Airisto
31-01-22, 07:01
Hello! It’s been a while since I posted on this forum, I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out and give me some advice… I have made a few posts last year or so about my colon cancer fears, so I am going to sum it up (this is a little TMI, fair warning sorry!!)
I am 23f, (114 lbs, 5 ft 2) and was pretty healthy before covid (I am a long hauler), no problems prior and no history of anything bad. September 2020 I caught covid and ever since then I’ve had a ton of BM issues, this included:
Year long on and off constipation (never constipated before this)
LOTS of mucus
Maybe blood once…
Oily stools and new food intolerances
Bloating
Then my body flip flopped last month and now:
urge to go right when I wake up
very gassy
undigested food
loose stools
lots of mucus
Decrease in appetite
going 2-3 times a day (i know this is normal but for a year I sometimes couldn't even go once a day)
Ive been avoiding the doctor about it because for once I wanted to not freak out about a health matter, I finally broke down around Christmas and saw a doctor and she scheduled me for a colonoscopy in late February.
the thing is, I am pretty much over the colon cancer worries, rationally I know all of this started due to long haul, but I have SO MUCH fear with this procedure, I want to list them to get them off my chest:
I have never been put to sleep before, what if I don't wake up? what if I can feel everything while I am under but cant say anything?
What if I am allergic to the sedation? what if I stop breathing?
What if they find a polyp or a pre cancerous polyp? Is that going to cause a life time of colonoscopies?
My two worries are the sedation and them finding polyps, I just want to wake up and be told I am perfectly fine, and I cant stop thinking about the scenarios where that doesn’t happen.
This has really effected my life for the past year or so, the only comfort I have right now is knowing my FIT test came back negative. I hate that its come down to a colonoscopy. My doctor didn't seem concerned, she was very comforting, I feel bad because I know I am probably going to start sobbing when I see her for the procedure.
If anyone has any helpful advice or could share their experience I would really appreciate it <3
I am 23f, (114 lbs, 5 ft 2) and was pretty healthy before covid (I am a long hauler), no problems prior and no history of anything bad. September 2020 I caught covid and ever since then I’ve had a ton of BM issues, this included:
Year long on and off constipation (never constipated before this)
LOTS of mucus
Maybe blood once…
Oily stools and new food intolerances
Bloating
Then my body flip flopped last month and now:
urge to go right when I wake up
very gassy
undigested food
loose stools
lots of mucus
Decrease in appetite
going 2-3 times a day (i know this is normal but for a year I sometimes couldn't even go once a day)
Ive been avoiding the doctor about it because for once I wanted to not freak out about a health matter, I finally broke down around Christmas and saw a doctor and she scheduled me for a colonoscopy in late February.
the thing is, I am pretty much over the colon cancer worries, rationally I know all of this started due to long haul, but I have SO MUCH fear with this procedure, I want to list them to get them off my chest:
I have never been put to sleep before, what if I don't wake up? what if I can feel everything while I am under but cant say anything?
What if I am allergic to the sedation? what if I stop breathing?
What if they find a polyp or a pre cancerous polyp? Is that going to cause a life time of colonoscopies?
My two worries are the sedation and them finding polyps, I just want to wake up and be told I am perfectly fine, and I cant stop thinking about the scenarios where that doesn’t happen.
This has really effected my life for the past year or so, the only comfort I have right now is knowing my FIT test came back negative. I hate that its come down to a colonoscopy. My doctor didn't seem concerned, she was very comforting, I feel bad because I know I am probably going to start sobbing when I see her for the procedure.
If anyone has any helpful advice or could share their experience I would really appreciate it <3