Colonoscopies

In France it is done on a General Anesthetic, maybe the doctors and staff can deal with a lot more patients in an hour.
I wasn’t given the choice but I didn’t have any after soreness.

Foxtail France, I have had three colonoscopies, the first two, done many years ago, were horrible but this last one was much more acceptable

My colonoscopy was painful, felt like a sword being shoved round and that was with full sedation. Never again.

Foxtail Horrible regarding the liquid drink

ExDancer

The prep was a doddle, nothing like the pain from that hosepipe they shoved up my bum. Of course I didn't see the size, I was curious to know whether they used different sizes for different sized colons.
I think we just have to accept that a small proportion of us do find it painful - and ask for better sedation.

It's bloody painful! I don't think it has much to do with the size of the scope but more the air that is pumped into your colon so the camera get get a clear view of the whole colon. Some people don't feel it and some do. There's no right or wrong answer.

I had a Colonoscopy about 8 years ago and told the nurse how scared I was. She said I will hold your hand ,if you get too frightened just squeeze my hand
my hand and you will feel better.She was right

I’ve had a couple and had sedation..and the nurses are very kind and yes, they will hold your hand…I was diagnosed with diverticula throughout colon and have to watch my diet as seeds in anything’s no, can get stuck and cause me some pain
It’s a tiny weeny camera on a very flexible tube..I watched on screen as they were performing the procedure- the pre-op is the worst and afterwards, the gas and wind is quite noisy but that’s normal..good luck🤞🏻