Re: Re: I was awake during my colonoscopy

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My mom told me that a single colonoscopy is nothing compared to the colon surgeries and other probes up her butt she had to have after being diagnosed with the colon cancer. I guess the other alternative is taking the chance that you won't get it.Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.

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My 19-year-old son recently had a capsule endoscopy at

the University of CA at Irvine. He's autistic, and

there's no way I could have gotten him to drink the

Go-Lytely, much less be semi-awake and cooperative

during a colonoscopy. The only prep he required was

fasting 24 hours. (Although they would have PREFERRED

he drink the salt water.)

The gastroenterologist said the capsule procedure is

primarily used to visualize the small intestine. In my

son's case, they were looking for signs of Crohn's.

I have my own horror story involving a doctor who

later lost his license for the way her did

colonoscopies on women. He kept the " feel-good " drugs

for himself, performed full colonoscopies without

anesthetic, then falsified the patients' medical

records to indicate he'd give them intervenous pain

medication, but they hadn't responded to it.

I had two babies naturally, but that colonoscopy far

far exceeded the pain of childbirth. I'm surprised

they didn't hear me screaming all the way into the

street. This was 17 years ago.

After this experience, I will NEVER have a colonoscopy

again. I've made subsequent appointments for the

procedure, but I can't force myself show up. One

therapist told me I have PTSD. Maybe I should have

sued the gastro, but I couldn't even talk about it for

a year. If I get cancer, so be it, but I've had IBS

for 23 years and it hasn't killed me yet!

Zig

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How horrible that must have been. I'm behind in reading. What did they find with your colonoscopy? Did I miss the findings?

Sherri

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<<I wasn't out during mine. They numbed me, but I was awake. ..They wanted me to look at the screen while the did it.I know one thing for sure, if I was a doctor, I would not want to be a doctor that looks up peoples butts!>>

Agreed. How does someone decide that's what they want to do for a living? Must pay a lot.

Yeah, if I was numb, it wouldn't have been a big deal. But they used a standard sized scope when they should have used a pediatric one and then with the right angles that were swollen...they said when they were maneuvering around those tight kinks with their scope that was too large and stretching me out was when I would cry out the most.

It was as excruciating as labor--level 10 pain. And I was ignored because that's standard procedure.

Becky

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The problem with virtual colonoscopy-the one that is the pill

that is talking about or colonography (where they use the

CT Scan to take a picture of the colon without being invasive)

is that if they find something wrong they still have to do a

traditional colonoscopy.

Kristy

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Zig,

Doctors have tried to get my mother to do a colonoscopy (she's

72 now but to look at her you would never know it) and she came

close a couple times but won't do it. I don't blame her for it.

Eleven and 12 years ago when I started having different symptoms

(several of which later ended up being part of endometriosis) I

went to a GI doctor to find out why I was so constipated and

they wanted me to have a lower GI test along with flexible

sigmoidoscopy. I almost went thru the test but just couldn't

bring myself to do it because of the fact that I felt that area

was too private for them to touch so I cancelled the test. I

later got a letter from that doctor explaining why they wanted

to do the test to check for polyps and such but I just couldn't

do it.

Then when the other issues occurred (by now I knew I had IBS and

some of the doctors thought that this was all related to my IBS

when the other symptoms I then ended up having turned out to be

endometriosis related) because some of the doctors thought it

was my IBS and I knew better I refused to go thru the test.

This time it was because I knew my pain was in my female organs

and with my pain threshold as it was I knew that there was no

way I was letting that scope go up me.

I told my mom that if at a later date something really shows

with my bowel that something more than IBS is going on with my

bowel or even a hemorrhoid (which I have and am going to try

again to deal with myself before going to a GI doctor or

proctologist about it) then I will go ahead and have the tests.

With all my mess now I don't feel as intimidated by the issue of

too private.

But I'm going to hold that off as long as possible if I can help

it.

Kristy

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It's out now. It's called a camera capsule. It takes pictures as it travels down your intestinal track to you colon.

Sherri

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They are supposed to come out with a pill you can swallow then poop out. It checks out your intestinal track and colon as it travels down....Now that would be my choice over a colonscopy.BUT whatever you do PLEASE KEEP HAVING ONE.

My mom was diagnosed with colon cancer last year at age 63. She now has to wear a bag the rest of her life.

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My daughter was 15 when she had her colonoscopy and endoscopy. She had her learners permit and was driving around drinking the prep stuff!! Then she had all her friends come over and they had a poop party!!!

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Well,

My mom told me that a single colonoscopy is nothing compared to the colon surgeries and other probes up her butt she had to have after being diagnosed with the colon cancer. I guess the other alternative is taking the chance that you won't get it.

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