Hi everyone,
In just over a weeks time I am scheduled to have a colonoscopy. I was in the hospital overnight about 6 weeks ago now and they said that I have an inflamed terminal ileum. Exciting!
I had bad pain in my right side which made me go to hospital in the first place. Over the course of the last six weeks the pain hasnt been as bad but has come and gone with some queasyness.
I aint too worried about emptying my bowels for the procedure but I am a little bit worried about the colonoscopy and I really undecided about whether I should be sedated or not for the procedure?
I mean if its painful for me wont it hurt either way? Sedated or not?
I have read a variety of different experiences but thought I would ask a fresh question for myself.
Will the procedure be more painful if my ileum is inflamed?
Thanks in advance guys,
Big love.
I had one last week and chose sedation. I have to say, it hurt. The medical staff were so lovely though; they're obviously used to people yelping.
(I had abdominal Sepsis and so my bowel was very inflamed so this may well have made a difference. )
My prep tip (it's nowhere near as bad as you think it's going to be):
- low res/ no meat/diet a full five days before
- drink the moviprep through a straw
- three sucks at a time (too much can make you gag)
- suck on a lemon immediately after
- drink clear cordial (elderflower is good)
- drapolene stops your butt getting sore
- wet toilet tissue
Best of luck.
Olá James - pode doer. Geralmente, se você estiver relaxado, a maioria das pessoas só sente pressão no primeiro dobramento do intestino e depois é praticamente indolor. Mas a forma do intestino, a tolerância individual à dor E condições dolorosas podem fazer diferença. A sedação pode ajudar com três coisas: às vezes eu acho que ajuda com todas as três e às vezes com apenas uma ou mais. Pode relaxar você, o que significa que você não está se contraindo para dentro, fechando os músculos - empurrar um pouco para fora (como ir ao banheiro) obviamente torna o intestino mais facilmente acessado; pode afetar sua percepção do tempo, o que significa que parece um tempo muito mais curto do que realmente foi; e às vezes significa que você não tem muita memória disso. Já tive quando fez pouca diferença (não tenho certeza se eles colocaram o canula direito); uma vez quando só me deixou menos preocupado e da última vez quando tudo pareceu terminar em dois minutos. Se você tiver uma inflamação existente no intestino, eu a teria só por precaução. Boa sorte! David.
Hullo, James:
I just had my third one, and yes, I highly recommend being sedated, especially since you are already having pain.
When I went through my first colonoscopy, they tried putting me under twilight anesthesia. When the doctor inserted the colonoscope, I had a lot of pain, and they had to continue giving me an extra 25 cc's until I did go "under". Those first few minutes seemed to last forever. I've discussed this with a couple other people, and one of them also took the general anesthesia route, too.
As to being in pain afterword, my biggest issue was with unexpelled gas. (I had no pain from the procedure itself.) I went home, took an over-the-counter gas relief tablet, and went to sleep for several hours. When I woke up again, I had very little pain. Hopefully, with your ileum issue, you will have very little pain, either.
My biggest post-op issue has been with diarrhea. My procedure was 07-August; today is 10 August and I'm still not regular. I hope this doesn't happen to you.
Good luck with this! Let us know how it goes.
Sim, e peça a dose máxima, pois você já está com dor. Eu tive sedação para a primeira, e além de uma memória vaga de gritar uma vez, não me lembro de nada. Na segunda vez, como alguém mais, acho que eles erraram a cânula e não teve efeito (além de uma mão muito machucada e inchada lol!!!). Mas por causa da localização dos meus divertículos eles não puderam prosseguir e o endoscopista teve o bom senso de não tentar. Ethermail está certo - todos são diferentes dependendo da sua condição. Aliás, leva uma semana ou duas para o seu intestino voltar ao normal depois do preparo e do procedimento. Seus órgãos internos sofreram um pouco de agressão, tanto química quanto fisicamente. Boa sorte
Hi everybody.
Thank you so much for responding.
Just relaxing now after having said colonoscopy with sedation. Luckily it felt like it was over in 3 minutes which is great.
No pain at all for me.
There were no signs of any issues at all inside my colon and terminal ileum but they took 4 biopsies to hopefully see what the colonoscope couldnt see to help find out why I am in pain sometimes.
Thanks for the best wishes. You are all very kind.
Much love,
James x