I hated it. I could barely drink the stuff they gave me to "clear your bowel"; it made me want to vomit.
Are you having it under general or local? My first one (back home in Australia) was under general, but my second (at Solihull Hospital) was under local (cheapskates!)
The one done under local was extremely unpleasant, and quite painful at times!![]()
Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large colon and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus
Oh the joys of getting old.
Yeah, this picolax stuff doesn't help matters as the small amounts of food that did manage to stay in me are slowly being flushed out with a vengeance.
I'm only having a sedation this time, I just had the sedation last time but they must have given me a mega dosage as I don't remember any of it. Let's hope the same thing happens tomorrow.
Oh the joys of getting old.
Indeed, ancientI'm 35. Had my first colonoscopy at 27, and my second at 32.
This is my 4th colonoscopy since last April, also down to ulcerative colitis. Not pleasant I tells ya.
After my first colonoscopy, I was given one of the photos taken inside my bowel. It was full colour, and almost wallet sized. The details were excrutiatingly clear; you could actually see the ulcers inside my colon.![]()
On a serious note, can you post it? Would be really interesting to see.![]()
On a serious note, can you post it? Would be really interesting to see.![]()
Should have just asked for more sedation!
I wasn't aware that you could ask for seconds.![]()
You're allowed quite a few shots of the stuff. I remember feeling like I was about to burst and they gave me another dose which knocked me right out, next thing I remember was waking up in the recovery room.