I have agoraphobia. I am not house bound but struggle to lead anywhere near a normal life. I panic if I do not feel safe in a certain situation.
Anyway, I do have some medical problems which I won't go into in this post as they are largely irrelevant to this problem. Basically, I had a rectal bleed last week, and was referred to the local hospital for a colonoscopy. As I have limited private cover and the NHS appt was a week away, I went to see a consultant on Saturday at the local private hospital. He examined me and said in the limited look he had on Sat, he couldn't see anything to worry about but that he would like me to have a full colonoscopy as well, and it is booked for this Thursday.
The problem I have, is that the paperwork has arrived today about the investigation, and I am so scared. So scared that I am considering cancelling the whole thing.
The investigations are in a day unit, and it says that a family member can drop me off but has to leave.
It also says that with sedation (that I need) that you can have breathing problems and heart irregularities. This is really freaking me out as I have a heart and lung problem.
I really want the test done otherwise I will always be worrying that there could be cancer higher up in the bowel and I didn't know.....but i am SOOOO scared. I feel ill today, headache, achey dizzy.....not sure how much of this id anxiety.
Has anyone else had a colonoscopy, I'd really love to know ur experiences.
Thank You,