Colonoscopy

Hi . Are you having any symptoms or just assuming that the test will be positive and you’ll need a colonoscopy?

For my colonoscopy I was offered sedation or gas and air. I had sedation which was through a cannula (not tablet) in my hand. I could see what was going on on the screen and talk to the nurses but couldn’t feel anything. Afterwards I was taken to a room for as long as I needed and given toast and a cup of tea. By cutting procedure do you mean if they biopsy something? Again that was painless in fact all I can remember is someone saying ‘snip’ and ‘grab’ - I just felt a bit dreamy through it all.

Please reconsider requesting a replacement test? If you are having problems then the earlier it’s dealt with then the better.

Take care

Karen x

I'm fine Karen , ahh , thank you for the reply  , I  hope you're well .  I got my first test kit , think it was in December  ?

I'm getting stress from my partner  , she did her test.  I go on  building engineering websites for my job and the subject popped up.  People said the cannula thing was inadequate because they don't want you there for ages , especially if you attend towards the end of the day. 

I've never had an operation and my worrying is ridiculous  , I imagine you can't have gas as well.   My kit is gone but timed out now anyway. 

I felt sick when she was bringing up the subject  , I was going to wait two years but hate wasting their money so I may opt out , I looked it up yesterday. 

Hi Qwerty,

I’ve had 2 colonoscopies to date,

the first one with a sedative (cannula, not tablet) & the second one with just gas and air.

On both occasions they advised me to take as long as I needed afterwards (they were trying to make me stay longer after the 2nd one but I just wanted to head on home)

I really can’t recommend doing it enough as 2 years can be a long time (long enough for something to develop) & it is always better to be safe than sorry.

Any discomfort I had at the time is just a distant memory now & id do it all again in a heartbeat knowing what I now know...

If you’re here I guess you are looking for some advice & my advice is don’t delay.

Suzy

Thanks for telling me about your experience Suzy.  I worked in Africa and came back , needed the dentist after four years of neglect. 

It was a pretty  bloody work and clean up but it didn't faze me at all however the thought of my soft internals and the information about accidentally piercing my tubey wotsits , how do you come back from that sort of injury  ! ?

I'd  never have a child if I was a woman , it's  like a mental over worry .

We spend so long worrying about stuff that can be over in the blink of an eye & then that worried time can so easily be wasted time...

If we cherish life we’ll do we can to look after ourselves

I think it's about half an hour  . I need to go to work and get up at 6am , when she goes on at me I'm waking before 4a.m so I'm tired and it's obviously giving me bad dreams that I can't remember.