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 went for a check-up colonoscopy yesterday 20/4 /23 I had sedation but halfway around the bowel the pain was excruciating, the Dr stopped straight away as this had happened to me on a previous one because of the same problem so another CT scan to check the rest of it but pleased to say they didn't find anything unlike the first time they found a bleeding polyp.The staff were wonderfull and very caring including the young Dr.

I went for a check-up colonoscopy yesterday 20/4 /23 I had sedation but halfway around the bowel the pain was excruciating, the Dr stopped straight away as this had happened to me on a previous one because of the same problem so another CT scan to check the rest of it but pleased to say they didn't find anything unlike the first time they found a bleeding polyp.The staff were wonderfull and very caring including the young Dr.

Glad to hear that nothing abnormal was found catmummy.  I just spotted this thread as it was up there with new posts (I'm actually mainly reponding to breast cancer ones as I have that!) but just wanted to add my support to those people who have had awful experiences.  I've only had a sigmoidoscopy and it was terrible, I was in so much pain and by the end of it I was blacking out.  My blood pressure had dropped ridiculously low and I had to stay behind until it was a bit higher.  It can't be right surely, I really don't know what that procedure does to your body!  Hopefully they can find some new way to check for cancer which isn't as invasive.