bowel prep and colonoscopy experience

What an awful experience and after going through that to be told you hadn't prepared properly, I hope the picolax works, it seems to with most people.I bet you will be glad when it is all over, wishing you luck that it all goes well this time.

Thank you cm46, i dont understand why they dont just repeat the sig. My fertile imagination keeps thinking they suspect something and are keeping quiet, especially since my appointment is less than a week after sig.

Took some senokot and wow that did work.

I do hope that they don't find anything awful, I think we all worry about that, my friend had a colonoscopy just before I had mine and she was bunged up similar to you, she never found out what actually caused it apart from diverticulitis and thankfully she hasn't had it since. Good luck.

Hi im 24 and a woman. 8 had a colonoscopy dont in august and was so scared but the worst part was the

Prep going almost 2 days without eating and having to drink 2 litres of moviprep which made me feel that sick i had 2 force the last 2 lots down while standing over the kitchen sink.

But in the morning when i got to the hospital i had very low blood pressure and a nurse noticed something

Wasnt right as soob as she saw me and she took me into another room abd offered me a drink of water and made me feel more comfortable and a little less scared then i was taken to the procedure room where every1 was so nice they gave me pethadine and a sedative but i was awake just abit spacey the only bit that hurt was when he moved the camera around bends at the top kind of felt like very mild contractions. But all in all if i

Ever have to have another i w9nt be scared i will just dread the moviprep

I've been having extremely strange symptoms and I'm currently drinking my colonoscopy prep and I'm terrified.

my symptoms started probably long time ago and I didn't put them together to be something in the colon. Spasms, sharp pains in my left foot, shortness of breath, head fogginess and memory loss.

CT scan showed a full colon. since then, nothing helped.

3 movicols per day and changes of diet and senna and water and exercise didn't work.

Now I have the colonoscopy schedualed for tomorrow morning. I'm drinking the prep and I'm terrified that I wont work and I'll start having that pressure building up in the left lower side then start getting those god awful severe spasms that will knock me down in ER again for the 100th time.

I'm terrified.

A good friend has recently had bowel surgery but she went back for a final all clear with a colonoscopy and found the pain the worst she'd ever experienced. It took 1.5 hours and she was in such pain she could even shallow some extra pain tablets they gave her.

Is it more normal to suffer such pain after an op. I don't understand why anybody can't be given a complete numbing of the area. It puts me of considering a prostate exam totally!!

Hi. After reading some horror stories, and spending the night before my colonoscopy absolutely terrified, I

thought I would share my experience. After a flexible sigmoidoscopy which was absolutely excruciating

( worse than giving birth - I'm a 54 year old woman btw) I went in begging for as much sedation and pain

relief that they could give me. What a surprise -the sedation was so light that I was able to hold a

conversation

and move around as needed, but I didnt feel a thing. I would not hesitate to have another if necessary. I had a polyp removed and found it so interesting that I couldn't take my eyes off the screen! The male consultant

was gentle and communicative, and the nurses were lovely. Such a good experience. The worst part by far

was drinking the Klean-Prep the day before. 3 litres of it! Gross. Obviously the experience is different for everyone, but I would say don't worry - the idea of the procedure is worse than the actuality. Good luck to anyone

out there who's worrying. I hope this helps.

Clsrebear76.

"picolax is the one you want to watch...t can burn your mouth it gets very hot! be careful"

The instructions warn you to let it cool:-)

I take mine next Thursday. I asked hospital for dietary advice but they did not send it. Reading online instructions from other hospitals is rather contradictory.

At least I don't have far to travel as the hospital is just three streets away.

Following test results I was told today I am being sent for a colonoscopy "asap" so I came home from the hospital feeling pretty apprehensive about the procedure and searching on the internet didn't settle my nerves until I came across this forum. I just want to say thank you to those of you who have posted and shared on here, hearing the reality of your experiences has really calmed me and helped me feel prepared - I will be stocking up on oxo cubes and vaseline!!

I will return to share my experiences; I have found this forum so useful I feel it is important that it continues for others.

Caroline

I had Atrial Fibrilation in May 2012 after my aortic valve replacement. It was cured by cardio version four

months later.

Two weeks ago I had my colonoscopy. The bowel prep was nothing like as bad I had on previous

occasions. Mostly I just strolled to the toilet and had no painful spasms. The procedure just produced two

spasms of pain as I watched it on the screen. Although sedated my mind was clear. Suddenly I noticed on the other screen that my BP had gone down to 40/30 with heart rate to 30. Difficult to speak with the

oxygen mask on and I thought I hope they are going to do something about this!

Sudden panic on their part and they started to pump drugs into me and gave me two glasses of water to

drink. I quickly recovered and was soon sitting up in bed eating toast and drinking tea. They suggested that the sudden drop had been caused by dehydration, the sedative used or that the probe had stimulated the

vagal nerve.

I felt OK the next day and was out all day. Two days later I felt my heart beating erratically when I was out. I checked my BP when I got home and it was 102/71 with heart rate 151. My AF was back and I need to be on warfarin for eight weeks before they will do another cardioversion. I saw the cardiologist today and said I am wary about warfarin at the moment as although the colonoscopy has ruled out colon problems I still

have other stomach problems that could mean my duodenal ulcer is back. He wants me to have an

endoscopy to rule out bleeding ulcers or anything else.

I told him that my tongue and throat are very sensitive to the touch and visits to the dentist have me

gagging. I told him of my uncle who went into cardiac arrest and died during an endoscopy as did one of

the doctors at a medical practice I used to attend. He said that such an event is a one in two thousand

chance . So probably is AF after a colonoscopy:-)

Hi all

I had a colonoscopy done a lot of years ago and it was Klean Prep that I had to take. I hated it and found it really hard to get down. So a few years ago whenever I was told that I needed another colonoscopy done you can imagine my feeling of dread at having to take the preparation again.

Luckily though I was prescribed Picolax and I found it very easy to take and the taste wasn't too bad either. At least I wasn't gagging at the thought of drinking it!

Thankfully all went well and diagnosis remained as IBS and nothing more sinister. I am still glad that I went to my GP with the worsening of my symptoms though and can now rest easy in the knowledge that everything else is grand.

Question- I have my first colonoscopy tomorrow. I took laxatives at 6 am, then started drinking the Gatorade/MiraLax at 1 pm. The only thing coming out is water. Do I HAVE to drink a second bottle of Gatorade/MiraLaxsince I am not passing any stool at all and it is only like a water faucet when I run to the toilet? I just don't want to put anything else in my system and experience the burning if I do not HAVE to. I guess I am asking if my system is doing what they require, only passing whatever I drink and no more stool? Thanks.

Simply yes. They want it clean inside. Good luck.

Had my first colonoscopy today I'm a 28 year old female

My mother passed away age 41, so have to have regular colonoscopys

From now on, I was so scared before hand. Reading all your positive comments made

Me feel so much better. Mine took 20 mins the hanging around was so much longer but the actual

Thing itself was not bad at all. I asked for a little sedation and I was totally awake and talking to the doctor the whole time, I spent so many sleepless nights worrying about today, and just wanted to let even one person know it's not scary and it's over in 20 mins even shorter. Don't put it off it can save lives! Thank you for the

Positive reviews people have shared they made me feel so much at ease! X