Thanks for the encouragement. To be honest, I'm not sure that they're putting me out. Although they are doing the procedure in a hospital, it is being done in my doctor's office rather than the downstairs main portion of the hospital. I think I might call sometime this week to ask if I can be put out. My sigmoidoscopy was very painful for me.
I'm not really too worried about the tests themselves - just the IV that has to go in my arm! I have major needle phobia and get dizzy just thinking about it. My dentist has to give me valium and the gas just to get through the needle for numbing my gums. LOL
I'll have to look into probiotics, although from what I've read on the board, I don't think I'm very comfortable starting those. My body's done okay without them but maybe I'll do a little more research into them.