Today I was able to witness and sigmoidoscopy. This procedure is short terms is sticking a scope into a patients anal canal and proceed with viewing the inside of their colon. From what I can sense from the patient it is a horribly uncomfortable experience. However after awhile the patient began to calm down. Within this specific patient I was able to witness a fatty tumor, diverticulitis, and hemorrhoids.[D] Usually sigmoidoscopies are boring, as the nurses told me, but luckily for me I was able to see three different abnormalities. [A] I spent my whole day in GI today instead of school, and I learned more there than I have my whole senior year! [E] Mrs. Sherrick also paid a visit to Chuck and I and hopefully took amazing pictures.
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