I had one yesterday I cry when I think about it as was more painfull than haveing my kids can't even describe and the nurses made me feel like I was a weirdo for screaming and crying and askeing them to stop the sedation did nothing for pain gas and air to edge of but when the pain came nothing was helping most traumatic experience never again, they did mention people with ibs get more pain surfing procedure but that took the ***. 

Omg my husband is being fast tracked and had an aborted colonoscopy this week, he was sedated, had gas and air but was in such severe pain they had to stop. He was told he was thrashing around and hitting out, surely under sedation the pain should have been minimal, we are now waiting for the results of the ct scans, he said he felt picked on and was made to feel like a nuisance, such an awful time without being treated like a nuisance  he says never again also they were one person down to carry out the procedures on the day so felt very rushed.

Omg my husband is being fast tracked and had an aborted colonoscopy this week, he was sedated, had gas and air but was in such severe pain they had to stop. He was told he was thrashing around and hitting out, surely under sedation the pain should have been minimal, we are now waiting for the results of the ct scans, he said he felt picked on and was made to feel like a nuisance, such an awful time without being treated like a nuisance  he says never again also they were one person down to carry out the procedures on the day so felt very rushed.

I was absolutely petrified when sent for endoscopy 2 weeks ago, the consultant was lovely, gave me the max of sedation and pain relief. I had no memories of the procedure and was praying today's colonoscopy would go along the same lines.

I couldn't have been more wrong if I tried!

I have slow transit of the bowel anyhow so worried the picolax prep wouldn't completely clear me out. I managed 1 satchet of picolax at 11.30 am then 3 litres of fluids to help clear things through, nothing. 2nd satchet at 5pm and 2 litres of fluid I was then stuck on the toilet from 9pm through the night until 5am. Never been so sore in my life despite vaseline, sudacream and wet wipes.

By the time we left to get to the hospital I was still struggling with diarrhoea.

Got to the hospital, cannula in and off I went.

Different consultant agreed to give the max meds I had been given successfully for the endoscopy and those were given. Immediately though I didn't feel particularly drowsy like the endoscopy and unfortunately was quite quickly screaming in agony with the same level of pain I experienced when my gallbladder had gone gangrenous. That's saying something because I had no idea the human body could feel/process pain to that extent before passing out despite being a nurse for 15 years. 

The nurse shoved the gas and air at me whilst trying to get me moving around and pressing whilst the air was put in for the scope to gain a better view. It felt like my guts were being torn apart slowly from the inside. I begged them to try and finish because I just don't think I can go through that again. 

The prep hadn't completely cleaned me out but they could see enough to know there were no obvious polyps but not enough to see if there were any adhesions etc.

I've been advised it will need to be done under a general anesthesia in the future and I will need extra prep.

I'm left in agony, still with constant diarrhoea and it's now 6pm. Incredibly nauseous with awful pain from the gas.