Hi there ladies, I had my colonoscopy at 9am this morning with sedation (cannulla - which took 3 nurses to get in my rubbish veins), along with gas and air as required. I was conscious all the time if felt a little drunk at first. I knew everything that was being said and done and I was talking to the nurses. It didn't diminish the discomfort of it going round the corners much, but it was bearable.
I was so anxious my BP was through the roof and didn't settle 'til after the procedure. It took 45 mins to do all the paperwork, consent, cannula etc prior to it, which didn't help the anxiety. Last night was just awful with the Moviprep, talk about dynamite, it finally settled down about 12.30am but I couldn't sleep really as was so worried.
Unfortunately for me I was on the table for an hour for the procedure. They found 2 polyps which were removed and a narrowing of one part of the bowel which they were concerned about. They took a biopsy of that part too. I couldn't really feel that going on.
After I had been in recovery and had tea and toast, I waited an hour for the surgeon to see me. They had rung my hubby to come and get me so he was waiting in reception for an hour, probably wondering what the heck was going on.
They said I had to have a CT scan next week and they did blood tests.
The 'C' word was mentioned unfortunately (prior to actually getting any results) and they said I would probably need to have an operation to remove the narrowed part of the bowel and join it back together again. This is in order to prevent any future blockages which could occur. They will plan the way forward once they have all the results.
They also said I had diverticular disease which is apparently very common wear and tear as you get older.
Needless to say I was completely shocked and scared and felt sick and shaky, as certainly wasn't expecting anything like that.
I was there for about 4 and a half hours altogether, but hopefully Mrs Bennet, yours won't be anything like mine, so please try not to worry, the staff were all marvellous and caring. So its going to be a long and worrying few weeks for me.
Let us know how you get on too, lots of luck. xx