Colonoscopy while having rectal pelvic floor dysfunction/pudental issues

[kalecolbe12]

Hi all, my doctor wants me to get a colonoscopy soon but I am just now getting better from pelvic floor dysfunction/ pudendal nerve irritation in the rectal area ...I told him I want to wait but just wondering if anyone else has had any issues with getting a colonoscopy while still actively having Pfd??

[Nat0328]

Don’t do it

[kalecolbe12 in reply to Nat0328]

Did you have a bad experience?? I'm just checking out what people have to say

[Nat0328 in reply to kalecolbe12]

It made symptoms worse x10

Set you back many many steps

[kalecolbe12 in reply to Nat0328]

Did that happen to you?

[teachersmate]

Hi, It actually gave me a few days of relief. Possibly because I have a rectocele and my bowel was empty so caused no syptoms. But my pn calmed right down. Sadly it didn't last and was back the day after.

[kalecolbe12 in reply to teachersmate]

So you have pn and a rectocele??What are you doing for pn??

[teachersmate in reply to kalecolbe12]

I was seeing a private pelvic floor physio for the rectocele and she was guiding me through kegals etc when the pn started. We think it was the combination of an 18 hour plane journey and me overdoing the kegals and constantly clenching to minimise the symptoms of the rectocele.

Since then she has advised a nerve suppressant temporarily and has given me stretches to do. She did do a little internal trigger point release. This seems to be working and the pn is much improved, although the horrible dragging feeling of the prolapse is back. Maybe the pain of the pn was masking it?

Now I have to gradually start the kegals again to deal with the prolapse. And come off the nerve suppressant, which I am a bit scared to do in-case it flares up badly again

[edythe]

I had no problems with a colonoscopy. The doctor was recommended to me by my GP as someone who listened to his patients and was experienced . I spoke in length to him beforehand. He suggested an anaesthetic which would mean I was relaxed during the colonoscopy. Afterwards I was bright and breezy within minutes and had no pain as a result.

[kalecolbe12 in reply to edythe]

I am not worried about the colonoscopy as much as the preparation of emptying the bowel and if it will cause worse spasms

[edythe]

I have had two colonoscopies with a ten-year interval between; that is what is recommended in Germany as screening for bowel cancer. It was only at the time of the second one that I was suffering from pelvic pain. The preparation was however much worse the first time as nowadays the drugs used are less aggressive. The one I was given is called Ezyclin! I had no negative effects from this either. Nonetheless it's not a procedure that one would want to do too often.

[kalecolbe12 in reply to edythe]

Same here in USA....I lived in Germany for two years but I am from UK...anyway I will wait a few more weeks and then will get it

[Andilynn]

I had a colonoscopy last year while in the throes of PFD. It did not make it worse in my case.

[pudendalpainpatient]

Yes I had one to rule out any potential tumors when they were trying diagnose what I had. It really flared up my pudendal Neuralgia symptoms. If I had to decide to do it again, it would be a definite NO unless there was blood in my stool which could indicate potential cancer.

[kalecolbe12 in reply to pudendalpainpatient]

Yes I am getting better so I am going to wait..thankyou

[kalecolbe12 in reply to pudendalpainpatient]

Another quick question so the colonoscopy flared up up pn symptoms and how long did it take to get them calmed down again?

[pudendalpainpatient in reply to kalecolbe12]

I think it was about 8 weeks.

[Konagirl60]

I won’t have one. It stretched my pudendal nerve and played a role in my acquiring PNE.