Has anyone watched their c-scope?

I got my C-Scope done by the VA. I had asked them to put me under and wasn't wanting to take meds as I had an hour drive back home. The VA doesn't put people under or even give meds for this (so I found out). Anyways before I even knew it.....the camera was in and my inside was "on screen". I will say that I do like to know as much as possible and with me being awake and watching the screen...I got to know exactly what was going on. It does starts to hurt/be uncomfortable when it gets deeper in. When he gets to the bends in your intestines. The mental part for me was the biggest issue. It was a month after my first hospitalization/When I got first diagnosed. I am a guy and having a doctor tell me that he's going to put this long camera up their was something i just didn't want to do. But after thinking and talking to a lot of fellow guys I decided to go through with it. WOW, how things have changed...a C-Scope isn't a big deal anymore. Its something that's just a part of my life now.

Now you know what it may be like when you get "old"!  My husband and I both have that senile forgetting.  His got worse since chemo but mine just plain gets worse!

ElaineNY

The first sigmoid scope I had was TERRIBLE but I also wasn't given any kind of drug...I remember it hurting so bad I actually grabbed my doctors arm...It was just reaction!! I did try to watch it on the screen while he was doing it, and remember saying "ewww gross, what is that"...I was flaring and there was gross looking stuff all over my intestines...My first colonoscopy was a few weeks after that...I was lightly sedated and remember watching a very small amount of it on screen...I was kind of asleep, but able to respond I think...That was a piece of cake!! I had rather have a dozen of those as opposed to one sigmoid scope without drugs!!!! By the way, back in June my doctor ordered another sigmoid scope for me and I demanded drugs...There was NO WAY he was doing that again without me being sedated some...All I remember on that was when he pumped some air in and I felt a little pain, but it wasn't bad...More like a big gas pain...I don't know exactly what drugs they give me but they are wonderful...Afterwards though, I talk my husbands ear off saying the same thing over and over and over again : )

well, reading all these replies doesn't make me feel so bad. i had my colonoscopy on monday, and tried my best to stay awake after they administered the versed and fentanyl b/c i wanted to watch my c-scope. the memories are really blurry now, but i think i kept falling asleep and waking up asking what everything was on the screen. and i rememberbugging the nurses to let me leave, even though i probably should've stayed put in recovery ( i just wanted to leave and go home). and i had horrible gas for 3 days afterwards. in remember in recovery the nurse telling me to pass my gas as much as i could while i was in the bed, but as i think about it, i'm soo embarressed. during my next appointment with my doc, i want to appologize to him for being such a pain in the butt (no pun intended ), b/c if my memories are correct, i was very obnoxious and annoying with all my questions during my procedure. lol but, during my first c-scope, i was more concious, even though they administered versed and i think possibly fentanyl. my old gi doc showed me everything on the screen and talked me through everything, even when he found a polyp, and incised it for biopsy.

I have watched portions of previous colonoscopies and asked to be fully sedated back in August so I wouldn't have to feel that "around-the-bend" pain.

My appointment was in the mid-afternoon this last time. I briefly considered going into work for the morning, but ended up being VERY glad I didn't given the long-lasting effects of the prep. Ugh!