Can someone offer a rugh timeline for colonscopy prep?
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I'd like to see a 3-4 day prior to the procedure, with what drugs(prescription and non-prescription0, drinks(including water,kool-aid, Gatorade, homemade), so I can see the benchmark time in both days and hours. If there are more than one drug(ex.Ducolax vs Miralax), include both. The advantahge of this timeline is that I can choose what do take, the correct amount, chill vs. room temp, etc. so I know what to take when and not miss a checkpoint).
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ellen42502 thailen
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thailen ellen42502
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ellen42502 thailen
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thailen ellen42502
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cathy_94688 ellen42502
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I should say you are so brave beacuse i could not do the colonoscopy. It's been two years now that I keep cancelling my appointment. I am terribly afraid of sedation and its drugs. I had a bad experience from my gallbladder surgery which was 4 years ago. I don't know what did they used at first beacuse I could see and hear them but I was paralyzed completely then after few minutes they gave me something else and i was out.
I just don't like that memory to reapet again. I asked many gasyronohist that what kinds of drugs they use some said "Versed,fentanyle, Demerol, Valium or propofol. I don't want any of them I want to
Be able to talk.
Ellen did they tell you what sedation they use for you?
And tell me what symptoms you had that your doctor asked you to do colonoscopy?
all of problems strated after my surgery 1 year later I develop colon pain with sever constipation. I did
X-ray, MRCP, Ct scan, blood works and stool tests. All came back normal. I did not see any blood nor my stool tests showed any blood. I just had lots of pain. But I didn't take any pain medications I just tolerate the pain and modified my diet. There were times that I was just crying and scriming from the pain. But after two years the pain got lesser. I still have some but not that severe. It's just when I feel I have bowl movement I get the pain in the upper left side of my colon. I just feel it moving there going around the curve and down. All my pain was there. All these years I thought what I have life threatening illness. But I could not make my self to do colonoscopy and thanks god I'm still here. But honesty if I had life threatening illness I wouldn't be around by now. I kept asking my doctor his opinion and he kept telling me I don't think so but just to put your mind at ease lets do the colonoscopy.
I don't know if he could Guess without look inside that I am fine or not.
Thank you
ellen42502 cathy_94688
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ellen42502 thailen
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cathy_94688 ellen42502
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Thanks for your respond. I know you are right I should do it but I don't know when. But as I told you my doc is not that stressed about cancer. He thinks it's something else. I went to different docs most of them told me the samething just one of the mentioned nerve problem. I asked how and he told be maybe during the surgery a nerve was damaged. But I don't know if a nerve damage can give you constipation.
Ellen did you do other tests and blood works befor the colonoscopy. If yes did they show any of the problems that you mentioned?
ellen42502 cathy_94688
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rsteinbach90 thailen
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I went to the clinic early in the morning; was called into the back to a changing area with a gurney; got undressed, except for my socks, and put on the gown; got on the gurney with a cover; I was asked if I wanted sedation and again I declined it; signed consent paperwork, and my gurney was pushed to the room where the colonoscopy was to be done. They put an IV in me in case I needed the pain meds, which I found I didn't need. My doc, the operator, and a nurse was there to monitor my vitals and provide assistance. I got on my left side and my doc started to feed in the colonoscope. I was surprised that there was no discomfort until he hit the sigmoid turn and the twist to the transverse. I expected a lot of pain but I was surprised that I had no real pain with the procedure. I told the doc to use as much air as he needed to see because I could tolerate it easily. The doc got to the Ileum and there was a good amount of pressure but no pain. He pulled back to the beginning of the colon and found a lot of yellow stuff still stuck to the colon wall. The doc tried to clean it off but a lot of it would not wash off. He has to twist the colonoscope a lot to get the walls cleaned off and I expected pain in the twisting but I was surprisingly comfortable with the entire procedure. I was fascinated with the view on the telly of my own colon. It is not often that people get to see their own insides in real time. I passed some of the gas that the doc put in to see inside and the IV was pulled out. It bled a lot more that I expected but the bandage stopped the flow. I got off the gurney, got dressed, and me and my wife got breakfast. That was the perk of foregoing sedation. I will do it again without sedation if I can get the same doctor. He is very experienced and used less air than I expected. Next time I will get a better prep kit and possibly a high volume enema kit with the Castille soap.
ruth88255 thailen
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rsteinbach90 ruth88255
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