like will i be awake? will i feel anything? any details will be nice thanks.
2007-12-10 16:48:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
thanks to all who commented. i'm not really looking forward to this but its somthing i have to do i'm 18 and didn't think i'll be getting this for at least 20 more years but i have some kind of pain in that area so they insisted that i take this test. i hope i won't be awake, but some doctors told me i will be and some people here also told me. thanks again.
2007-12-11 06:59:07 · update #1
No problen at all...I was suprised................wasn't knocked out but real high.I just babbled thru the whole thing.......
Need to clear your colon the night before,a pain to do , but that is the worst part...............
2007-12-10 16:57:48 · answer #1 · answered by richard t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will probably be awake, because it's not a painful procedure, although you may find it somewhat humbling, to say the least!
Your doctor will ask you to lay on your side, in the fetal position( your knees up by your chin), he will be using something that looks like a portable radio with a six foot hose attached.
Don't be upset, though, he won't need to use but the fist 12 inches or so, because he's more interested in taking pictures of the last part (Colon).
Actually, the hose is really a fiber-optic cable and the radio is really a camera and a light.
He will slick up the cable with jell and slip it into your Annis, while he checks a monitor for the first images of the inside.
Because, he prescribed enough laxative for you to take before you come in, you wont have anything in your intestines, so there wouldn't be a way to get good picture unless the designer of the colonoscope ( I think it's called something else), figured out a way to blow air up your ***.
It makes it possible for him to get better pictures.
It feels like your ready to drop a load and it doesnt stop until he does.
It is uncomfortable, humbling and something, you will not want to brag about, but it is the best way to detect growths on your colon, that could, if ignored, turn Cancerous!
There is a way that they can remove them using this!
Go Figure!
2007-12-10 18:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope -
the worst part is the day before to prep and clean out the bowels - buy something to spray in the bathroom -
like Febreeze
you will be asleep - and will not remember anything-
they have this new white stuff that goes in the IV
and when it hits - you are OUT like a light
count to 10 - you will not make it to 4
your eyes close - and then they open
- you think - OK are you guys gonna - o - I am in a new room-
you're done? 45 minutes has gone by - you are kidding?
seriously - you will be sluggish for a few minutes
and they tell you to allow 5-10 minutes to wake up
before you try to stand and make a fool of yourself
putting your clothes back on
Oh Yeah! - Have someone there to drive you home
because - you will not want to be behind the wheel
(they can go out and shop for 2 hours - or leave a cell #
and the office will call when you are 15-20 mins before discharge)
you will do fine ! all the best
2007-12-10 16:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋