Having a colonoscopy.
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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!
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!
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!
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.
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Sedation for the loss. That's what I had at Solihull, and I hardly felt sedated at all. Fully conscious and uncomfortable throughout the entire procedure, while they rummaged around all over the place.
I'm 35. Had my first colonoscopy at 27, and my second at 32.
The first one returned a positive diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. The second one was just a routine check.
Indeed, ancient
.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.
When I returned to work, I copped a lot of good humoured ribbing about "the doctors playing around with ya ****". Then I showed them the photo and got my own back by watching the expressions on people's faces.
After that, it was nothing but sympathy and friendly enquiries about my health.
Solidarity!
Colitis sufferers unite and stand! (Because it's too painful to sit...)
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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.
If I still had it with me, I would have posted it by now!
It really is very interesting tbh.Unfortunately I left it back home in Australia when I came here in 2004. All I've got with me is the x-rays from my barium enema.
And that's a story in itself...
On a serious note, can you post it? Would be really interesting to see.
Have a look on Wikipedia, type in 'ulcerative colitis' and you'll see a few pictures.
It's really not that nice at all, imagine how it feels having open wounds where your poo passes through
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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.
Damn, I wish they'd told me. I had to spend all that time with a garden hose up my backside and some numpty waving it about like a semaphore flag, poking and prodding all the most uncomfortable places he could reach.
