{"id":10119,"date":"2023-09-24T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=10119"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:12:28","slug":"the-joy-of-a-colonoscopy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=10119","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of a Colonoscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know – a contradiction in terms. However, it does rule out the dreaded “C.” I have a family history of colon Cancer and I had symptoms. It took five years to finally reach the point of an internal investigation. I prepared for the worst. I was spared!!<\/p>\n

I will now celebrate!<\/p>\n

1. Well, on the day of the procedure I also completed my third consecutive Wordle on the third try! Another reason to buy a lottery ticket! I didn’t win \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

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2. Full on preparation for the Camino has begun. I ordered Teva sandals again – Sporting Life cancelled my order in August. They had run out of my size when the sandals were on sale. With much internet searching, I found a pair in Hamilton on sale and with tax and shipping still 40% less than the full price at sporting life!! I also bought a Turkish towel from a women running a business from her condo on a street walking distance from me – how cool is that?<\/p>\n

3. Ordered pizza for dinner. My kids always eat with me, when there is pizza!!<\/p>\n

4. Got Wordle on the second try this morning. That means another lottery ticket!! It was a serendipitous sequence. The word was “carol,” my name. However, the first word I keyed in was “loser” because I had failed to win the lottery. I’m not sure what the cosmos is trying to tell me!!<\/p>\n

5. Did my 10km walk to the Brickworks market today. There is something very ethereal about mornings in the cathedral of Mud Creek.<\/p>\n

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6. Found The Great Canadian Sox Company just off Bermondsay. Bought 4 pairs of socks 2 pairs of merino and two pairs of cashmere – all for a little over $50.00. I think that it’s going to be a sock Christmas!!<\/p>\n

My Joy for the Joy Jar this week has to be my all clear from North York General Hospital. Gotta love our health care system for the moment anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know – a contradiction in terms. However, it does rule out the dreaded “C.” I have a family history of colon Cancer and I had symptoms. It took five years to finally reach the point of an internal investigation. I prepared for the worst. I was spared!! I will now celebrate! 1. Well, on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-joy","category-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12143,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10119\/revisions\/12143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}