have been a nice vacation compared to your time in Vietnam!

I am brand new to this hobby and already I have learned so much from you! I can't wait to read your aquarium book and learn even more!

You should try and get a "Military / First Responder Veterans" User group started! How cool would that be?

 

[Paul B]

You should try and get a "Military / First Responder Veterans" User group started! How cool would that be?

Thank you Naps. I think someone many years ago started one of those but I'm not sure if it was on this forum. (I also just wrote a book on my time in Vietnam where 100% of the profits go to Wounded Warriors Project)

I was in the First Cav, Air Mobile, First of the 77th Field Artillery Battalion. I was the only one not artillery. I was the COMMO Chief.

Thank you for your service. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[naps]

Thank you Naps. I think someone many years ago started one of those but I'm not sure if it was on this forum. (I also just wrote a book on my time in Vietnam where 100% of the profits go to Wounded Warriors Project)

I was in the First Cav, Air Mobile, First of the 77th Field Artillery Battalion. I was the only one not artillery. I was the COMMO Chief.

Thank you for your service. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

That is awesome!

Was 1st Cav at Fort Hood when you were with them?

 

[Paul B]

I don't know. I was only with them in Vietnam and I "ETSed" out of Nam on the Cambodian border. I came straight from the jungle to my home without stopping at GO. I was still muddy when I got home but they gave me a clean uniform so I didn't get dirt on my Moms carpets. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[naps]

I don't know. I was only with them in Vietnam and I "ETSed" out of Nam on the Cambodian border. I came straight from the jungle to my home without stopping at GO. I was still muddy when I got home but they gave me a clean uniform so I didn't get dirt on my Moms carpets. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

What i find funny is, when i was in Afghanistan after 6 months they sent me on a 30 day R&R(rest and relaxation. i know. we are soft today) and i didn't want to fly all the way back home so i flew my girlfriend to Cambodia and we hung out in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand for 30 days before i went back to Afghanistan! Two different generations of 1st Cav guys in Cambodia for completely different reasons!

 

[Paul B]

I can't believe that. After 10 months in the jungle they sent me to Australia for a week. :cool:
Of course there were no cell phones or computers then so no contact from anyone except snail mail which took 2 weeks. :anguished-face:

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Some of my Waspfish. Very cool.

Super cool!

 

[Paul B]

I just took off the reaction tube on my DIY skimmer to clean it and I decided to look down the thing from the top. Near the top was completely clogged with a thick, black mud/slime.



My skimmer is not built to take apart, but the tube at the top is so I had to get a brush and bend it a little so I could stick it down the top. Of course, gobs of gunk fell into the skimmer forcing me to drain it. I did put a drain at the bottom. I drained out all the mud so it didn't get back in my tank and I looked down the skimmer from the top and saw the entire thing is filled with tiny, tube worms.

This is not necessarily a bad thing but it will slow the flow of water that is supposed to swirl up the entire five foot height.



I don't have time now but one of these days, I need to remove the thing which is not easy as it is bolted on the stand in the back.



But it is something I need to do soon. The last time I did it, It Hadn't been cleaned in many years, and I needed a broom handle to clear it of tube worms as it was completely full.

 

[SpartaReef]

Been thinking about you lately, Paul and I'm glad to see you're still kicking.