Re: Booked in again for sigmoidoscopy after bottling out of the first.
Hi I don't get on as much as I would like to give support and get it of course but I have had 2 of these and I promise you that they are not as bad as you have talked yourself into believing its going to be, I had like you a massive amount of blood etc. and they knew it wasn't piles so 3 years ago they booked me in for a sig I was petrified couldn't eat sleep, couldn't communicate but I knew I had to have it done as my age and symptoms were all pointing to cancer, I went and the staff were all incredible and I was not in agony as I thought I would be, the consultant explained that the bowel doesn't feel pain as such its the air that they pump in that give twinges and the more you relax the easier it is for you, they have to use the air so that it expands the wall of the bowel and they can see the surface properly, I had 5 biopsies as well didn't feel them at all.
If you go docs and ask him for a one off dose of diazepam I am sure you will float through it, also diazepam as a one off is one of the safest drugs out their just addictive if you take it for more than a given length, I hope you have some one to go with you who has an understanding of your fears/anxiety's.
If you haven't then I am positive there will be some one in your area on this site who could take you and give you support.
Imagine how relieved you will feel when its done and you get the proper diagnosis which means you will also get the right meds to control/cure it.
My diagnosis was Ulcerative Hi I don't get on as much as I would like to give support and get it of course but I have had 2 of these and I promise you that they are not as bad as you have talked yourself into believing its going to be, I had like you a massive amount of blood etc. and they knew it wasn't piles so 3 years ago they booked me in for a sig I was petrified couldn't eat sleep, couldn't communicate but I knew I had to have it done as my age and symptoms were all pointing to cancer, I went and the staff were all incredible and I was not in agony as I thought I would be, the consultant explained that the bowel doesn't feel pain as such its the air that they pump in that give twinges and the more you relax the easier it is for you, they have to use the air so that it expands the wall of the bowel and they can see the surface properly, I had 5 biopsies as well didn't feel them at all.
If you go docs and ask him for a one off dose of diazepam I am sure you will float through it, also diazepam as a one off is one of the safest drugs out their just addictive if you take it for more than a given length, I hope you have some one to go with you who has an understanding of your fears/anxiety's.
If you haven't then I am positive there will be some one in your area on this site who could take you and give you support.
Imagine how relieved you will feel when its done and you get the proper diagnosis which means you will also get the right meds to control/cure it.
My diagnosis was Ulcerative Colitis and proctitis.
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