Colonoscopy - anyone gone through this story?

Sunday lunch-time I had a colonoscopy. I followed everything I had to before hand. When I went in to theatre I was greeted by 3 doctors, 1 was probably the anaesthetist the other a nurse and then the doctor. They began feeding the drug into the cavitor and straight after that the scope began entering me. Straight away I was in pain! I was thinking this shouldn't be that painful after what I read. I even watched a video on YouTube, looked painless. I was telling them it hurts it's sore! They carried on, I was making noise , then they added more drugs and before I knew it I woke up in the day ward. I felt ok. I had a tea and biscuits and was picked up by my partner by car and went home. He even made a comment that "you seem ok you sat in the car fine"

We got home, I changed into my pjs, had some toast and tea and then went to bed. I didn't sleep I just laid down and watched tv. 4 hrs later when the drugs wore off I began to feel a pain in my tummy. I thought maybe I need to go to the toilet. I did and I went it was very dark. I didn't really take any notice about it only that I thought how quickly it had changed from yellow to the darkness so quickly. I went back to bed. Pain starting to become stronger. I thought this is probably to be expected? In the end I couldn't cope. I got my paper work out what the hospital gave me and read it. I had diverticulitis and they had done a biopsy. The dish charge letter had also on there if pain and toilet is dark to go to A&E . I phoned them told them what I was feeling and they said come in.

I arrived in A&E in pain and floods of tears. I couldn't sit I was leaning against the wall. The pain I was in I felt I was there forever! A&E was very busy! I could be in there all night I thought like this in pain. The pain level was 10! Excruciating. Finally I had my name called. They took details, temperature , blood pressure then fed a IV into my arm and gave morphine. It didn't touch the pain it was awful. 12.30pm was the colonoscopy-7.00pm arrived at A&E - 800pm see the nurse .i had an X ray also. After I have to go and see a doctor in A&E I told him what happened . He wanted to feel my tummy. I warn him not to date to touch where the pain is killing me. Next another doctor see's me... again I tell him what happened, he also wants to feel my tummy, again I say the same to him. By the way I'm still crying throughout. The doctor tells me he wants to admit me to hostpital . I am then taken to another part of the hospital. The doctor I have to see as well as a few more patients he disappears . It's now midnight. An emergency has come up. By 1.30 am I tell my partner go home. He's got work in the morning. 2.00am doctor comes back and is ready to see me. He looks exsausted. Goes through my file. Apologises about the paperwork. Reads my notes then asks me what happened . I tell them he goes and says I will be back! He comes back with a registra doctor . We chat and he says my colon may have been punctured when they did the biopsy. He ordered a CT scan which I had done 3.30am then I was taken to the ward in bed at 4.15am.

The CT scan showed I had blood on the outside of my colon wall and I have an infection. I'm still in hospital still in pain on antibiotics. Trying to eat today as I've been nil by mouth. And now just waiting for the doctor to see what is happening?

So they is my experience, I hope no one else has to go through this. I thought I would be back to work today? Instead I'm lying in a hospital bed.

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