Welcome back to Finish The Sentence Friday (FTSF). We give you a sentence and you finish it (however long or short you'd like). Write a post and link it up, or if you don't blog, feel free to finish the sentence in the comments for everyone to see.
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This week's sentence:
"One of the most embarrassing things I ever did was..."
Next week's sentence to finish: "The last time I went on vacation, I..."
Here's how I finished this week's sentence:
One of the most embarrassing things I ever did was...when I had a
colonoscopy. I was having some issues in my “backyard” (rectum).
And since I'm
a hypochondriac, I immediately scheduled an appointment with my
internist, hoping he could ease my mind with a quick diagnosis or
refer me to a specialist.
I
chose to chase the vile liquid with Cherry Coke. It helped me...Not.
One. Bit. It was disgusting. What it did help with was taking every
crumb of food I'd consumed in the previous six years, that might have
been trapped inside the wee crevices of my small intestine, and shot
them out my backside with the force of the Discovery blast-off.
Repeatedly. All day.
Now tell me, in the comments, something embarrassing you've done (you're in good company). Or write a post and link it up! And be sure to share my embarrassment with all your FB and Twitter friends.
I
met with him the next day, and after a (surprise) "backyard" exam, he
referred me to a specialist, who, thankfully, did not give me second
exam, but instead, scheduled me for a colonoscopy. Mmm.
The
best part of a colonoscopy is that during the procedure you're
sound asleep and completely unaware of the violations being committed
on your body. I remember drowsily waking after my procedure thinking,
“I would be fully content, dying right now, in this peaceful
slumber. Take me away...Calgon.”
The
worst part is the prep for the procedure. The day before,
you're required to drink, what seems like, a barrel full of liquid
laxative. The flavor was not unlike what ginger-flavored sewage
water might taste like. It's intended to “clean you out.” In
fact, the directions warn, “Stay near a toilet! You will have
diarrhea.” Directions like that...I'm gonna follow.
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So,
of course, I had to share my experience with my best friend.
I
found Felicity's most recent email, opened it, hit reply, and in
graphic detail, described to her how my intestines were turning
inside out, while simultaneously attacking other organs like a bengal
tiger attacks it's dinner.
I
hit send and smiled at the thought of her simultaneously laughing and
being grossed out. Yes, I'm disgusting.
Have
you ever experience one of those moments where your brain recognizes
your error and screams, “STOP!”, but your body is still moving
forward? That was one of those moments.
Instead
of hitting 'Reply' on the mass email she had forwarded me, I had hit,
'Reply ALL'!
Oh
crap. OH CRAP!!! Her family and friends and our mutual
friends will see what I wrote about the sad state of my bowels! I
mentally scanned through a list of our college friends. No! No! NO!!!
In
my panic, I pulled up her email again, clicked 'Reply ALL' and
quickly typed in the subject line, “Please ignore the previous
email from me. Sorry.” and hastily clicked send.
Oh
crap. OH CRAP!!! Telling someone to ignore your email is like
saying, “Read Me. Read Me. Exclusive information in here!”
Needless
to say, over the next hour I received a number of emails guffawing at
my error and giving me “wise” words of advice to comfort my
bowels.
The
really painful thing is that I went through all that to find
out that I only had your regular, every day, garden-variety
hemorrhoids.
Lesson:
Be careful when hitting 'Reply All'.
Now tell me, in the comments, something embarrassing you've done (you're in good company). Or write a post and link it up! And be sure to share my embarrassment with all your FB and Twitter friends.
Good gravy! I thought it was called Finish the Sentence FRIDAY!! How are 20 people linked up on Thursday night already??? Looks like you've got yourself a winner of a link-up, Kate! See you again on FRIDAY.
ReplyDeleteSo far you win and will say this I have had my own issues in that department, but thankfully have not needed a colonoscopy yet. My father-in-law needed one and remember hearing similar to what you described, but he never sent an e-mail out, just kind of heard it through the grapevine (Kevin, lol). Awesome Kate, seriously...loved this :)
ReplyDeleteOy vey! I've heard those colonoscopy preps are BAD with a capital B...I'm dreading when I have to do one in the not too distant future (yes, I'm almost that old)...Those "reply all" mistakes can certainly be embarrassing and in some cases, fatal...lucky for you it was the former and at least others had a good laugh...:)
ReplyDeleteWe had a minor snafu, but it's fixed now. We're going live on Thursdays at 10pm EST.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I rather enjoyed the procedure - just sleeping. But the prep...I dread it for when I have to do it again.
ReplyDeleteThanks Janine! I figure almost everyone will eventually have to go through this. Sucks, but makes great story material. Ha!
ReplyDeleteAt first, I was going to comment about how YOUNG you are to be having a colonoscopy...then I read your post. Well, yours is gross. You win the grossness. I hope to win the hotness!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHA!! Awesome link-up! I've definitely had some embarrassing things happen to me but I can't think of any right now.... plus I'm sure I couldn't top your story :)
ReplyDeleteOK, that is really bad!! I would have been beyond mortified. Wow. I linked up a few hours ago, but my link seems to have vanished, so I linked up again.
ReplyDeleteHere from MTMmixer.. Newest follower. This finishing the sentence friday sounds like fun and I think I will look into joining soon.
ReplyDeletenoooooooo HAHAHAHAHA! That is horrible. But oh so funny.
ReplyDeleteLOL! When your bream screams STOP, but your body is still moving forward! OMG, I think I've sent a few 'oops' emails in the past, but never anything like that. HAHA!! The hubs got an accidental reply all from one of his student's Moms, slagging him off once (thank God he's got a sense of humor) ... He also got one of the bum inspections done too.. I had to help him through the laxatives when we were dating. Not sexy.There's a story there! Thank you for hosting this link-up! I love it, and I'm meeting lots of hilarious new bloggers, who are all inspiring me to write more! It just sucks I don't have the time for any of that :(
ReplyDeleteOnce I got done laughing hysterically I actually *gasped* at the surprise ending! Great job with the comic suspense! I know firsthand how the colon purging experience is- I had a colonoscopy when I was 17 and it was Top Ten worst days of my life. The actual procedure was like a day at the spa.
ReplyDeleteThat's EXACTLY what the procedure was like - a day at the spa. I was laying down, sleepy, everybody fawning over me. Loved it. Too bad everything else comes with it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up, Josie! Blogging is definitely time-consuming.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely my most embarrassing moment - the only good thing was that I didn't have to physically face anyone. That would have been way worse - I would have been even more red in person.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is pretty gross. Makes me second-think posting it!
ReplyDeleteCRYING with laughter!! Oh my God, this is so totally awesome and also completely something that would happen to us. SO DAMN FUNNY!!!
ReplyDeleteomg...this is ultra hilarious.
ReplyDeleteKate, I am sure it was very very embarrassing at that moment, but you must be having a nice laughter over it now.
Super hilarious. I have to admit I can be a bit of a hypochondriac too!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesomely hilarious! For those of us that didn't do such a thing, of course. I have been wracking my brain for a time when I was embarrassed, but I can't think of a one. So, I'm not linking up, but I did mention the link up in today's post. I'm having a great time going through everyone else's!
ReplyDeleteOh my! Epic! Great post!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I was almost crying I was laughing so hard. Oh my gosh!!! so funny!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kat!
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning it Christine! Maybe you'll think of something for next week in re: to a vacation. :-) Or just link up an old post.
ReplyDeleteGuess who's late to the party? I didn't even know there was a Finish the sentence Friday and this week I really wish I did! I have a couple of embarrassing moments that have to do with pee! :-) As I commented on another post, I should send everyone that makes remarks that I talk about poop too much on my blog to this blog hop! I have two older posts I could possibly share, but neither really qualifies as my most embarrassing moment!
ReplyDeleteOh my. Anything I say will be hard pressed to beat THAT story. Is it weird that I haven't really had an embarrassing moment since high school? Or maybe I just have very selective memory?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I was laughing the entire time I read this.
ReplyDeleteHey Kate! I've been hopping around, but it's taking forever because everyone is SO FREAKIN' AWESOME!! I haven't had so much fun reading a linky in ages and my reading list has expanded again...I blame you ;)
ReplyDeleteI have had to drink that lovely concoction myself. And your description is painfully accurate! I felt my intestines cramp in sympathy.
ReplyDeleteWow this is seriously the coolest idea for a link up! Way cooler than all the lame what I wore posts! Next time I am going to have to join in on this- it just looks like so much fun. Just found your blog and I'm excited to get to know you better. Hope you don't mind if I follow along...
ReplyDeletenewest follower :)
bonnie
thelifeofbon.com
Please do follow and link-up! Would love to have you join us next week!
ReplyDeleteYes, too painful. Thanks for linking up again!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great! It has been a lot of fun! Love this topic! If you ever have any suggestions for sentences to finish, let me know.
ReplyDeleteI tend to be pretty careful to not get embarrassed - always checking my zipper, looking for food in my teeth in the mirror, trying to keep my mouth shut, etc. So I don't have too many embarrassing moments (that I know of). I have a few other small things, but nothing like this one. And some, I do think I've blocked them out. :-)
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE talk about poop here - or at least I do.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat post--never done the reply all thing but I'm a total hypochondriac so I'm always coming up with horrible diseases I think I have!
ReplyDeleteOh my! That would be embarrassing. I'm glad it turned out well though! :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely plan to link up next week! This is fun!
Kate
http://seriouslykateblog.blogspot.com
Ooshhh, hemorrhoids AND the squits all day. I have given birth 5 times, I am sure I don't need to say any more.
ReplyDeleteTotally feel for you, never mind the pain of embarrassment. I kind of let that sort of message out on purpose, I really don't care,lol.
Hi Kate, I’m Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), and I’m visiting from Super Sunday Sync.
ReplyDeleteThis was sooooo funny! I don't think I could say which part was funnier: bowel prep, no - reply all, no bowel prep, No....
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