Colonoscopy - Add On

He did you a favor. It's an innocent procedure always recommended for internal hemorrhoids. He put a rubber band over your (potential bleeding hemorrhoids), which will shrink in few days and fall off. No worries. You should have done it long ago. There is no permanent implants in your ass.

Yep.....a favor done. I've had the banding thing... 8 yrs later they came back....pain in the you know what!.

Strange that you had pain if he banded the hemorroids while you were under. I had that procedure performed with a local anaesthetic and had no pain afterwards.

The bands fall off in a few days as you noted and it's good to hear that you have no more pain.

If I had a colonoscopy and woke up to be told by the doctor he saw some hemorrhoids and I would have to return to have them banded because he wanted to tell me first before banding them, I would probably form with my hands a band around the doctor's neck! Your doc did the right thing.

I've had many banded. Sometimes they hurt for a day or so.

Hi Ben:

It's a double edged sword. On one side there may have been some latitude written into that facilities informed consent form which allowed him to do what he did without first asking you about it . On the other side you have a doc who saw something while doing the scope & decided rather than put you through another procedure took care of what he saw & notified you afterwards.

You're lucky he did it for the reasons mentioned above. I had the old fashioned HEMORRHOIDECTOMY SURGERY and now I suffer with anal stenosis - "what a pain in the ass."

It probably depends on how your medical release with worded -- the one you signed for the colonoscopy.I think he is covered. They removed polyps when they did mine so I think the release probably covers such procedures. Take along your magnifying glass the next time and read it before your sign it.

Guys,

stop writing nonsense advice. The consent forms are written by experienced medical lawyers and are specific for each procedure. Not giving consent for apart will mean doctor's refusal to perform the procedure. Colonoscopy consent includes doctor's right for biopsy and putting rubber bands or using microwaves for removing polyps and other features. Internal hemorrhoids are a part of the intestine and are covered by the patient's consent agreement. It was a blessing for this patient who doesn't understand then benefit of this innocent surgical procedure and caused a stupid discussion.

Of course, you should read the consent form throughly because it will give you information about most serious complications and failures of the procedure. Then you can decide what is acceptable for you. But changing the wording of consent form? I doubt that's possible. A complex issue of doctor's insurance against malpractice is involved, lawyers, who wrote the form, etc... Stop fantasizing about the topic you have little knowledge.

A screening colonoscopy is a covered preventative procedure (Insurance covers it 100%). Hemorrhoid banding isn't preventative so with the high deductible plans you could end up getting an unexpected bill for $500 bucks or more. In my case it turned out to be okay, my question was just how common is it for the doctor to just do it without even discussing it with the patient. I never said I complained about it, never said it was I was angry about it, simply wanted to know if it was standard operating procedure.

You know what is stupid, to keep reading all the replies if you think its a stupid discussion.