cityboy gets the news....

Early this morning, cityboy went to a clinic on West 97 street to speak to a doctor about some internal problems he had been experiencing. The doctor listened, then insisted that cityboy undergo a colonoscopy. Frightening! Cityboy has avoided this for so long, with no consequences, but the complaint that I went to the doctor with is real, and if the colonoscopy is the only way of checking this complaint out--maybe making it meaningless, I guess it must be done. Hopefully soon.
Still, it casts a pall over me and over the summer. The idea of spending the day before the procedure at home, isolated, is pretty scary. Could not do it in 05; it turns out it was not necessary---unless things change, it should be necessary---is it that hard to deal with, which friend should I ask for support---reach out---this all has to be figured out. I do not like to be tampered with physically. The good news is that the doctor gave me a brief check up and found absolutely nothing. He said he was 99 percent sure that I was healthy, but that I should do it anyway. So let's see what happens, and who I discuss this with.
  Yesterday, before this all happened, did go to South fourth for bartender Mark's last movie, Kubrick's 2001. I really did not concentrate on the whole thing--but the images that I saw were extremely strong. A lot of conversation during the movie--in the end, one of the patrons got carried away and annoyed me before he left. This made the last part of the evening unsettling. I left and wandered around north Willaimsburg a bit before returning home, kind of tired.
  Today, an "interview" with a woman who wants to talk about the changes in the city over the past -----years. Should be interesting, then "hanging out" with Jarett and Natalie and their friends at a bar in midtown--that should be my evening event. Hopefully a lot of good conversation, also Jarett has had some stomach problems of his own; maybe he could give me some supportive advice about the approaching colonoscopy. Should be interesting, will report soon.