Tell me the truth- How bad is a colonoscopy?

[li10up]

Not as bad as cancer!!!

I'm sure it's not a pleasant experience but I saw a show on tv recently that showed a man who didn't have a colonoscopy done because his "friends" told him how bad it was. He later developed colon cancer.

Good luck to you. I hope the results come back all clear.

[Crankin]

The test was not bad. I was sedated (mildly) with valium like stuff, but was awake and watched the whole thing. I drank that entire jug of awful stuff and seemed to go plenty, but the doctor said I was definitely not all cleaned out???? Just wondered how that could happen.

[Aggie_Ama]

I haven't had one but sending you good vibes for the prep, test and results. DH had one and said it wasn't that bad, he has trouble sleeping so a day sedated was nice. He had to have it to diagnose his crohn's.

My dad put his off and at 52 was determined to have Stage 3 Colon Cancer. After having a piece of his colon removed and six months of chemo he will be the first to tell you it is worth it. He will also tell you the prep sucks. I have to have one at 40 thanks to dear old dad but I will be doing it shortly after my birthday.