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Colonoscopy this morning Not a spine diagnostic test, that's for sure. I feel like a wet noodle after all the lovely prep work yesterday, getting up at 3:30 am to drink more hideous gunk, as if I wasn't cleaned out enough!Then arrival time was 6:45 am, so of course, we allowed plenty of time, since it was snowing, and for any emergency pit stops, (which I needed...thank-you Holiday Store for a super clean restroom, lol) only to arrive so early the building wasn't even open yet. lol I sat there trying to hold the urge
along with all the other early arrivals. Not a good feeling. As we sat in the car waiting for that damn door to unlock, my sweet hubby started making small talk with me...."well, I suppose I'll just work on my presentation this morning while I'm waiting for you" me: "how nice for you. I'm just trying not to $hit myself. That's my goal." We both just started belly laughing after that.
Finally the front desk guy unlocks the front door, with me standing there to greet him and make a mad dash for the bathroom. I had such a bad experience 6 years ago with my last colonoscopy I wanted to make sure this one went better. Once the nurse had me back changing into my gown, going over my medical history, and putting the IV in, I begged for more sedation so as not to remember anything. She said we only do conscious sedation here, but it should be enough so you won't remember. Ha. Famous last words. I told the doctor as well, when I was taken back into the procedure room about my last bad experience, and she said she would give me what she could. Well, unfortunately, even after alot of fentanyl and versed, I still screamed through-out the procedure in pain! I have, what they medically call, a tortuous colon, only meaning it has lots and lots of twists and turns in it, and that seems to be the problem. Of course the doctor, a female, who is terrific felt bad, but once again, she couldn't give me any more medication for fear of "respiratory depression." She said I will likely, for my next colonoscopy in 5 years, need to have it in a hospital setting so they can really knock me out. So I put that on my bucket list Katie. JK. lol My biological mother died of colon cancer, so I'm in a high risk category, along with her also having breast cancer, another high risk category. Anyway, needless to say, it was a very painful experience again, one I hope never to repeat under those conditions. My sweet hubby got me home, tucked me in bed, and I literally just woke up after 7.5 hours of sleeping. That felt good. He promised me he would cook me a steak tonight with marsala mushroom sauce, since I have had no solid food since Sunday this time. Can't wait!
(btw, I did lose 5 pounds during this joy ride....the only good coming from it...oh, that, and more importantly: an A + colon report card. Yay!!!) CL
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
Re: Colonoscopy this morning Dang, sorry that it was so painful for you; but good news that next time they will knock you out and the clean bill of health! I get to go back and do another in a year or two, can't remember for sure b/c they did remove precancerous polyps when they did mine. The prep was the worst for me and I was so starving by the time it was over, all I could think about was food. Made hubby take me to Schlotskys afterward, yum. Hope hubby made you an awesome meal!
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011, completely pain free still!
Re: Colonoscopy this morning Ugh! I had one done in August. Between the not eating or drinking for 12 hours, I had such a horrid migraine that I was afraid to eat or drink for fear of
Thankfully this time around they gave me enough "happy juice" to knock me out. I didn't feel a thing. Last time I was ready to knock my doctor out!
Disc Bulge C4/C5, Disc Degeneration T11/T12, Bi-Lateral tears L5/S1, Diagnosed w/ Lumbar Disc Derangement w/ Radiculopaphy. Treatment: IDET, Percutaneous Discectomy, SI Joint Injection, Facet Block. All failed. Empire BC/BS Denied Coverage for ADR-lost all of my appeals. MVP also denied coverage.
Anterior/Posterior Fusion L5/S1 -1/20/09 - I'm not 100% but I'll take the 85%! When the weather co-operates, it's 95% woohoo!
Re: Colonoscopy this morning And that he did, Kathy!Originally Posted by KBear
CL
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
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