Hi I had a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy a few days ago with sedation and I completely relate to the unbelievable pain with the colonoscopy, the nurses were lovely and accommodated me they mentioned it may be uncomfortable because I’m thin but they didn’t say anything about the pain even after when I was still crying, after the gastroscopy which was fine the colonoscopy was so painful I was balling and I don’t remember a-lot as the sedation did give the amnesia effect I remember they asked me to stop about 3 or 4 times before I could muster up a word, I decided to continue because I had waited over a year for the appointment as my referral was cancelled without my knowledge and it took months for my GP to find out it was cancelled because there were no records about it. I don’t remember getting back to the main room but it took me a while to calm down and I was crying for another 10-15 minutes as the pain was still there, and even now a few days later it lingers. After going through my photos on my phone I have come to a estimation that both procedures took only 30 minutes which is mind boggling as the colonoscopy alone should be 30 minutes, maybe the doctor was rushing because I was crying but I don’t know. On the colonoscopy report they put that I experienced no pain and was able to talk comfortably which is utterly incorrect. I am only 18 and have had a array of concerning symptoms over the last year which I got no diagnosis for from the colonoscopy. All I know is that I am never doing that again.