Colonoscopy without any Sedation. Your thoughts please.

LadyEmeraude

LadyEmeraude

You may call me EM 😊
I am considering having a Colonoscopy without Sedation, so a topic of interest to me.

Open topic.
 

I don't think this is very risky sedation if you go with "conscious sedation". It is not actually general anesthesia, but it functions like it. I had the conscious sedation and will have it again as this is not a procedure I care to observe! The only downsides are possible costs if not insured and you will need a driver.
 
Sounds rough.

I avoid them due to the logistics: you need a person to take you in, take you home, and care for you until you recover from sedation (assuming you ever do). I've never been sedated, don't know its effects on me, don't really want to find out, and I don't have anyone trustworthy available to push me in a pram before and after,

Since docs are now saying it probably isn't even necessary after a certain age, and mine have been happy to accept Cologuard home testing... I've escaped the ordeal entirely.

Knock on wood.
 

I have had many, it is not a deep sedation, they talked to me through the procedure, I could answer questions and even look at the screen while it was being done. It did not hurt, I was not aware they were shoving a camera and biopsy tool up my back side. I was awake and ready to go home in 30 minutes.

You will need a driver, you will go home, crawl into bed and have the best nap of your life. Just give you caretaker your food order to have ready when you wake. You will be thirsty, hungry and gassy after so don't be afraid to pass the gas they blew into your body. I kind of look forward to it except the prep.

I watched many people on the husbands side die of colon of cancer so I understand the importance. Myself, I have a condition called lymphocytic colitis, it is in remission from my first treatment which was just oral medication 3 times a day for a couple of years. For me, it is immune related. Better to be safe than sorry!!
 
dilettante said:
I avoid them due to the logistics: you need a person to take you in, take you home, and care for you until you recover from sedation (assuming you ever do).
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You really won't be all that highly sedated, you just shouldn't drive yourself, but no one needs to care for you afterward. Lots of people don't know this but Medicare will pay for your cab ride home. My husband was in the hospital in Dayton, which is a good hour's drive from here, and he got a free cab home all that way.

I've been completely knocked out many times to set broken bones etc. and they always have a hard time getting my oxygen saturation scores back up or getting me to wake up at all -- I must just love that pre-op high and the dreamland state I guess. So I just warn the nurses about it so they don't panic and give me a little more time.
 
I've had colonoscopy done both ways. The 1st. time without sedation simply because I wasn't given the option. Could have been the way it was done. Butt naked, propped up nurse handing the tube to the doctor. Really uncomfortable with the air pushing ahead of the scope to keep the color open. That experience took place 28 years ago. The fact that I remember it should be a clue as to how uncomfortable it was for me.

The next time I was given the option for sedation. Major difference with sedation. I recommend sedation. In my gown on the table, went to sleep, woke up. Felt nothing but did get rid of the air they use to keep the colon open.

If you don't know what takes place this video should help.
 
A colonoscopy is a dangerous barbaric and totally unnecessary procedure.
Having some quack pump poisons into your digestive tract is a seriously bad idea.

If you're concerned with your colon then get an enema bag and do a pure water enema once a day
for at least 10 days or 2 weeks, until you're satisfied that your colon is cleaned out. Improve your diet.
Eat a healthy low fat diet with food that isn't highly processed and/or contaminated with unnatural additives.

@oscash -
Wrong information? Seriously? I have a healthy colon and don't have any polyps.
Attempting, and failing, to properly treat the symptoms does not get rid of the cause.
Making the colon more toxic and killing the remains of any beneficial bacteria makes it worse.

The only viable solution is to remove the toxic bacteria and chemicals that already exist in the colon,
and to nurture and cultivate the beneficial bacteria so they can flourish and help the colon become healthy.
Since you've had 3 colonoscopies already and are planning another one, they are obviously not working for you.

@Timewise 60+ -
You would only have abnormal growths and/or cancer due to having an unhealthy toxic colon.
My comments are only intended for those who wish to be healthy and who are willing to do what it takes.

I made a previous post <-- about this subject here a few years ago.

@mrstime - Apparently quite a few. :unsure:
 
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John, I think you are giving out the wrong information there. If I didn't have the first colonoscopy and they found cancer in the upper bowel, I might not be here today writing to you. They found several polyps which would not have been detected if I did my own bowel clean. I urge everyone to have that colonoscopy because it might save your life.
 
John cycling...Oscash is absolutely correct. This procedure is to look for any abnormal growths in your bowels and remove them. These little polyps have a tendency to turn into cancer. You usually cannot detect them when you get them. Once they begin to bleed or hurt it can be too late as the cancer has gone beyond stopping.

I have not had one of these exams, but I am knowingly accepting the associated risks!
 
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