Still outgrowing

Life has taken a few unexpected turns lately. It's funny the things you think about when you find yourself living through uncommon life situations. The past forty hours or so have reminded me 1) to appreciate caring, helpful friends, soft toilet paper, and the luxury of eating plenty of food every day, 2) to have a newfound respect for those who are able to undergo physical fasting for spiritual purposes (among whom I do not count myself!), and 3) to be thankful that my body is only abnormal in its normal way and not diseased. (Oh, and that having roughly 10,000 mg of sodium floating around in my small-person system renders EXTREME THIRST unlike any thirst I have ever known! I might as well have set up a keg of water in my bathroom.)

I hope I am at least 50 before my next colonoscopy is encouraged and that the specialist was right today when she said I might "outgrow" my symptoms by the age of 35. It's funny that you can be halfway to 40 and just now "outgrowing" body problems. Gives me one thing to look forward to in my mid-30s...unlike more crazy gray hairs, more chin hairs, and crows feet.