One week to my colonoscopy and anxiety setting in. Good vibes appreciated!

[ThrowawayLurker]

TBH I'm more nervous about the sedation than anything else. I'd do it without but I don't believe that's even an option here in the US.

The thought of being put under has always scared me.

[ThrowawayLurker]

Paper pants? Those sound fun! At least my male bits won't be hanging out.

My feelings now, 48 hours away, are basically that like when I travel before getting on a plane. That underlying anxious feeling of the unknown. Doesn't help that it's like 10F degrees and windy here so walking the dog for some stress relief is not an option right now. Starting the bland eating today and then all liquid tomorrow. At least I have football to watch later.

I guess I shouldn't be too concerned with the sedation. I found that my doc wrote a peer reviewed paper about sedation, looks like he favors a very light semi-conscious approach. Apparently he's a big deal in the gastro community. Who knew? I just picked him because he was in my insurance plan.

[NoraB]

Paper pants? Those sound fun! At least my male bits won't be hanging out.

I put mine on the wrong way at first. Oops!

My feelings now, 48 hours away, are basically that like when I travel before getting on a plane. That underlying anxious feeling of the unknown. Doesn't help that it's like 10F degrees and windy here so walking the dog for some stress relief is not an option right now. Starting the bland eating today and then all liquid tomorrow. At least I have football to watch later.

If it helps, I spoke to the gastro consultant yesterday and it looks like colonoscopy number 2 will be brought forward a bit from the current 12 month wait I was on via my Doc - so I'll be shitting for Britain and back in the paper pants in the not too distant future!

I guess I shouldn't be too concerned with the sedation. I found that my doc wrote a peer reviewed paper about sedation, looks like he favors a very light semi-conscious approach. Apparently he's a big deal in the gastro community. Who knew? I just picked him because he was in my insurance plan.

Sounds like picked a good one.

Another few hours and this will all be over and I do hope you will come back and give us the conclusion to this experience and not just leave us hanging as many people do?

[ThrowawayLurker]

In less than 24 hours I'll be at the hospital getting ready. I'd have to say the nerves might be the worst part of this all now. Even the thought of paper pants doesn't help!

No breakfast sucked. Coffee without a little creamer really sucked.

My brain is in two modes right now. Part of me wishes I just never went to the doctor and remained blissfully unaware. The other part of my brain thinks that I did what I was supposed to do, and that it's hopefully early enough that this is either nothing or easily taken care of. Logically, the chances of this being the worst of the worst is pretty slim. If anything, I think I'm more afraid of my reaction to possible bad news than the bad news itself!

The real prep starts at 4PM when start mixing and drinking my Miralax prep with some diet iced tea.

(edit) I wanted to add, of course I've never been constipated in my life until this morning! Whether it's nerves or the fact I didn't eat a lot this weekend, hopefully the prep later gets things moving.

[anja2]

I had my first colonoscopy today! Last month I noticed bloody stools and this week that bleeding became a lot. I almost passed out because it was so scary. So dr. ordered one.Let me tell you it was a very pleasant experience. I now feel so ridiculous with all the time I wasted worrying and reading horror stories on the internet. I got there, the nurse put me an IV, explained all the procedure, dr came in and chat a little bit. Then they took me to the room, I was freaking out. The anesthesiologist told me to relax and said I would be asleep in a second. She put me an oxygen mask and the meds on the IV and that was it. Didn’t feel or hear anything and suddenly I was in the recovery room with my husband by my side telling me Dr. told him everything looked okay. My diagnosis was internal hemorrhoids, thank God. Don’t waste your time worrying it, relax. The hard part is the prep and sitting on the toilet for a while. Colonoscopy is a piece of cake. I came home and ate some soft food and took it easy for the rest of the day watching t.v. You”ll be ok 🙂

[ThrowawayLurker]

So to follow up my last post, just got home from my colonoscopy. All went well, no polyps, just an internal hemorrhoid which must have been the cause of my positive FIT.

The prep was mostly easy, Miralax and Ducolax. The hardest part was getting all that liquid down and then trying to sleep while running to the bathroom every 5 minutes which eventually became like an open fire hydrant.

Got there at 7 AM promptly for my 830 AM procedure. I would up going before 8 AM because the guy before me neglected to tell them that he had a heart attack a month ago and wasn't cleared by his cardiologist. So he prepped for nothing!

They gave me complete sedation, so I took an amazing nap and woke up as they wheeled me back to the recovery room. After a quick blueberry muffin and coffee my wife was there.

So hopefully this helps anyone still nervous about what's about to happen. It was as easy as many made it out to be.

[NoraB]

So to follow up my last post, just got home from my colonoscopy. All went well, no polyps, just an internal hemorrhoid which must have been the cause of my positive FIT.

The prep was mostly easy, Miralax and Ducolax. The hardest part was getting all that liquid down and then trying to sleep while running to the bathroom every 5 minutes which eventually became like an open fire hydrant.

Got there at 7 AM promptly for my 830 AM procedure. I would up going before 8 AM because the guy before me neglected to tell them that he had a heart attack a month ago and wasn't cleared by his cardiologist. So he prepped for nothing!

They gave me complete sedation, so I took an amazing nap and woke up as they wheeled me back to the recovery room. After a quick blueberry muffin and coffee my wife was there.

So hopefully this helps anyone still nervous about what's about to happen. It was as easy as many made it out to be.

Told ya didn't I?

Good on ya for coming back on and concluding this thread.

[nomorepanic]

Hi

This is just a courtesy reply to let you know that your thread was merged with another of your threads.

Please when posting on similar topics add it onto your previous post rather than starting a new one.

It is nothing personal it is just to make it easier for people to follow your story and to give you advice as a whole.