Colonoscopy!

Ok, So I've turned 51 and now it's time for the dreaded colonoscopy! I've had the RNY. Are there any problems during this procedure? Has anyone else already had one, and how did it go? I'm kinda nervous. Thanks for any info!

It really isn't bad. Just drinking the stuff is a little rough.

Thank you. I've heard the "stuff" is pretty awful to drink. I just want to get it over with! Thanks for the info.

the colonoscopy is a walk in the park--you go to sleep and wake up and wonder when are they going to start.  But you are already done.  The day before is the prep.  You have to clean everything out so that is the only thing that take time in the bathoom.  There are several ways to do it--dpends on your doc.  Don't worry about this--my family has a history of colon cancer so I have had 6 or 8 of these procedures.  You will be fine.

Mehelga, cute, you are so cute! Thank you for the reply. I'm hoping to be put to sleep. I've heard some people say they were awake and watched the whole thing on a screen. I'm having it done at my doctors office, not the hospital, so I'm thinking I may be awake for the procedure. I guess it's the necessary evils of getting older! I know it saves a lot of lives.

They usually give what is called conscious sedation most likely a ****tail of versed and demerol. I have had several colonscopy and signoidoscopy procedures done being over 50 with a family history of colon cancer. For the most part I have been "awake" but just not bothered by the procedure.

ARe you sure you arent having a sigmoidoscopy. They dont put you to sleep with that one. I am having a Colonoscopy done on Friday. I am going to drink Phosphurs Soda and talke Laxatives. I told them I couldnt possibley drink the other stuff. You have to drink a gallon of it.
Wit h the Phosphurous you only need to take about 6 teaspoons wahsed down with Ginger Ale.
and take the laxatives. I am going to go to sleep for the procedure. I dont want to know what they are doing.
Carla

Becky,
I had one a few months ago.  They told me I only had to drink half of the gallon of prep.  Make sure you tell them that you had wls so they can tell you how much to drink.

It is a good idea to get a colonoscopy at age 50, or even earlier if there are any symptons.  I was in my 40's and just had one bout of rectal bleeding.  Thinking it was hemmoroids I almost didn't mention it.
but thank goodness I did.  I had a huge pre cancerous polyp.  My surgeon told me if I had waited till I was 50 I would have been in real trouble.   It was so big they took it  out in sections  over several months.  It was growing flat so they could not remove it all at once.  I opted for the colonoscopies to take it out rather then having a major surgery.
Good Luck

Aloha Becky.......Please don't worry yourself over this. I did, and it was a waste of time. I had the kind where you are wide awake and I watched the whole process on a TV screen while the doc explained things to me. It was fascinating!! No pain at all.

The "prep" is a little tedius because you have to spend a lot of time in the bathroom to get squeaky clean. But even that isn't too bad...just take a book with you and get in some reading......ha!

Good luck.....hugs.

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen