Dear my colonoscopy,
Dear my colonoscopy,

Things you don't want to hear as you slip into sedation:

"Is this the clean camera?"

God bless the NHS,

TheSnark
(TheSnark oh, c'mon, like you didn't see me coming, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 9:33, 12 replies)

Why were you sedated?

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 9:41, closed)

Because it's bad enough having a few feet of flexible hose
rammed up your arse when you're semi concious, I dread to think what it's like when you're fully awake.

I know some people would pay good money for that kind of treatment, but I can honestly say that I would not be one of them!
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 9:44, closed)

be thankful
it wasn't an endoscopy then..........an equally vile procedure.......
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:18, closed)

What's the difference between the two?
They both involve getting something shoved up your arse, so the technical details aren't really that important!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:22, closed)

Uhhh
Endoscope goes down your throat. I've had an ERCP and while not remembering much, I do remember bening asked to clamp my mouth onto a plastic hole for the tube to feed through.
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 13:13, closed)

Ah, sorry
I thought an endoscopy was in the tradesmen's entrance too, just looking at a different bit.

I don't really fancy either, to be honest.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 13:36, closed)

Well, I had to google to double check myself
We can't trust those cheeky hospital staff, can we?
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 15:49, closed)

There's a medical blog somewhere with a large section about colonoscopies.
Apparently some people, under the sedation, think they're being buggered and react accordingly.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:16, closed)

other things you don't want to hear...
"ooh that made your eyes water" which is what the observing nurse said to me during an endoscopy! I wasn't sedated and didn't find it very funny at the time ...I do now but it was a long time ago!
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:29, closed)

I heard
couldn't make out most of what the anaesthetist was saying but as I slipped under I did catch

"noch ein verdammter Ausländer!"

or "another bloody foreigner!"
( Bootsthealchemist is barred from the Masterchef Facebook page, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 18:03, closed)

You mean they push back?

(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 20:21, closed)

Hope they did your endoscopy first...

(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 20:21, closed)