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What they will likely advise you is to NOT drive for 24 hours and NOT make any important decisions, sign contracts, or other such stuff for 24 hours. That is to be sure the anesthetic has completely worn off. You may feel okay, but in fact you will be rather groggy for some hours afterward, and are likely to have memory blackouts or gaps of stuff that happens during that time.
During my colonoscopy they put a four inch tear in my colon, without knowing it. I woke up full of gas that was lose in my abdomen and couldn’t find its way out. Over the next 28 hours I developed an infection throughout my belly, which turned red and hurt like hell. It was peritonitis. Into the hospital for emergency surgery. When asking my consent they told me the surgery could possibly kill me and there was a very good chance I’d have a colostomy when I woke up, and it might be temporary or permanent, so I asked what were the risks of not having the surgery, and they said I couldn’t survive without it. Then I had a week in the hospital on IV antibiotics with an NG tube, catheter, and IV. I have a nine inch scar up the middle of my belly. Later I looked around online and found out that mortality for what I went through was 28%.
But at least there’s no colostomy!
In my experience, just take it easy the rest of the day. Don’t pretend to do email, and then you’re back in action the following day. In my experience, you’re probably up to 90% but why kill yourself and just take a full sick day.
Baby wipes, especially the flushable kind, are recommended. Let’s just say you’ll be “moved” an awful lot and things get sore back there.
Lorene - good to hear you’re doing well these days.
Here’s hoping it all, er, comes out okay in the end.
My colonoscopy changed the diet restrivtions they send out to patients.
I was told no red or orange jello. so I had green. Even though I did all the prep exactly as printed, somewhere in the many feet of colon they examined, they found a tiny bit of green something. Panic, much arm waving and whispered shouts ensued. (I assume)
Once awake, they showed me the picture, while they talked about biopsies and surgical intervention.
I took one glance and said, “Its the green jello I ate.”
I really think the whole team was disappointed.
Hey Leaffan, it’s my turn too, a couple of weeks later. I’ll be following this thread, and I hope all goes well for you, without any instances of flaulence-that-wasn’t-flatulence.
Holy shit, Senegoid, that was an amazing search and compilation.
Jesus Christ.
Thanks. Maybe.
Glad you’re OK now.
You’re, ah, welcome. That’s what friends are for…
Oh, yeah, pants don’t fit right anymore, either…
Little known fact: This happens almost every time, but they usually give you drugs that make you forget about it.
Nah, jus’ joke. 
I should have one, but I’m afraid of being put to sleep (or under twilight drugs as well, even though you aren’t technically “put to sleep” then).
If I have one, I think I’m going to have one without that stuff. I’ll just deal with any/all pain.
Good luck to you with yours, though!
So, I started a restricted diet today and will be taking a laxative tonight before bed: Dulcolax.
I hope I don’t shit my pants on my two hour commute tomorrow morning.
I don’t know how they do it over there. But over here, I stopped eating at midnight, didn’t start the laxative until 6 or 7am, then had to be at the hospital about noon or 1pm. I like that style better. (I did have to start avoiding certain foods a couple of days before such as whole-wheat bread and popcorn.)
I’m also amused when I hear of facilities that won’t do the procedure unless there’s someone there who can take you home. Over here, they don’t care how you get home as long as you leave (although they do advise against driving).
Yeah, you have to have a driver here or they won’t let you leave; hell you can’t even take a cab.
I take a laxative tonight, a laxative tomorrow night, and then super-duper laxative drinks at 14 hours before, and 5 or 6 hours before, while fasting on liquids only.
I should be clean as a whistle by Thursday at 2:00 PM.
When you wince upon your star…
Makes no difference who you are…
Any food your heart desired
Comes out of you…!
Good Luck!
That makes me wonder how many people out there never get colonoscopies because they don’t have any friends or relatives.
You should be Ok, but when you’re at work, do NOT ignore any twinges.
On a normal day you might be able to shut things off long enough to go to the bathroom at your convenience.
Dulcolax, however, changes things. You will feel a fairly sudden urge, and you would be ill-advised to ignore it.
You may, seriously, want to pack a spare pair of underwear (and bring a zip-loc bag to put the old ones in).
On the plus side, the Dulcolax will only make you go once or perhaps twice. When you start on the real stuff (Miralax, GoLytely, Piko-prep, or whatever) you world will narrow considerably for a few hours.
Magazines - books - crosswords - anything to keep you entertained.
You may also, hypothetically, find a couple of events or phrases used during the process to be completely hilarious and may repeat them more times than you realize to the folks driving you home and watching over you for a few hours. You may also giggle.
I’ve still got about two and a half years until my first colonoscopy…maybe that’ll give me enough time to read through all of the previous threads…
Especially over the fact that for once in your life, you can fart as shamelessly as you like and nobody will complain (however, you won’t be able to light the farts… nor should you attempt it given you’ll be pretty impaired).