colonoscopy pain

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 am glad I am not the only one! Denied sedation on two occasions for the most trivial reasons & ‘offered’ Nitrox. I should have just walked the second time as I knew it did not work first time around, just made me feel ill & dizzy. The prep is nothing at all, I do not understand why patients complain about this aspect. First the inflation with gas was def overdone, that in itself was ‘ruddy’ painful, next the operator must have worked for Dynorod in a past life. Thirdly, the transverse colon was actually uphill due to poor positioning & each bend gave the most awful, eventually unbearable pain. The takeaway is - do not be fobbed off with Nitrox, sedation or nothing without a very good medical reason. 

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  • I am glad I am not the only one! Denied sedation on two occasions for the most trivial reasons & ‘offered’ Nitrox. I should have just walked the second time as I knew it did not work first time around, just made me feel ill & dizzy. The prep is nothing at all, I do not understand why patients complain about this aspect. First the inflation with gas was def overdone, that in itself was ‘ruddy’ painful, next the operator must have worked for Dynorod in a past life. Thirdly, the transverse colon was actually uphill due to poor positioning & each bend gave the most awful, eventually unbearable pain. The takeaway is - do not be fobbed off with Nitrox, sedation or nothing without a very good medical reason. 

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