# Painful Colonoscopy experience

**URL:** <https://community.patient.info/t/painful-colonoscopy-experience/806552>\
**Category:** Tests and investigations\
**Tags:** Colonoscopy\
**Created:** [5 February 2024 23:30 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/painful-colonoscopy-experience/806552 "2024-02-05T23:30:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![poeticsoprano7](https://community.patient.info/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@poeticsoprano7](https://community.patient.info/u/poeticsoprano7)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2024 23:30 UTC](https://community.patient.info/t/painful-colonoscopy-experience/806552/1 "2024-02-05T23:30:31Z")

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My appointment was on Tuesday 30th January and the colonoscopy was supposed to take only half an hour.  
I believe the gastroenterologist wasn’t very professional as the whole procedure took over 2 hours and I was in agony the whole time.  
They wouldn’t sedate me and gave me gas and air which was useless.  
After the procedure, I collapsed and had to stay in hospital for the remainder of the day.  
I didn’t get home until early Wednesday morning.

I did exactly what they told me to do the whole time, the prep was done properly and the breathing exercises. They found 3 polyps and removed them but said it was a challenging colonoscopy and have now booked me in for a virtual colonoscopy ( CT scan with camera ) in 3 weeks.

I will refuse to have both done ever again, If I can’t have pain relief.