Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Old Age Day by Day October 9, 2013

Well, my roto rooter procedure is over.  Any budding problems have been trimmed away.  It wasn't bad at all.  They presented me with 10 lovely photos of my colon, which I told the nurse I would post next to famous celebrity photos to match up:  Can You Guess Which colon belongs to which Star?!!!
Look for it.

I'm going to attempt to make up for lost sleep last night and now that I've had breakfast, I hope not to dream of blts and milk shakes.  Actually, during the procedure, I was dreaming of lime green growing things, that bright spring color that is so hopeful.

I survived last night by being deeply engaged by a book:  Joseph Anton, the memoir by Salman Rushdie.  It's beyond good, it's just a terrific read, fascinating, informative and gives great background on his conceiving of his novels.  He's very honest, yet very likeable, as well as what I already knew; he's brilliant.  So the book rescued me from my physical discomforts, and how often, in my case, that has happened.  Book as rescuer.  Reading as lifesaving.  Magic as the antidote to a heavy dose of realism.

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