It's all done!
I've been lurking on this sub for the last several weeks in anticipation of my colonoscopy which just finished this afternoon. I'm here to share my experience and help reassure those who may be nervous (like I was)!
I'm a 26 YO female with a history of chronic constipation, blood on stool/in toilet bowl, thin stools, bloating, trapped gas, and straining when using the bathroom. These symptoms had gotten worse within the last several months which prompted me to schedule a colonoscopy. I am on a daily dose of miralax with benefiber mixed in to help bulk up the looser stool.
Anyways, I did a boosted prep which required me to take an entire bottle of magnesium citrate on Tuesday evening. I have taken magnesium citrate once before and this time it ticked in about 2 hours after I took it. Aside from the annoyance of constantly running to the bathroom, I didn't have any abdominal pain, cramping, or nausea.
For my actual prep, I had Suprep which after reading numerous horror stories on this sub, was something I was nervous about taking at first. I gotta say though, mixing the chilled Suprep with Arctic Frost Gatorade made it very tolerable! I was able to finish both solutions under 30 minutes and drink water without discomfort. The Suprep kicked in way faster, maybe 20-30 minutes after taking it. The annoying part of it all was running to the bathroom a lot and hardly getting any sleep. I had some gas pains here and there, but threw a heating pad on my stomach and did some stretches which helped get some of it out.
I was very anxious about sedation as I've never been put under before. Everyone was very informative of what would happen and super nice. I remember them putting the oxygen cannula in my nose and injecting the propofol and feeling a warm sensation and then the next thing I know I wake up in the recovery room! I have no recollection of speaking to the nurse but apparently I asked for sprite lol.
I was in recovery for maybe 25 minutes total before I felt awake enough to get dressed and out the door I went! No concerning findings at all, just some internal and external hemorrhoids. Pelvic floor therapy is my next step and I'm hoping that will help me. Needless to say, those who are nervous about Suprep or sedation... it was honestly not that bad and worth it to get the piece of mind that nothing serious is going on! I'm good till 45 now unless alarming symptoms pop up but a lot of the anxiety I've been feeling about what's been going on has eased now that the procedure is over.