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Ohhh, fun. Good luck with that. My son's dad went through that several times throughout his life, as he used to have crohn's disease as well as ulcerative colitis.

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Morning all.

Yes Linda. The Hospital sent me one of those Bowel Cancer Screening Kits, which they send to you when you are 60 years old, I did the test and the results came back as Abnormal with bleeding in my Stools, was asked to do the test again, did it, it came back to same results, then I did a third test, same results, so they said I would have to have a Colonoscopy to find out why.

So I have just had two slices of toast with butter and one black tea, no more food now for the day, I can drink black tea or water, have got two lots of powders to take with 4 litres of water today, to make me go to the toilet to clear me out, I will have to take my blood finger prick test every hour to make sure I don't to too low, because i'm not taking any Insulin or Medications now.

So everyone think of me today starving, while you lot are all tucking in to Roast Dinners.

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thanks for the explanation Linda--and good luck for tomorrow Susaie--never had it done myself, but I know lots of people who have..

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OMG, I can't get off the Loo - Help! Taking the powder stuff, I've been to the toilet 6 times in 5 mins.

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Morning all.

Only another 15 mins. and we will be driving to the Hospital, it takes 50 mins. to there, so by 10.15am this morning I will be able to eat a Jam sandwich and I've decided to have Fish and Chips at lunch time today.

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Good luck and let us know if they find anything.

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Morning all.

The Colonoscopy went well, they have found a Polyp which was bleeding at the time, when it was on the screen, so I watched them take a sample to be sent off to the Labs for Biopsy, also I have got Pockets Disease, which look like overflaps or bulges, like Pockets which are caused by Lack of Fibre in my Diet, so more Fibre for me, otherwise everything else was normal, just got to wait for 2 weeks for results on the Polyp.

Today we are having a fry-up.

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Glad it went well. Hope they can get everything sorted. Time to eat more fibrous foods!

Today for lunch I'm having a veggie burger with 2 ounces of bread & butter pickles on the side. Dinner will be a grilled sandwich on seeded rye with honey roasted turkey, tomatoes, onions, reduced-fat Swiss cheese, avocado and I make a spread by mixing 1/2 tablespoon of light mayo with 1/2 tablespoon of brown sugar mustard. Not sure what I'll have with it, though. Maybe a small salad or some light soup.

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Hi Linda, I can't understand this Fibre thing though, because 5 days out of 7 I have Meat with 3 Vegs. and I have an Apple and Pear every day. Surely that is enough Fibre.

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Well, I'd ask your doctor how much fiber he/she wants you to get per day. Sometimes we think we're getting enough, but we're not. I know I don't come close to the recommended daily allowance, despite all the veg I eat.