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Hi I'm 13 years old, I have been told and booked a colonoscopy by the hospital.

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Anonymous888
Anonymous888

im scared about the whole thing i don't even kno if I can go through with it. They said I will be put asleep but the bowel prep sounds horrible can someone help me or give me some advice and tips and your experience just anything that can help???

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  • joann51897
    joann51897 Anonymous888

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    Y do they want u to have this so young? Don't worry the prep is the worst part just drinking everything. I went Tue for my colonoscopy and it did not hurt at all they will put u to sleep u will not even know what's going on. I'm sure it's nothing and you r fine don't worry ?

  • willconnbc
    willconnbc Anonymous888

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    There is nothing to fear except fear itself. Here is my experience

    I had my colonoscopy three days ago, Tuesday. For about 3 months I was dreading it. I had read some comments on forums like this. I simply didn’t know what to expect. I wanted my doctor to say it was not necessary but they wouldn’t. I thought it is only a haemorrhoid. The decision was left to me as “a competent adult”.  Better to be “safe than sorry” they said but I have always thought that “ignorance is bliss”.

    I even visited the hospital department hoping they would say it was not necessary. How naive was that!!!. Anyway I decided to go ahead. Arranged for my brother to pick me up after the procedure. The whole procedure from the low fibre diet on Saturday and Sunday all the way to the actual procedure was a complete anti-climax. I left the house at 10 am, walked to the hospital, answered seemingly endless questions about my general health, sedated at 10.45 am,  waited for my brother in the waiting room at 11.45 am, arrived home at 12.15 pm, walked up 13 flights of stairs, sent my brother away at 3 pm, walked him to the bus stop and walked up the stairs again. How lucky was I?? PS Everything was OK

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