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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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    I literally had my colonoscopy today. It was very painful and took about 35 minutes. I went with the gas and air because I cannot stand needles. It didn't do anything to reduce the pain. The doctor and nurses were comforting and apologetic, but just had to get through it. Honestly not sure if I just have a low pain threshold or maybe being short, my colon is more narrow. 

    Had two polyps removed which they believe to be benign, so good news overall.

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    I had sedation as the surgeon refused to do it without and it was still horrendous. The camera wouldn't pass an area and the doctor kept moving me around and pushing to get it up and then he chastised me as my bowel wasn't fully clear despite me following the instructions as best as I understood so he gave up without seeing my upper tract. I'm sure it's fine though. 2 years down the line and there's nowt but IBS symptoms to worry about.

    I had gas and air only for both my labours and I can tell you that it's better than nothing but if you can barely tolerate a colonoscopy I wouldn't recommend getting pregnant   -- honestly though. For pain I'd rank colonoscopy above recovering from an oophorectomy but below labour and root canal. Labour is waaaaay out in front of it all but you get endorphins at the end which I wish I could get on prescription.

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    I had sedation as the surgeon refused to do it without and it was still horrendous. The camera wouldn't pass an area and the doctor kept moving me around and pushing to get it up and then he chastised me as my bowel wasn't fully clear despite me following the instructions as best as I understood so he gave up without seeing my upper tract. I'm sure it's fine though. 2 years down the line and there's nowt but IBS symptoms to worry about.

    I had gas and air only for both my labours and I can tell you that it's better than nothing but if you can barely tolerate a colonoscopy I wouldn't recommend getting pregnant   -- honestly though. For pain I'd rank colonoscopy above recovering from an oophorectomy but below labour and root canal. Labour is waaaaay out in front of it all but you get endorphins at the end which I wish I could get on prescription.

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