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Oh god, oh god, oh god!

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AlisonM

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Had a letter today from the hospital with an appointment for an endoscopy (27/09 - was the first morning appointment). This cannot be good. Now I'm really scared.
 
Sorry to hear this Ally :( I hope it is so that they can rule things out and determine a suitable treatment for you {{{HUGS}}}
 
I just spoke to the surgery and there seems to have been a miscommunication between me and the consultant, whose English wasn't great. I understood him to say they wouldn't do the procedure unless the tests indicated it was needed. Hence this morning's panic when I got the letter. But, according to the surgery just now, I agreed to the procedure at that appointment which is why it's been scheduled, they don't actually have the blood test results yet.

I'm still unhappy, but at least not in hysterics now I know this hasn't been triggered by the test results.
 
Ah! Perhaps the blood tests results will mean it's not necessary then - hope so! 🙂
 
Hi Ally. please don't worry about the endoscopy, it's a very simple procedure and done very quickly.
Look at it from a positive side of things having done can and will rule out lots of things. So hopefully it will help in an elimination process of possible problems.
Please note I do not mean your elimination 😱
 
More confusion, apparently it will be a Colonoscopy, the letter is from the Endoscopy Department, but the kit with it includes all the clean out stuff you need for the other end. I don't know which is worse.
 
A Colonoscopy isn't a big deal - the preparation for it is worse than the scopy itself! (It tastes nasty) I found it quite interesting as you don't have to have more than mild sedation, so you can see the picture that the docs see. He even got me to poke my abdomen to show that where the scope was was where I was poking - I saw it bulge inwards!
 
wishing you all the best, I hope it all goes as smoothly as possible
 
Went for an endoscopy years ago for a Coeliac test. I read all the notes etc and arranged for someone to take me and then come and collect me afterwards etc.

It was first thing and I had no breakfast. It was done pretty quickly - no numbing necessary - and I was getting changed to leave when the doc came in and admitted he'd done the wrong test! Did I want another appointment? No - I went straight back in and they did it all over again! They were very apologetic.

I was absolutely fine afterwards and just walked to the house of the person who was going to collect me 30 mins later.
 
Thinking of you Alison, I too have heard people say that the preparation is worse than the test itself. Poor you though.xxx
 
thinking of you hope its not as bad as you think. you will be ok
 
When I had a Colonoscopy a few years ago I was more embarrassed at the thought of people looking at my backside while they stuck the camera in than the actual procedure itself!
I actually found it quiet interesting seeing what the inside of your bowel looks like.

Good luck and I hope everything turns out ok.
 
AlisonM said:
...but the kit with it includes all the clean out stuff you need for the other end...
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Diabetic chocolate? Or sugar free polo's? Or perhaps the famous sugar free bears!
 
Alison I had an endoscopy one week and a colonoscopy the next week. I didn't tolerate the endoscopy well as my local hospital don't do sedation. The colonoscopy was actually okay itself. Having 2 females do it was a bit of a relief. The medicines to clean the bowel which you take the day before are disgusting. I put lime cordial in it. It didn't make much difference to the taste by the end of taking this stuff I felt like I was going through mental torture!! And whilst you're taking the medicine you need to have constant access to the loo because once it decides to work....it really does do its job!! The colonoscopy involves putting a camera into the bowel and to open it properly they put air into the bowel. It's painless and you are awake. I was a bit nervous about it so opted for sedation but the sedation was light sedation so I was awake too. Although I didn't get the option to see my bowel. They then wheel you back through to the rest area for a short rest and then you get tea and sandwiches. I found it mildly amusing at the hospital because they do endoscopes one day and colonoscopies the next. So they wheel you back into the rest area which is cubicles all curtained off. I'm lying resting in a room full of people who all had their colonoscopies before me. Now, this air which is pumped into your bowel for the camera needs to come back out the same way it went in and there's nothing on this earth you can do to stop it. So you're lying listening to several people all sounding like they are passing wind and you're passing wind too.😱 Billy Connolly and Lee Evans have both done routines about colonoscopies. Lee Evans one is on his Roadrunner DVD right at the end. Anyone who can make me laugh about the colonoscopy experience is a legend in my book.
 
Hi, I had two endoscopies, but was put right out, never felt anything. ;-) Good luck and all the best.
 
Cat, Yes the passing wind was awful, it sounded like a machine gun while I was having the procedure, but the doctor said I was doing really well. Maybe they should have an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for passing wind during and after a colonoscopy!
 
I can look forward to a reprise of the Metformin days then? Hooray! 🙄

Thanks all for your support and encouragement. I'm feeling a lot less panicked now. Having thought it through I realise it may be my own fault. The consultant's grasp of English idiom may not have been as good as it seemed *I think he was Eastern European. When he said he wasn't going to refer me for the colonoscopy, I made some crack about it being a shame because I'd been looking forward to that, and I think he thought I meant it. Sigh.
 
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