Hello
I am due my first Colonoscopy in 10 days...following a left Hemicolectomy resection in my descending Colon in May this year.
I had my first one last April, with intravenous sedation..but because of the stricture in my Colon, they couldn't advance further than the tumour...hence my diagnosis at that time...& so my surgeon now wants to investigate the whole length. I just remember him giving the diagnosis after the procedure, & just saying 'okay.' I guess the sedation had taken the edge off it all & I was too stupified to take in the information at that time.
It sounds very stupid, but I think I was more frightened of the Colonoscopy - than the actual operation!
This time, I am hoping to drive myself there & back, & endure it...without sedation .but obviously I'm anxious about it....about my pain threshold, yet also being out of control...& possibly making a fool of myself.
Obviously, my Colon has changed somewhat - after 9" were removed. My weird sense of humour allows me to think that surely there will be less colon to manoeuvre through?!
Yet also, because I sometimes experience dull aches in the region...maybe I have adhesions, & perhaps these might be more painful to navigate?!
Just asking if anyone has had a Colonoscopy without sedation after Bowel resection Op.? & if so, was it manageable?
Thanks in anticipation.
