Judy,

They will knock you out when they do the colonoscopy, so there will be no pain.

Don't let the fear of pain stop you from getting one.

gmi

They won't knock you out, unless you're in a hospital....otherwise, they use Versed, and it doesn't work on everyone. My DH had versed when he had a colonoscopy and he said that the pain went up into his chest. Found out later, that he had had a heart attack..

This was at the VA and they didn't catch it. He died, in another hospital, 2 months later, from another heart attack. He was in the hospital for something else, but they could not save him.

MY Father died from colon cancer, but I will never have a colonoscopy, because of what happened to my Husband.....and I will never have versed again, because of his and my bad reactions to it. (my BP shot way up, at the dentist's office), obviously his did too, but instead of stopping, they went on and he had the heart attack.

Judy, an MRI sounds good..

I have had two colonoscopies and was knocked out for both. Are you saying that your husband was not out during the procedure. Both of mine were in gastro doctors place of business.

Scary!

gmi

Versed knocks most people out, but DH and I both had adverse reactions to it....so, no, neither one of us was out and we felt the pain. His was fatal, I survived.....He had HBP io begin with....mine was always normal and that made the difference, I guess..

I checked out the Versed and was totally amazed at the side effects. This was the first time I had heard about this stuff. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

I am very sorry about your husband. When my husband died unexpectedly that was the most horrible day of my life and I feel for others that have lived through this tragedy.


gmi

I'm so sorry to read about your hubby's terrible experience, Sally. Now you made me cry. And gmi, you're facing this MS challenge alone too -- we ought to start a club! Even though mine was from divorce, we are friends again for maybe two days out of the year at family get-togethers, but it sure does get lonely sometimes. Of course now I would never think of saddling anyone with a wife who had this disease.

As for the versed, it wouldn't be good for me either being I have mitral valve prolapse and now take Digoxin for atrial fibrillation. Just the process of getting dressed, having my stiff legs forced into a car....not to mention getting up on a 'table' and going through the prep, is completely exhausting. Then with fibromyalgia and central pain syndrome, enough is enough.

Of course I couldn't get through to my neuro. "Somebody" is supposed to get back to me......we'll see, but bet it won't be him.

Take care.......

I have been going to a Grief Clinic at a local hospital once a week and am finding it somewhat helpful, say 3 out of 10. One of the people in my group is going through a divorce from a wife beating druggie and I see every week the pain she is going through by getting rid of the bum. So I understand that grief occurs in divorce as well as death of loved ones.

It would be much more beneficial to me to find singles like you and me that could meet once a month for lunch and help each other out with the basics of being in a less than healthy situation and contending with a lot of issues alone.

Unfortunately I live in the Phoenix area and it seems most of the people on these boards that I am aware of live more in the midwest and eastern coast parts of the country.

To keep the post on topic, I have definitely learned not to take Versed at my next colonoscopy!!

gmi