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Over the Mountains Again
This is my second trip across the Sierras in as many weeks. That's because I have a scheduled colonoscopy on Friday at Noon at Roseville Medical Center. This is much closer to home than eight years ago when I had my first such procedure at Palo Alto Medical Center. Since then, both those facilities have become part of Sutter Health, so I was able to arrange to only have to come to Roseville rather than Palo Alto. I took Friday off and Lisa and I drove to Roseville this afternoon, where we're staying at a Holiday Inn Express only about 800 m from the hospital.
Lisa is with me because I have to have someone who can come collect me from the medical center and look after me, as I'll be spacey from the anesthetic.
We got away from the house a little earlier than I expected, which is good because as we reached Sparks, Lisa realized that she'd left her backpack, which has many important things including her driver's license, in it. So that was an extra hour spent driving back and forth to Fernley.
I was feeling very tired when we got back to Fernley, so Lisa did the driving. Once I recovered a little bit, I could read articles from the latest RAIL magazine.
( A Nice Day for a Drive )
We got to the hotel around 6:30 PM. Like the Holiday Inn Express in Sacramento where we stayed earlier this year, they've started charging $10/day for parking. In my opinion, this is a way to raise the room rate without having to include it in the published rate. Also, it presumably won't have occupancy tax added to it.
I've been on a no-solid-foods diet since late yesterday. All I have been able to have is clear liquids like chicken broth, white grape juice, Bubbly lime soda, and plain water. This is of course because they need me to purge my system so they can exam me tomorrow. I took the first of the two doses of sodium sulfate solution (mix with water, then drink lots more water) after we got moved in to the hotel and unpacked. Lisa, knowing that I couldn't have anything to eat, had packed a dinner for herself. She also got to enjoy a bath, as we don't have a full-sized bathtub at Fernley House.
Tomorrow I have to be up before 7 AM to take the second of the two doses of purging solution. Lisa can have the included breakfast here at the hotel if she wants it. Then she'll take me the short distance to the hospital and then come back after the procedure is done. If my previous colonoscopy is any guide, I'll want to sleep some more for a while. After that, I'll be very hungry. I'm looking forward to ordering in some pizza.
Lisa is with me because I have to have someone who can come collect me from the medical center and look after me, as I'll be spacey from the anesthetic.
We got away from the house a little earlier than I expected, which is good because as we reached Sparks, Lisa realized that she'd left her backpack, which has many important things including her driver's license, in it. So that was an extra hour spent driving back and forth to Fernley.
I was feeling very tired when we got back to Fernley, so Lisa did the driving. Once I recovered a little bit, I could read articles from the latest RAIL magazine.
( A Nice Day for a Drive )
We got to the hotel around 6:30 PM. Like the Holiday Inn Express in Sacramento where we stayed earlier this year, they've started charging $10/day for parking. In my opinion, this is a way to raise the room rate without having to include it in the published rate. Also, it presumably won't have occupancy tax added to it.
I've been on a no-solid-foods diet since late yesterday. All I have been able to have is clear liquids like chicken broth, white grape juice, Bubbly lime soda, and plain water. This is of course because they need me to purge my system so they can exam me tomorrow. I took the first of the two doses of sodium sulfate solution (mix with water, then drink lots more water) after we got moved in to the hotel and unpacked. Lisa, knowing that I couldn't have anything to eat, had packed a dinner for herself. She also got to enjoy a bath, as we don't have a full-sized bathtub at Fernley House.
Tomorrow I have to be up before 7 AM to take the second of the two doses of purging solution. Lisa can have the included breakfast here at the hotel if she wants it. Then she'll take me the short distance to the hospital and then come back after the procedure is done. If my previous colonoscopy is any guide, I'll want to sleep some more for a while. After that, I'll be very hungry. I'm looking forward to ordering in some pizza.