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   we ate at McDonald's, or The Olive Garden. To her...food was food.   
      
   AH>I've heard that sugar can do bad things to folks with irritable bowel   
   AH>syndrome I'm concerned about what various "sweet stuff" may be doing   
   AH>to your body.  :-(   
      
     It is RARE that I have sweets...I got some lemon sugar cookie   
   sandwiches, and Hostess Lemon Cupcakes as a sweet tooth snack...but I   
   don't devour a whole bunch of them at once.   
      
     But, candy is a definite "no-no"...in fact, it has been nearly 5 years   
   since I late ate candy. The closest I get to chocolate now is a   
   chocolate iced donut or two on occasion. However, I do avoid the rich   
   foods, especially desserts...as they will set my colon off.   
      
     Two things I can't have anymore (they really set my colon off), are   
   corn (whole kernel, cream corn, corn on the cob, fried corn), or cole   
   slaw (either from Kentucky Fried Chicken, or on a barbeque pulled pork   
   sandwich). And yet...I *LOVE* corn, and KFC's slaw...but can't eat them   
   ever again .   
      
   AH>I hear you.  Dallas & I are the sort of folks who notice what needs   
   AH>to be done & just do it, although nobody else seems to notice what we're doi   
   AH>until they expect us to solve all the world's problems.  Congratulations.  Y   
   AH>have earned your stripes, IMHO, as one of us annoying Old Pharts... [chuckle   
      
     I'm too old to cut the mustard, but can still stir the mayonnaise, and   
   even lick the jar when I'm in the mood. So...please pass the BLT, Onion   
   Ring, and Doctor Pepper...and no one gets hurt.    
      
     By the way, I'm going in for a complete physical on Monday. It has   
   been so long since I've had a complete going over, as it were, that I   
   feel it's time to get it out of the way. At least I know that:   
      
   1) I won't need another colonocopy until August or September, 2015. My   
   last one was in August, 2013, and what polyps they found, were burned   
   off. They've found polyps twice over the years, but no cancer. The   
   hemorrhoids are the worst part, especially during the "prep work". But,   
   I've heard too many horror stories of people who waited too long to get   
   checked for colorectal cancer. In fact, these cases come to mind:   
      
   A) A 24 year old woman in the area was diagnosed with colon cancer, and   
   was dead 6 weeks later.   
      
   B) Another woman was too embarrassed to tell her doctor that she had   
   blood in her fecal stool. Violent abdominal pain 9 months later, led to   
   an ambulance run to the Emergency Room, where Stage IV Cancer was   
   discovered...they couldn't do a thing for her.   
      
   C) When I was in the hospital for a week this past February, with severe   
   gastrointeritis, I was right next to the Nurses Station. I heard one of   
   the gastrointerologists (who was obviously annoyed), noting that a   
   certain female patient wouldn't do the "prep work" to clean out her   
   colon (fasting, clear liquid diet, and the purgatives), and he said "I'm   
   willing to keep her in here until she does!!".   
      
   D) When I had my colonoscopy done last year, there was an elderly woman   
   in her early 80s, coming in for her first colonoscopy. The   
   gastrointerologist was obviously annoyed at her for waiting so long. I   
   was afraid that they'd find colon cancer with her.   
      
     Years ago, people would talk about their bowels, and wouldn't say a   
   word about sex. Now...it's the other way around!!   
      
   2) I don't have prostate cancer (the Prostate Specific Antigen test was   
   normal), so I may not need prostate surgery yet. The "prostate size" was   
   "normal", although that digital rectal exam is not the most comfortable   
   for either gender...but at least it doesn't take long to be done. As   
   noted, I have a bladder infection, but I can NOT take any antacids   
   within 2 hours (before or after) of taking the antibiotic for the   
   bladder infection.   
      
   3) I'll get an update on blood work, including blood sugar, cholesterol,   
   lipids, etc. I'm not diabetic, but have the potential to become Type 2.   
   My late wife was a Type 1. I think with Type 2, you have to take the   
   medication, and monitor your blood sugar...but I don't think you have to   
   do insulin injections. However, I'm ignorant on the subject, so I'm sure   
   that you, or others, could provide some insight on that.   
      
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