Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Colonoscopy Update: Sedation my butt!!

Hi all,

I have been home for a while now since my colonoscopy and I am oh-so glad it's over! For a while yesterday and this morning whilst sitting on the potty, I thought maybe it would never be over, haha.

I got about 2 hours of sleep last night once the 'going' finally stopped before I had to get up again to take the Fleet Phosphosoda thing, and then was obviously still up until I went to the hospital. I was still going when we left, so I made Adrian go start the car while I was in the bathroom so I could just run out to the car and we could get there as speedy as possible.

The nurse couldn't do my IV properly and took ages, and I thought she was being really rough. I am bruised up now. And she might as well have not done it 'cause I didn't feel that I was sedated AT ALL. I was aware of everything, felt everything, remember everything... By the time I went into the room, I was really tired from days of pooping with no sleep, but the sedation didn't change it at all. When I got home from the hospital, my mom thought they must not have given me anything 'cause I was completely normal. She said Adrian looked worse than me from lack of sleep too, ha ha.
She put some stuff on to numb the fissure that reopened during the prep, so thank goodness for that! Otherwise, it was really uncomfortable 'cause of all the air they pumped in there and then keep jamming that thing around.
They took four biopsies and she says that she won't know anything until she gets them back, and I can go see her to find out in a couple of weeks.

I have started eating again, but am still going from the prep. Hope that stops soon.

So I made it! Though I have to say I never want to have it done again!

Thanks for all the support as always, all!!
--Steph

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