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i had a colonoscopy on 6th october 2018 it was really painful and the consultant didnt care i was screaming for him to stop and all he said was that it was taking him too long with all my screaming, he eventually aborted the procedure and used a smaller camera which was a little better but not much. he didnt go right to the end of my colon and was very dismissive about my trauma.I felt very let down as nothing was explained to me at all, only that as far as he could see there was no cancer, so what were the lesions on my colon that were seen on a ct scan. I will be reporting this as soon as i can. and by the way NO the sedation didnt work. 

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    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!

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    Hi if just read your post I had a colonoscopy 2 hours ago and I like you were in excruciating pain .  I personally don't think enough time was given for the medication to work as I felt pain fight from the beginning. They abandoned it and I now have to have a ct scan . I don't remember anything else after that until the recovery room . Bad morning all around 

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    Hi if just read your post I had a colonoscopy 2 hours ago and I like you were in excruciating pain .  I personally don't think enough time was given for the medication to work as I felt pain fight from the beginning. They abandoned it and I now have to have a ct scan . I don't remember anything else after that until the recovery room . Bad morning all around 

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