Just started moviprep not sure if this or stress is causing my ectopics
Don't want to go into afib as I've only had the one episode in 2015.
My head is throbbing too
Dreading tomorrow
Last one I had didn't go well my anxiety hit the roof and I couldn't relax they eventually had to stop 😭
You should not suffer. They can give a relaxant and this will calm you.I was petrified of an endoscopy but was calmed sufficiently for it to take place comfortably.
Opted for gas and air so I can drive home think I've made the wrong choice my daughter is, coming but doesn't drive so didn't want the sedation
My husband also had gas & air and was absolutely fine & drove himself home. Hope all goes well.
it's very difficult to relax but as you are aware that is the problem you should be OK. Do you have some soothing music you can play on headphones? If not, ask your daughter to organise it for you It's helped me a lot while waiting for stressful hospital appointments recently
Oh. I'll ask about that, I use relaxation tapes so maybe she Coul find something similar on my phone
yes she'll be able to do that and it is amazing the affect they have. For example, I hadn't slept the night before I had the first injection into my eye. I tried all sorts of deep breathing etc in the waiting room to no effect. Then went into the treatment room and they were playing some relaxing music and I felt my body relax! Recently I've played music I've put on my phone and it lowers my Blood p pressure and also helps me relax before stressful procedures!
Wow. Thankyou I will definitely be trying this
Remember to drink lots while you are taking the prep or you will be dehydrated and have an even worse headache, I learnt my lesson the hard way !
Drinking gallons right now 😅
I had a colonoscopy last Friday. Prep was awful, drank lots of fluids and hydralyte and still had the mother of all headaches. Absolutely awful.
Yep it's a ghastly process, about time someone came up with an alternative !
Understand the headache, still have it this evening x
Oh dear! I hope it goes away soon. X
I'm up and ready to go
I've to be there for 10 15 am
Feel drained already from very little sleep. My daughter was at a party last night so having to go on my own.
So far my heart it behaving, may be different once I'm there
Don't worry. I have permanent AF, and I've had two colonoscopies this year both without sedation and both without gas and air. O chose not to be sedated nor to have had and air. Both went well, 4 polyps removed on the second one.
Well in the clinic now
Guess I'm a bit of a coward as I trained as a nurse, always the worse patients I think
Sending best wishes soon be over now! Xxx
Hi there, having had colonoscopies for stage 2 polyps, I can give you some advice on how I coped. Insist on being given pain relief and a sedative before the procedure. Then you will barely remember the actual colonoscopy itself.
Both stress and pain can cause Afib, so eliminate both and sail through it.
Stuck with the gas as I had to drive home. Went on my own too
Everyone was very nice.
I enjoyed the gas and air. Only ever had it when in labour and really didn't see the advantage back then!
Update.....
Just had the gas and air. Had no time to think as I was in as soon as admitted
Staff were lovely.
I think I used *a lot * of etinox 😂
No afib, no ectopics, just fits of giggles in between releasing a lot of wind, had one or two tearful episodes with pain but all in all not as bad as the aborted one quite a few years ago now
Been told I have diverticular desease.
Have had biopsies taken so now waiting for the results to be sent to gp.
Nothing else found. Explains the pain high up on my left side and lesions as gp had suggested.
Really do think gas and air should be something for a night out when you can't drink!!! did swear a few times, apologies for that to the staff who actually said I was entertaining.
Glad it's over and have rested for the rest of the day
Thank you all for the support xxx
If you suffer from bouts of diverticulitis then the best remedy is to go on a liquid diet for a few days followed by a low fibre diet till pain subsides. If pain is very severe or accompanied by fever you need to get medical attention as an infection can lead to a perforation of the bowel and peritonitis. I was told I had diverticular disease after I had a barium enema in 2000. It never bothered me till 2014 when my first attack came. Last year I had 26 cm of my colon removed as it had become so scarred after attacks my pre op colonoscopy was abandoned. Luckily here in France you are knocked out by Propafol ! Before the op I could not eat stuff with seeds or much meat as it always set off twinges.
Thanks for your reply I'm researching about all of this. Thinking I may need to see a dietitian as I already have multiple food allergy issues and predominately gluten wheat and dairy free. Lots of other reactions too like tea coffee orange dairy to name just a few.
This is now, I feel, impacting on the food choices to help me with a suitable diet 😩
Have you been treated with antibiotics for any attacks of diverticulitis? Often the antibiotics mess up your gut bacteria so badly food intolerances result.
No I haven't
It isn't diviculitis as by bowel has no inflammation. Its wrote down as diverticulosis disease
That just means that the pouches or diverticuli are present. Whether they become inflamed leading to diverticulitis seems to be a matter of chance. You mention pain on the left side. That can be a sign that there is some inflammation.
I've been told by my gp that I also have lesions due to abdominal surgeries. May be that. I don't know. Certainly takes my breath away if I move wrong.
Does he mean adhesions? I had these after a hysterectomy. My gastroenterologist here in France said I had some of the worst adhesions she had come across after my first colonoscopy. She said that this combined with the diverticuli indicated that I should have the bowel op. I really did not want it but after my second stint on iv antibiotics in the clinic I agreed to it. I had had several mini attacks that I had treated myself with the diet in between but my bowel was in poor shape. After the op they said that there were still signs of infection in the bit they removed and that sooner or later it would have perforated. In the op which was keyhole the surgeon also opened up my old hysterectomy incision and maybe reduced the adhesions. In any case just as my womb was stuck to my bladder so was my colon so after both ops I have had bladder pain. But I get less adhesion pain now.
Yes that's what I meant to type.
Think exhaustion has got the better of me
Appendectomy at 11yr old and radical hysterectomy with ovaries removed at 42.
I ended up in hospital with sepsis caused by perforated bowel from an abscess, very lucky not to need surgery, so I know now to be very careful 😟
Actually having the surgery electively was the sensible thing to do. I now have no problems about what I eat setting off attacks. The post op colonoscopy showed some pouches still in the transverse colon but the gastro said it is very rare for them to become infected. Having a shortened colon has brought problems with my transit - I go to the loo more often and suffer from urgency but I don't have to worry about peritonitis or constantly messing up my microbiome with repeated antibiotics. The worst part about the diverticulitis was being given Cipro the first time in hospital .
I had 5 different antibiotics altogether - three to begin with when they were not sure what was causing the sepsis, then two different ones 😱 It was a horrible experience but I haven't had diverticulitis since though I do get an upset stomach quite often.
That's where mine are situated. Feeling quite fragile today but still went in to work
Sorry to hear what you went through
Feel very fragile today but couldn't get time off work 😔
I know, really wrings you out, I hope you feel better now. But good you didn't go into AF, also provided entertainment for the medics 😁 💖
😢😢😢 How awful for you
😢 Have had life long issues. To be honest I'm not expecting to get this resolved as I'm sure this is the eds causing it all
Will see what the biopsies come up with and go from there x
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