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I had a colonoscopy on Saturday due to worrying symptoms such as bleeding and family history of IBD. The colonoscopy had to be stopped due to my colon being so loopy it was causing extreme pain during the procedure that they couldn’t go any further.
Fast forward to today, I had my follow up appointment with a surgeon who said my colonoscopy was all normal they didn’t find anything and to wait for biopsy results. I corrected him that they only got as far as my colon and couldn’t go any further to which he read through the notes and apologised that he “didn’t read that part”. He then said the plan was to wait 2 months to see if symptoms get worse and then repeat the colonoscopy with full sedation.
I’m very confused because I was under the impression that they would try again with the colonoscopy since it wasn’t completed the first time, not wait to see if symptoms get worse.
I feel like I wasted my time doing the first one because I didn’t get the full investigation and now I have to wait months.
Is this normal practice?

I had my first colonoscopy on Saturday, they had to stop at my sigmoid colon due to significant looping and angulation and the fact I was in extreme pain when they were trying to go around the loops. The nurse told my parents that I will have a follow up with a specialist soon.

Well yesterday I received an appointment on my portal for a follow up appointment on Thursday. I was shocked at how quick that appointment was made because of NHS waiting times.

Has anyone else on this had to have a follow up after their colonoscopy due to it having to be stopped? What should I expect from the follow up? Did you end up having to have another colonoscopy?

This post isn’t to scare anyone about how a colonoscopy is I’m just Writing this to share my story and truthful experience on how things went,
I had to drink plenvu as my prep yesterday. I had my first dose at 5pm and finished it quite quickly and my second dose at 8pm which meant I didn’t get much sleep that night. I also lost close to half a stone over night (a win is a win)
Have to add that I cannot fault the nurses and team that were looking after me, they tried their best to keep me calm and comfortable and the endoscopist was very honest with me about the pain level which she said that because I’m a young woman it may be painful due to feminine organs which is why women may feel it worse than young men.
My appointment was at 8:45am but I was fourth on the list that morning so I had to wait until 11:30. I was wheeled into the colonoscopy room and was given sedation through my cannula. They started small to see how I would react to the procedure. Once they started I felt fine slight moments of discomfort but then they got to the sigmoid colon which began to cause excruciating pain.
They gave me the maximum amount of sedation and pain relief and started again but the pain got worse they had me lie on my stomach and I was screaming in pain which made the endoscopist stop the procedure.
I was quite disappointed they stopped and told them they can keep going because I already went through the horrible prep and wanted to never do it again. They managed to take 6 biopsies for diagnostic testing.
When reading my notes after they confirmed that I have severe looping in my sigmoid colon and angulation which caused the severe pain. Feeling quite defeated that they weren’t able to go all the way but if I have to get it again I hope they can offer full sedation. I have heard multiple people say they found the procedure a breeze and some people say it was excruciating. I believe it’s all down to the state of your bowel and your anatomy. I did not feel the biopsies being taken which was good.
I felt like I was in there for 2 minutes but it had been closer to half an hour which was the effects of the sedation.
I fully believe it would have been very manageable for me if I hadn’t had a looped colon.
When I went back to the recovery room I had a cup of coffee and selection of biscuits which tasted like heaven after not eating for 24 hours straight.
If you have any questions, I’ll be glad to help :)