hi all- hope it was ok to post . I’m a nervous wreck. I’ve had health anxiety since forever and I’m scheduled for a full hysterectomy- due to endometriosis and Adneymosis in one week- but I am having the colonoscopy first- as I may need a bowel resection due to my endo. I had a colonoscopy twenty yrs ago due to bowel issues and I had three polyps and was told to eat more fruit and veg. B- cancer is my main fear and I’ve struggled with for10 years of my son’s life and prior . I haven’t had blood or like bad bad pain - I do worry about the size and how many times I go- and been like (sorry tmi ) inspecting it / the bowel surgeon asked me re my history I told him - and then he books me in - in April my Ferratin was a 5- gp at the time said to take supplements. I haven’t been on them for a few months now so I dunno it was a bad period month? Mine are very heavy . I’m 40yr f/ I sit down a lot for my job (wfh insurance underwriter) one son - and I’m overweight.
Everyone tell me it’s ok - it’s precautionary it’s good thing -/ and yes I agree but my health anxiety says something completely different and I’m just on da edge to cancel this procedure .
I hope ur all doing wel sorry again for the post .
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Thank you for posting with us and .... Nooooo ... don't cancel😲. Get that colonoscopy especially since it's been 20 years. You found 3 polyps and haven't had another colonoscopy since? And please don't be a nervous wreck. And definitely don't be a mess😁. I'm proud of you being proactive with this. The colonoscopy can tell you a lot and help you dial in things that could be beneficial and things to avoid or that would not be necessary. It should also give you peace of mind as you won't have to speculate what may be going on.
I always looked forward to the colonoscopy as it was a measure of how my treatment is going. I always get full anesthesia and it's the most restful sleep I can imagine. I get on every year as my cancer was hereditary and may return. It's part of my surveillance. Catching things early is key.
We do wish you the very best in getting this done. Please let us know what you find out.👍
hi there it’s a natural thing to be anxious about any procedure of this kind, in the past 28 months I’ve had 2 colonoscopies and 3 sigmoidoscopy, all in my 5years watch and wait, I get myself so stressed out in the week following up to it , I always tell myself this time tomorrow it will be over, it works for me! But in your case you suffer extra anxiety which must be awful to deal with I wish you all the best for your health and getting through this 🤞🤞🙏🙏
hello- hope ur all well- update: - prep was ok- not fun lol - nausea kicked in but passed thankfully - I slept two hours - and I still was passing “stuff” two hours before I was admitted (must have had a lot in there ) . I was so anxious my blood pressure was really high and my anxiety was high - the athenist however u spell it was absolutely beautiful and gave me what she called ‘happy juice ‘ which calmed me right down .
Three polyps were found . And he said the he found my results from the last one I had and said I had three high displaysia ones or something.. and said that was very reassuring .
So I’m glad they found these three - and I’m still feeling numb and I have googled and scared myself silly and keep going back to his words - reccomend follow up 5yrs so it makes me go - ok…. So he not too worried .
But no endo has penetrated the bowel either so that’s good too
But I’m teeny worried re the histology but I’d imagine he ha seen the bad bad ones and can tell by experience etc and it’s just procedure and and all that . So good yeah ?
Hi, I'm glad it went well, I'm building up to mine on Monday. I've declined I/V sedatives, hoping I can cope with the gas and air. When I got the explanatory leaflet of the statistical outcomes from those testing positive on the Bowel Cancer Screening Test I was really surprised. So I'm very apprehensive something will be found if not cancer itself. I'm much more anxious than I would ever have imagined as I'm generally quite pragmatic but it has sparked a bit of a catastrophising response in me. I suppose it's partly the sort of unmentionable invasive nature of the procedure. One of the reasons for wanting to be with it so I can try and take a detached view as I hopefully watch the camera view on screen. Take care.
breathe! Don’t cancel! Sending positive vibes your way. As a colon cancer 3b survivor, I get it! Trust me. If had cancelled it would have been worse. So I implore you to go!
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and prior . I haven’t had blood or like bad bad pain - I do worry about the size and how many times I go- and been like (sorry tmi ) inspecting it / the bowel surgeon asked me re my history I told him - and then he books me in - in April my Ferratin was a 5- gp at the time said to take supplements. I haven’t been on them for a few months now so I dunno it was a bad period month? Mine are very heavy . I’m 40yr f/ I sit down a lot for my job (wfh insurance underwriter) one son - and I’m overweight. 
1 colonoscopy + 1 sigmoidoscopy in 3 years; symptoms persist 
TERRIFIED I may have colon cancer 
I have my colonoscopy this Thursday 
New and a bit scared 
