CrohnieToo

Yes, as has been suggested you can request better sedation your next colonoscopy. Personally, I would find a different gastro between now and then to do my scopes. Your scopist obviousy got carried away w/the amount of air he felt he needed to advanc...

Oh, yeah. There are Nurse's Notes separate from the doctor's dictated report for each of these procedures. There are sedation/anesthesia reports separate from the doctor's dictated reports. There is much more included in the full medical record from ...

And I could NEVER get past the curiosity! I would request a copy of the full reports AND nurses' notes. NOT a wise idea to leave me visible souveniers like that w/o at least a casual mention of them. Pooh happens, some times strange "reactions" occu...

Was this "just" a routine colon cancer screening or have you had something going on that indicated a scope would be in order? The major source of pain during a colonoscopy is due to the flexible scope shaft looping back on itself and stretching the w...

In our area our gastros see patients in their office ONE DAY a week! Three days a week they are doing scopes at one of two local hospitals and a free standing endosocpy facility. None are available on Fridays. If they insist on two "well visits" a ye...

Yes, a colonoscopy can be done w/just a pain killer and no sedation. The examining doctor also has the right to refuse to do the scope w/o sedation in which case it would be necessary to find another doctor who would be willing to do so w/o sedation....

Just thought I would bring a recent experience up for discussion: 29 May I end up in ER w/24 hours of extreme chills (long sleeve T-shirt, PJs, 2 blankets, quilt and down sleeping bag), intermittent, transient bone and joint pain, nausea and vomiting...

Right on, Trama1RN!!! Kudos to you!

I understand. But that is why I questioned the IBS and inflammation. Personally, I would NOT accept an IBS Dx. I would be insisting on a pill camera endoscopy. They don't call the small intestine "the dark continent" for nothing. Altho THE most comm...

Did you mean that you have IBD? IBD is inflammatory bowel disease which could be ulcertive colitis or Crohn's colitis which is Crohn's disease found in the colon or Crohn's disease which can appear anywhere from the mouth to the anus. IBS is irrita...

I've only had one sigmoidoscopy. It was quite an .... experience. It was done at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota back in early 1976. I had NO idea back then what I was getting into!!! I stripped to a gown and my socks. A nurse instructed me to kn...

Bite me on the stool studies bit. Unless it has been more than 6 hours (I think it is 6 hours anyway) since your last dose of the prep you colon should be squeaky clean. There "might" be some small clumps of yellow "slime" called chyme here and there...

You will LOVE propofol. You are awake and aware almost immediately after they stop administering it unlike Versed or Valum where you take awhile in recovery to wake up and be able to stay aware and you sure aren't alert for quite some time afterwards...

You will be okay, JeanArt. I've had multiple colonoscopies w/o sedation so that I could watch the monitor. You are well covered aside from your backside. My nurses have been very good about even keeping as much of my backside covered as possible. And...

The degree of discomfort or pain a patient encounters is DIRECTLY RELATED to the SKILL of the person conducting the scope procedure and to the degree of disease involvement or stricturing of the colon. The pain tolerance of a patient is also a factor...

Somewhat off-topic ... nevertheless: many Crohn's disease patients suffer from bloating and resulting pain from the disease itself. Its been attested to many times in the various Crohn's disease support forums that laying on your chest w/knees folde...

Well, now, there is a difference between having no sedation and having no analgesia! I have nothing for my upper endoscopies but we do use some demerol for the colonoscopy as we tend to have some difficulties w/my transverse colon just before the hep...

Hey, its interesting to watch the monitor. Insist that they turn you so you can see too! And if there is something going on in there it can be quite fascinating to see! I had sudden onset really bad pain as the cause for my first upper endo. It was a...

My gastro underwent both the upper and lower scopes w/o sedation herself before she would agree to do mine w/o sedation - and she agrees w/me, the upper scope w/o sedation is the worst because of the gag reflex! Other than the gagging the upper w/o s...

I would hope that you filed a complainta against the doctor and the hospital w/your state licensing board, NeverAgain. I would have. You did everything right to ensure that all involved were aware of your wishes and they completely disregarded them. ...

Yes, you can. However, it is only fair that you advise your doctor well before the procedure that you will not accept sedation. Understand that your refusing sedation whether days prior to the procedure or immediately prior to the procedure, your doc...

No need to feel like a woose!!! The important things is to have our colonoscopies as needed and recommended! Whether we are a woose or a masochist or somewhere in between has absolutely no bearing. Just have those scopes as needed!!! Now, if you wann...

But keep in mind the doctor can also refuse to do the procedure so its best to hash it out and get things out in the open before hand.

Ha! No wonder your gastro understood and respected your request for no sedation so well! My gastro and I had a bit of a "stand-off" about no sedation but being the good sport she is she underwent both an upper endoscopcy and a colonoscopy w/o sedati...

Yup, I remember my first time at a new outpatient facility, the consent form was on the computer monitor which they turned around to face you and you signed on a pad w/one of these special pens like you do w/many credit card purchases - the only prob...