Hi, went to the doctors today for a couple of things. told him of a once of bleed in my backside area (sorry it's gross!) Now I have to go for a colonscopy! I'm a bit afraid of the process and the result even though the Doc said I have a 1-200 chance of having bowel cancer. He has had it done himself so the specialist I'm seeing comes from experience. Being told that the procedure isn't that bad I doubt it as I was told by the neurologist that the test to see if had any muscle disease(because of tremors) was the most painful thing I've had to have done.I think maybe if I had muscle wastage disease it wouldn't have hurt so much! Anway it's all a bit daunting. Anyone whose has this done I would love to hear from you, mainly for a bit of reasurrance. I have it on the 7th of july so have a couple of weeks to worry about it. I'm going to try not to worry until the time comes but even typing this my mouths dry and hands are sweaty!! Any advice greatfully recieved


Cheryl

The worst part is the prep, honest. The bleeding could be from internal hemorrhoids. Try not to get upset.

She's right the worst part is the prep. The procedure itself is simple and you won't even remember it. I had one just because of my age...but my hubby had one due to off and on rectal bleeding and they found hemmoroid further up inside of him and nothing else. Wise words...don't worry...even though at times it's hard.

TeeJay

Like everyone said, the prep is the worst. I've had 8-10 colonoscopies since both my parents and an aunt had colon cancer. I wasn't "out" for the procedures and they weren't that bad. Each time they removed some polyps and that went easily, too.

Because of my family history of colon cancer, I always assumed I'd get it, even with the regular colonoscopies. Imagine my surprise when I had kidney cancer instead. Amazing!

Anyway, try not to worry too much. The test isn't so bad and it will be great for your piece of mind

Thanks Meryl, TeeJay and MaryO for the replies. I feel a bit better today rang and found out if I'll be awake or asleep for this op, will be asleep. But not as for a general because it's day surgery. I will try and forget about it until the day before. When I rang I asked for a sooner date to get it over and done with! I doubt if I have cancer but there's that little person in the back of my mind that keeps on cropping up and saying negative things It's really hard going through all these different physical symptoms of peri because you have tests all the time to rule out any diseases, tumors or cancers and of course the mental side of it. It's making me feel like a hypocondriac and I think my family think that of me as well. When you have only had the flu a couple of times in your life and never had an operation for anything serious and in general good health, this peri time really s*cks. It feels as though your body is going through such a big upheavel, which I guess it really is, but also in general getting older and these other normal aging things happen as well. Plus it's scarey what you read and see on the tv about cancers etc. I'm at the stage where I eat and do as I please(within reason) because it's to over whelming trying to keep up with the do's and don'ts because they change all the time. I have my parents in their early 70's and they seem to be doing the doctor rounds all the time and I feel as though I'm joining them I think this helped to pull me up and stop worring about peri symtoms, the tremors drove me nuts for awhile and now I accept them. I think now i've done that either I feel better and my anxiety has lessened, or I'm about halfway through this journey. Anway enough dribble, thanks again guys for your help. Cheers Cheryl

I always assumed I'd get it, even with the regular colonoscopies.