Colonoscopy Consult

I went to meet with the nurse practitioner yesterday. What was supposed to be a 15 minute meeting turned into over an hour. I arrived 10 minutes early having completed a bunch of forms online. Of course, they still had forms to fill out so I spent 15 minutes filling them out. Then I waited 10 minutes for someone to call me just to bring me to an internal office where I sat for another 10 minutes. So close to 25 minutes after my appointment time, I finally get to talk to the nurse. She was really nice though and explained the procedure briefly. She also asked if I would participate in a study where they draw some blood and look for markers that match up to the colonoscopy results. After being sick a lot, I now agree to almost all studies since why not? Anyway, that was another 20 minute wait for the study nurse to interview me. The second nurse also took blood samples… about 8 test tube worth… with a very slow butterfly needle. Not sure if she’s also a phlebotomist but it took many pokes to get the blood going. Finally, they schedule the procedure and it’s not until December 15th. Ugh. That means likely there is no transplant this year. <sad face>

One tiny positive is that the study pays! I can’t remember exactly how much but it was ~$100 to $150. Better than nothing I guess.