View Full Version : Weird one this ... what procedure did I have?
So a few months back I was sent to a doctor who performed a rectal examination. It used some sort of probe - not just a finger - but it only took a couple of minutes and it was carried out without any sort of sedation or any preparation (I didn't even know he was going to do it until I got in the examination room!) Could that have been a sigmoidoscopy or was it something else?
nomorepanic
06-11-15, 11:59
It sort of sounds like a sigmoidoscopy but not a full one - one that just looks at the very tail end of the bowel
I had one once where they insert some metal type device - that sounds awful but I can't describe it lol
nomorepanic
06-11-15, 12:03
I think it is called a rectoscope / proctoscope
I had that as well.It has a light on it and looks primarily at the colon as 80% of cancers of the bowel develop from there.
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