colonoscopy?

Question

i just have to schedule my fisrt colonoscopy and i'm scare i think i'm go to be alright because that exam go to tell the doctor everything about what healthy i'am.

Answer 1

I had one this summer.

The day before your colonoscopy, you need to purge your colon. There are various medications that are prescribed for that. Mine was a gallon jug with a powdery substance that I filled with water, and mixed with a flavor packet, making something that was supposed to taste like cherry Koolaid. At around 5 oclock in the evening (the day before the procedure), I was to begin drinking 8 ounce glasses every half hour until the gallon was done. About 3 glasses into the process, you will start going to the bathroom, and probably need to run into the bathroom every 15 minutes to a half hour.

That was the worst part of the whole thing.

My procedure was early in the morning. Best time to do it so you don't have to go all day without eating. They sedate you with a general anesthesia, and the procedure takes about 1 hour after you go under. You wake up, and (excuse my french), fart for 30 minutes in the fart room (because they pump gas into your colon for the procedure). You then go into a recovery room and eat.

So, it's the day before that sucks not the procedure

Answer 2

A little info I think should be considered about this drug Versed ( Midazolam ) that is used for Sedation for many medical procedures..Sedation and General Anesthesia are not the same and quite a few people being given Sedation
think they are being given General Anesthesia!

There is simply no good or valid reason to ever purposely induce amnesia during a medical procedure. It is only a recent development in medical thinking that amnesia is somehow a "benefit" to the patient. On occasion some
some patients will remember a bad experience. Forgetting does not mean it did not happen!!
I feel that if people were aware of the effects of this drug they would Opt For Another Drug!
Erasing someones memory of what was done to them is wrong!!
In fact, many people who use Versed for " IV Sedation,Conscious Sedation" Twilight Sedation, during a procedure are Awake For The Entire Procedure but remember nothing, often Believing They Were "Out" the whole time.

Versed (Midazolam) is an amnestic. It is also commonly used for minor procedures like setting broken bones,colonoscopies,endoscopies, dental procedures like extractions,conscious sedation,twilight sleep, so that patients won't remember pain and discomfort.HOWEVER THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE SENSATIONS WILL NOT BE EXPERIENCED!!!!

A note from an anesthesiologist
I agree that using midazolam alone in painful situations is wrong. I've heard people getting colonoscopies and screaming, and maybe they remember, maybe they don't.

A note I got from someone on Yahoo Answers who did have a bad experience..This is very disconcerting... My sister said she heard me screaming from the waiting room but assumed it wasn't me. When we left we heard another female patient screaming. I did a lot of research since your post, thanks so much for the info.

Here is a note from a Dentist Who uses Versed
I've used Versed 1000+ times during oral surgery procedures and I've never had a complaint. It's a miracle drug because it is safe and it causes you to not remember an unpleasant experience. My answer to him is isn't it better to have not experienced the pain than to have forgot it. No wonder you have had no complaints they have no memory of the procedure.....

I feel that giving a drug for amnesia is cruel I would not want it done to me!

A strange development in medical thinking that it's okay for a patient to have
pain as long as they don't remember it and think they slept thru the procedure..


Here is a link for some info

http://www.freehelpforcancer.com/manages-meds/sedation

Answer 3

a colonoscopy does not hurt because you will be asleep the whole time. it takes about 15 minutes and you are done. if the doctor finds polyps, he will snip it off and take it to biopsy which doesnt cause you any pain. patients only complain about the prep where they have to drink the 1 gallon colyte.

Answer 4

Mark is right. The day before sucks.


The actual procedure, they'll give you an IV, and medication that puts you in la la land.,
All I remember is the doctor says,
"the good stuff is coming ;and then hearing a nurse say,"we're done."

Your dr will probably talk to you when it
is done. you'll be told to call his office in 5 days for lab results, then, hopefully, that's it.

I had no problems, just a family history of colon cancer.
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Welcome to the club.

Answer 5

It is a regular procedure and you wont have to be awake and youll go home the same day. The only discomfort is the liquid you have to drink and hold in until the procedure is completed.