Thanks everyone for your support. I am home and ready to go to bed. No sedation but he did numb the area which helped some. The pain actually was not any worse than what it has been going to the potty. Good news -- only had to do the sigmoidoscopy and no sign of cancer. Bad news -- several large hemorrhoids and a fissure. He made me look at them on the tv screen. He and the nurses were all exclaiming about how huge they were. Came home with a new presumption for some type of foam, ky jelly and gloves, a numbing agent that I can use for two days, fiber supplement and mild laxative. Am I going to have fun!!! I am supposed to see him next Monday if I have not improved significantly. Now I am off to take a sitz bath.