Colonoscopy : Experience : Scared !

timtomtim

thanks All...

for your advice and information really appreciate it.

I am booked in for Tue afternoon....have got Klean Prep to start monday evening...i will keep everyone posted.

FrankRizzo

Am i the only person that never got sedatives before getting a Colonoscopy??

I am a strong person and can take pain. I dont get nervous about pain. This was one of the worst experiences in my life!

marco1dog

I never got a sedative before Colonoscopy!!!!!! They never mentioned one. I have had two will now ask for something if I have to have another.

Pennylane

Don't be scared. It really is nothing. I am surprised your hospital haven't been through all this with you. You normally go in for a pre-assessment and they discuss sedation etc.

I didn't feel a thing, I was conscious but couldn't have cared less what they were doing. It's a great feeling!:rotfl:
I came home with a colour pic of my colon and they removed a polyp while they were in there.:)

lollipopsarah

No problem with the procedure at all (apart from the clear-out before hand)
I think
I had sachets of picolax (?) and dissolved in water tasted of nothing really.
tbh I can't remember much about it, slept like a log that night and remember feeling amazing the day after -must have been from the clear out.
best wishes
xx

MrsAtobe

Get some moist toilet tissue and some magazines. If you are anything like me, you'll be spending a lot of time on the loo.