NeuroTalk Support Groups - colonoscopy/endoscopy

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Originally Posted by cricket52 (Post 325955)

I was given Versed and Fentanyl and watched most of the procedure on the monitor. When it got uncomfortable (not really overly painful) I was given more Fentanyl, dropped my oxygen sats and they had to abort. She ran out of scope anyway at the hepatic junction. So once I was up to 98 I was shipped off for a barium enema. Again - no biggie.

So they still don't put us to sleep for a colonoscopy in Canada, Cricket? I was hoping they would following the American procedure by now . . . but it sounds like it is not so bad if you are premedicated. :confused:

I had one when they dx Ulcerative Colitis in the mid-80's. I was pretty raw at the time :eek:, and they had given me no medication what-so-ever :(. It was painful.

Gotta go for my 1/2 century check-up next year. ;)

Cherie