Anyone ever had a colonoscopy

It's a very simple procedure. The day or night before the procedure, is a little tough. Have to drink nasty stuff and need to plan to stay home after you start drinking it. Will keep you in the bathroom off and on for a long time. I had no problems during the procedure, couldn't feel a thing. Felt fine afterwards also. Good thing I had it done since there were 5 polyps that needed to be removed. All were fine. I would do it again as a safety precaution. Good luck, carolbee

Yuck, I had one about a year ago. It wasn't so bad. Here are the procedures I went through. 24 hours the day before, no eating. And I had to drink a gallon of this foul stuff throughout the day to thoroughly cleanse out my bowels. It was pretty nasty. Then early the next morning, I went to the doctor. They put me under or had me partly sedated (I thought I was still awake, but I guess I was dreaming) and they performed the procedure. As I recall, the procedure involved sending this tube into my colon that allowed the doctor to examine the walls of the colon. The risks are minimal. The procedure was done in less than an hour and someone picked me up after the procedure. This had to be prearranged as they would not permit me to drive. It wasn't so bad really, except it was kind of unusual for someone to take so much interest in an anatomical place where the sun doesn't normally shine.