Wow, colonoscopy with no sedation must be extremely awful. Isn't sedation the default anywhere? I remember the papers I had to sign were really serious about advicing sedation.
I couldn't be sedated, because I had no companion to take me home, and a taxi doesn't cut it.
I wouldn't describe it as "extremely awful". It was very uncomfortable; I'd compare it to 40 minutes of dental hygiening.
I think it's nuts that they use this procedure for screening. I'm screened for bowel cancer annually, using a fecal sample pack they send me through the post, and that I post back. No hospital visit, no treatment room, no expensive equipment, no nurses and doctors. The only reason I can think of for using colonoscopy as a screening technique is that it's costly.
I wouldn't describe it as "extremely awful". It was very uncomfortable; I'd compare it to 40 minutes of dental hygiening.
I think it's nuts that they use this procedure for screening. I'm screened for bowel cancer annually, using a fecal sample pack they send me through the post, and that I post back. No hospital visit, no treatment room, no expensive equipment, no nurses and doctors. The only reason I can think of for using colonoscopy as a screening technique is that it's costly.