Hi ladies?
Just wondering if someone can explain what happens during a colonoscopy?
I've been referred to the bowel clinic at my local hospital & I had a phonecall from the clinic today. The doctor on the phone told me she was referring me for a colonoscopy as I am bleeding every time I go to the loo & get mucous too. As I have got widespread endo including on my bowels she said that they want to check to see if the endo is actually in my bowel, as well as checks for bowel cancer, crohns disease ect. She said it'll be a 5 week wait but may be sooner as I am on the cancellation list, so I'd just like to basically know exactly what will happen? Thanks xxx
You are to only have liquids or candies that have NO RED OR ORANGE DYES IN THEM. This can give them a false reading when they look for blood in your colon/intestines. You can have broths, tea, maybe coffee, jolly ranchers, water, Gatorade, etc. as long as they are red/orange dye free. In the beginning you think you are going to starve to death. You won't. In fact with all that liquid you are to drink, your tummy will hurt ( I bawled my eyes out with the pain of trying to drink the amount of liquid in that amount of time. So if you cry, it's perfectly ok). Bring things to do while in the potty.......for hours. Bring something to prop your feet on, and perhaps a blanket or a towel to drape over your cold legs. Bring something to keep your mind off all of that pooing (and some pain will be there as well). Buy the best, softest toilet paper you can afford. And also some Vaseline or hemorrhoid cream/wipes. Because Honey, your hiney will be sore! Also, do not think for one second you will be working on the day of the cleanse. Not even if you think you can take the pill part at work, then go home to do the liquid part. You will lose that battle of the wills.
You will take your pills and then later take the what feels like gallons of liquid. Or if the salt stuff, you just drink it straight from the bottle. You can be slow at first, but there is a time limit, 4 hrs i think? Anyways, you will be hungry and think this is a piece of cake, and that everyone lied when they said it was nothing. Then the pooing kicks in. It is a lot, and you will wonder how much poo can be stored in your body? on the plus side, when you are all finished, go weigh yourself. 
regardless, it puts you in a twilight sleep. I remember lying there, then I asked the nurse when was my test going to be? She said it was already over with. wow!!!! I was fine once I woke up, I didn't have any weird symptoms or problems. And I was STARVING!!!! So on the way home, i got to eat!
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