Colonoscopy Pain

I'm so glad I found your post. I had a colonoscopy with sedation this morning and it was excruitiatingly painful. I was wide awake throughout and in so much pain that I had to be given two doses of Pethadine, not that it made much difference. When it was over at last, I felt shocked and traumatised by the ordeal. The consultant seemed to think I'd made a fuss about nothing, though the nurses who looked after me were much more sympathetic and understanding. Ironically, ten minutes after the colonoscopy finished, the sedation seemed to kick in and I fell into a dazed stupor for the best part of an hour. Never again! If I ever have to have one of these barbaric procedures again I will insist on a general anaesthetic and pay for it if I have to. As far as I'm concerned, all the websites I read which said that colonoscopies are not painful are simply telling lies. Be warned anyone else facing one!

I had the same thing done a few years ago and I thought I was having a heart attack (I have Angina) and made them take the Colonoscopy thing out. Sadly I might have to have another Colonoscopy as I had a Virtual Colonoscopy on the 26th of June, I have not heard anything yet, obviously, but am terrified of having another.

I had the same thing done a few years ago and I thought I was having a heart attack (I have Angina) and made them take the Colonoscopy thing out. Sadly I might have to have another Colonoscopy as I had a Virtual Colonoscopy on the 26th of June, I have not heard anything yet, obviously, but am terrified of having another.