Hi Melody:

I had my first colonoscopy several years ago. The doctor said that at my age at the time if I had never had any polyps, I never would have and so would never have to have another colonoscopy. So, there were no polyps.

As far as pain is concerned - not one moment of pain or even discomfort. The doctor said in their office they use a smaller tube such as is used for children and maybe that explained that. I was given some kind of relaxer. Watched the whole thing on a sort of TV screen and it was very interesting. The only part of this that was not fun was cleaning out the colon drinking the fluids prescribed. This required a lot of time spent in the bathroom which was annoying but certainly not uncomfortable. Many say that is the "worst" part of a colonoscopy. The doctor complimented me on how "clean" I got my colon! After the procedure I was given my choice of juice and laid down to rest for awhile before getting up and driving myself home.
There was nothing awful about the whole thing!

Shirley H.