Having colonoscopy tomorrow, wish me luck!

Due to some intestinal issues, my gastroenterologist has scheduled a colonoscopy for me tomorrow. I would be lying if I didn't say that I am very scared.

My health this and last week has worsened, probably due to one of the Lyme cycles. I had already postponed the appointment once a few months back due to health issues otherwise I would postpone it again.

I have been eating more than usual today because as of this evening, i am going to have to flush my system out. I am going to be starving tomorrow, I just know it. I hope that my symptoms don't get worse since I won't be taking my medicine tonight or tomorrow due to the flushing.

Well, I hope nothing goes wrong. I keep thinking of Joan Rivers not coming out of the anesthesia and well, I am scared with a hint of petrified (lol). I also don't like for anyone to be poking around where the sun don't shine (grin).

I agree with your last comment! LOL! I will pray for you. You should do fine, but I don't blame you for being scared. You'll come out of it not knowing you had it done. My mom was insisting they hadn't done anything when she came out. It took me a while to convince her that I saw her go in and come back out a short time later.

I think I heard they're working on a new way to do it, which was swallowing a capsule with a camera in it, or something along those lines. I hope that's the case.

Let us know how you are a day or 2 after.

Healing98 -- Can I ask who your LLMD is? I think I talked to you a long while back and I was curious if you are still seeing the same one.

Thank you all. I sure hope it is uneventful. After doing a search on Google, I went and got me some diaper rash ointment, some towelettes, and I am ready for the flush. By the way, that stuff you have to take for the flush tastes nasty!

Yes Runnergirl, we spoke a long time ago when you first arrived. I am seeing Dr. B in Park Ridge still, but I just go there to get my prescriptions refilled.

Thinking of you today. I hope it went well.

Thanks guys! I appreciate you thinking of me. I have been home for a few hours still recovering from the anesthesia.

I did have a weird problem which the doctor ignored, maybe it was anxiety. After undressing and putting on a gown, I was laid on a hospital bed and rolled into the examination room. They hooked me up to an IV on the right hand (not arm). I asked them why the hand since it hurt quite a bit more than the arm when the needle went in. They said that it was because I was going to be on my side during the examination. As soon as the IV was put in, I could smell and taste it, and began to get a headache on my left side. It smelled like ammonia and had a metallic taste to it.

I was then given oxygen via this plastic tube in my nose. Again, I could smell the plastic of the tubing, a very strong odor.

Then I began to taste something else in my mouth. I asked the nurse if she had put anything in my IV and she said, "yes, it is benadryl". not even a minute later my left rib cage muscles began to spasm then the right side, although not as strong as the left. The kind of muscle spasms that we get with Lyme.

Then my breathing became laborious. I felt my lungs very heavy and like they were being squeezed from being on my side. I felt like I could not breath on my own and had to make an effort to breathe.

On top of that I began to shake uncontrollably all over the body, even though I had three warm blankets on me. I told the nurse that I wasn't feeling good, that i had a headache, could not breathe, and felt nauseous, and that I could not stop shaking. Even my teeth were clanking. The only other time that I have shaken this bad was when I caught on fire a few months back and was being treated. Maybe it is a sign of anxiety.

She got concerned and went and got the Gastroenterologist. He came in and asked me what was wrong. I described what I was feeling and that I could not breathe. He said "we haven't given you anything that you are allergic to so you should be OK". He then told the nurse "give him the rest of it". Next thing I know I was in the recovery room with my wife.

Nothing was found, no polyps, no cancer and the doctor said to see me in three years. I asked him about the pain in my lower abdomen that prompted the colonoscopy. He said that it wasn't the colon so that he could not help me. To go see my primary doctor to see what it could be and left the room.

Sorry you had those problems in the beginning, but I'm glad you came out if it without any complications.

For some reason, I keep thinking your're a female. LOL I need to get it right in my brain.

I'm glad that is over with for you, Healing. That doctor does sound like a real jerk! Thankfully you won't see much of him!

Thanks guys! I have already started to do my homework so that I can find out what may be wrong. I found that it could possibly be a hernia but since it only happens when I eat stuff that makes me bloated such as avocadoes, legumes and cruciferous vegetables, it may be a weakness in the intestinal wall.

As for the description of what happened in the room; I wanted to share because with Lyme, a simple procedure can turn into an ordeal for us Lymies.

An example of this is when I get an MRI, I can feel the magnetic field and my hands and pelvis start to tingle when the magnet is first turned on. Almost as if I had metal in there. The funny thing is that it only happens for about 3 seconds while the machine turns on then I am OK for the rest of the procedure. Weird right?