Why do some people think there's something wrong if you want to do your colonoscopy without sedation?

Because we can't talk about you if you're awake.

I bet you talk during sex. And not the good kind.

Not everyone is capable of being as clinical as you, OP. I prefer to be knocked out.

If you had to have a colon re-sectioning, would you also ask to have that without sedation?

It's 10 minutes tops R3. They go up there, look around and they're out. The scope isn't even all that big. It's weird.

I just had a colonoscopy this week, OP. Given Propofol and glad to have had it. Without going into a twilight sleep, I’d worry that I would flinch or something.

OP is accustomed to traffic cones, so the colonoscopy barely registers.

The last time I had a colonoscopy I woke up in the middle of the procedure and got to watch the doctor finding and removing polyps. OP is correct: it’s very fascinating to see part of your digestive system and hear the doctor explaining what he’s doing.

Do you feel the polyp removals?

Because not everyone has a cavernous "Grand Canyon" sized hole, like you do.

And besides, you're not supposed to experience an orgasm during your colonoscopy, op.

WHORE!

Propofol is very safe and you wake up slightly high because it activates your endocannabinoid system.

[quote]Do you feel the polyp removals?

The last time I had one, there was only one to remove, but you don't feel it at all.

I always want the propofol during the procedure because I feel so great when I wake up from it .

There's a reason why it was Michael Jackson's drug of choice, even though it eventually killed him. It makes you feel incredible.

[quote]Propofol is very safe, and you wake up slightly high because it activates your endocannabinoid system.

Ahem.

Do they still numb the areas where they remove polyps? Or maybe you wouldn't feel that anyway.

R14, Jackson took (or was given) propofol at a dose that could kill an elephant. He was a polytoxicomaniac too.

[quote]Do they still numb the areas where they remove polyps?

How would they numb them, r15? My first colonoscopy I don't think they put me out enough. It wasn't painful per se, but I could feel the sensation of the polyps getting sliced.

[quote]Jackson took (or was given) propofol at a dose that could kill an elephant. He was a polytoxicomaniac too.

I bet you're a hoot at comedy clubs.

Both times I had a colonoscopy I was awake and talking with the doctor, No problem No polyps The worst part is the laxative to clear the bowels. That was 15 years ago. Next time I'll have a virtual colonoscopy

OP most people don’t think that there’s something wrong with your approach because most people don’t care.

I forgot the sedation they used for my colonoscopy, but I think it was the same as when they did my angiogram. You are semi-awake, sort of observing but kind of out of it as well. They just want you relaxed and not moving during the procedure.

Yes Katie Couric, it's perfectly normal to do it without heavy sedation and to have a camera crew film it so you can speak.

How to announce you're a bottom ...

I demand to be completely unconscious thank you very much.

I had a medical procedure other than a colonoscopy that was done under the same kind of intravenous sedation. There was a comment on the procedure report that I had become combative and started thrashing when they were trying to insert something through my skin, which led to me pulling the thing out. They had to give me more sedation to try again and get the procedure done.

So, for everyone’s sake, I always disclose that before I get sedated for a colonoscopy or any other procedure. I haven’t had a problem with anything since then!

I don't think there are many nerves that register pain in the colon. Otherwise, we'd probably flinch every time we were digesting foods with rough edges, like walnuts. I'm not saying there aren't any nerves at all, just not as many or as sensitive as those on our skin or tongue. When people feel pain while getting fucked, most of that sensation is in the sphincter and the anal opening, the first inch or two, not further up in the rectum.

Can't you just do the shit in a box test, OP?

I have been fortunate enough to get Fentanyl and Versed for my 3 colonoscopies. Takes me a bit to wake up, but it is a very pleasant experience.

R27, the box test is pretty effective from what I hear (not a med professional), but the problem is that if it detects something requiring follow up--i.e., a full colonoscopy--many insurance carriers will make you pay out of pocket for the subsequent testing. My colonoscopy was over $20,000, including hospital fees. I wouldn't want to pay that.

For some reason they advised again full sedation when I got one. But they gave me laughing gas. It still wasn’t a laughing matter though.

Worst procedure I ever had was a bronchoscopy where the sedation wore off halfway through and I freaked out and tried to get off the table in the middle of the procedure. Colonoscopy was nothing in comparison.

I was sedated but not completely out. I watched the whole thing, babbled to the doctor. He removed polyps. I just felt pressure but no pain. They wheeled me into the recovery area with all these zonked out zombies around me, and the nurses are looking at me like, why are you awake?

I had the best high ever after I woke up from my colonoscopy. Frankly I would do the colonoscopy again just for the post-anesthesic buzz.

It was, as the kids say, a total vibe.

R32- I had an Endoscopy in December and felt so good 😊 after. The QUEENY black guy who wheeled me out to my brother’s waiting car said to me- You have a DEEP voice.

They want you sedated because that way the anesthesiologist gets a fee as well as the gastroenterologist.

I’ve had both sigmoidoscopies and colonoscopies with and without anesthesia. I have ulcerative colitis and have to be scoped every two years or so. I get knocked out when I have someone to drive me home. When I don’t, I stay awake and drive myself. But when I had the last colonoscopy, I almost asked the GI guy to throw the resident out of the room because he’d been badgering me to have anesthesia despite setting the exam up without anesthesia a month beforehand.

My former gay internist, now retired to Wilton Manors, told me he never had anesthesia when he was scoped so he could go back to work the same day. My reason’s not the same, but he’s the one who told me it could be done.

I wanna be sedated.

OP: "Scope me harder... yeah... feed my hole, daddy ... I mean doctor" (while taking in a big popper inhale).

On an earlier DL thread on this topic someone wrote of having an unsedated colonoscopy where the doc had some difficulty getting the scope in. The poster said he grunted, said something like, “Don’t worry doc, I used to date a truck driver,” the doc pushed a bit and it went well.

[quote] The scope isn't even all that big.

Did you ask if it was in yet?

You do you OP, but for me thats a hell no. I am not good with medical stuff, and prefer not to be conscious for any of it.

Knock me right the fuck out, bill me afterwards and dont itemise the bill, thats for my medical insurer to deal with.

Doing it without sedation is routine in Switzerland, but maybe we are kinky that way.

[quote]Did you ask if it was in yet?

You don't have to ask because they put some kind of jelly on it. I'm not sure if it's lube or some type of numbing solution or the stuff they use in ultrasounds to help them see better.

You can work after a propofol sedation. Maybe not operate a machine but certainly write. Unless you are a fatty. Then you risk a relapse when it spills out of your man boobs.

You can’t drive after propofol, R42.

[quote]My former gay internist, now retired to Wilton Manors, told me he never had anesthesia when he was scoped so he could go back to work the same day.

Good God. Why not take the opportunity to take the rest of the day off?

Because most people aren't used to having stuff shoved up their butts, so become agitated and can cause problems by sudden movement.

Some of us like what we do. In my case, “liked” as I’m now retired.

I’d rather drive myself. Home if I wanted to relax, back to work if I felt like it.

I'd rather enjoy the propofol.

They don’t want to see your erection bulge out of your trousers and your resulting hands-free orgasm, whorish OP

I am just shocked at the number of times I've been called a whore in a colonoscopy thread.

Because you aaaaaare a whore, OP, you aaaarrre

I never thought about what r6 wrote.

But that is all the convincing I need. I don’t need my colon sliced open because I flinch.

So rarely does anyone touch me "down there," I have to enjoy every poke I can get.

[quote] So rarely does anyone touch me "down there," I have to enjoy every poke I can get.

Good for you, Momma.

[quote] I am just shocked at the number of times I've been called a whore in a colonoscopy thread.

Really? Even when you ask for their thickest vibrating scope?

OP is an insatiable bottom.

[quote] I am just shocked at the number of times I've been called a whore in a colonoscopy thread.

You ARE a whore, darlin'.

😆 😆 😆. This is the most Datalounge thread EVER. I never even heard of such a thing nor even ponder the thought either way but I know this shit about to be epic. Lemme start from r1.

Sotto voce: I thought we were done with that Tea Cake.

Ahahahhhhahaha. I was waiting for the r10 type cunt remark. Thanks r10.

[quote] Propofol is very safe and you wake up slightly high because it activates your endocannabinoid system.

Yep.

OP wonders why the doctor won’t agree to shove his hand up there instead of a dinky tube.

I want to have it done without sedation so I can drive myself home. I can't find a doctor near me to do it.

After my colonoscopy it was required that I have someone drive me home. I felt clear headed afterwards and lied that a Uber was waiting for me outside. It was a chilly day but I decided to walk home which was just under a mile away. I was fine, I even stopped at a grocery and picked up a few items before getting home.

in the straight mans mind having anything enter your ass is among the most insane and horrifying nightmares you could ever imagine in your life

[quote] in the straight mans mind having anything enter your ass is among the most insane and horrifying nightmares you could ever imagine in your life

Not all of them.

R1 I wonder what they talk about when they attend to one of those fisting queens. They must say something!

After my first one, I asked the Doctor if I could have some of that propofol, I had a date Saturday night and he was huge. The doctor looked at me deadpan and said "You're joking right?" I laughed and said, "About the propofol yeah..."

I had a colonoscopy last month and could’ve sworn I was wide awake for the last one and I think I remember talking throughout the procedure but they told me I was mistaken. Total anesthesia.

R58 why won’t you let me be great.

R65 - Less talkie, more showy. That clip is nothing but gay-bait crap. There's a modest curtain for Christ's sake. 0/10

OP are you kinky? Is it a fetish?

I'll have my first colonoscopy soon due to extreme pain in my stomach. Have taken a ton of blood tests, all were fine, and a stool sample, which was fine too. They can't figure it out, so off to colonoscopy I go. Any advice?

R72 Yes, don't have chili the night before.

But seriously, it's basically a non-event. Just take the drinks they instruct the day before and bring something with you to read as there will be at least a couple of hours afterward before they say you can go home.

The extreme pain in your stomach is more worrisome than the colonoscopy, R72.

Hope it turns out alright for you.

R74 Thanks, I know it's worrisome. I hope it turns out alright too. My doctor has already concluded that I suffer from IBS, since all tests are fine. It's likely I just have IBS. I know it can flare up with stress. And I have been a bit stressed lately. Some people have mild IBS. It's possible I'm harder hit. But the thing is... all the things they say that can help? Well, I have tried it all. Exercise... I exercise. Low fodmap diet? Yes. But it gave me constipation, so I had to stop that diet. Reduce stress? Well, I try, but it's easier said than done. Anyways... I feel slightly better now, so that's good. I'm on sick leave, so now all I have to do is relax, try to reduce stress and try and get some sleep. I don't eat a lot, because I get stomach pain every time I eat. But I still try to eat a little. And I hydrate. I drink a lot of water. My doctor refused to send me to get colonoscopy, for some reason. At least now I'll know if there is something there. That in itself will help me reduce stress.

I mean my doctor refused to send me to get colonoscopy for months. I only got a "yes" today. So now I'm off to colonoscopy.

Good luck!

The hospital couldn't read my doctor's handwriting, and I wound up getting a colostomy. Comme c’est embarrassant!

Knock my ass out and wake me when my glam squad arrives.

R75, I had a colonoscopy recently for precautionary purposes and it was discovered that I have diverticula, i.e. small pouches in my colon where food particles (nuts and seeds...) can get trapped and in some circumstances cause inflammation (diverticulitis). You may have something like that.

For my recent colonoscopy, I had whatever the sedative is. The last thing I remember is the nurse saying "it's so you won't feel anxious". I was expecting to start feeling dozy but went out like a light.

I have stomach pain every time I eat. It's not just a little bit either. It's extremely painful. I've basically developed an eating disorder because of it. My blood work is fine, stool sample is fine too. I don't think I have anything serious, but I probably do have something. My guess is IBS, Crohn's or UC. I hope the colonoscopy can reveal what I have, so I can get medicine for it.

OP here, I had my colonoscopy today. It seems like everyone at the hospital tried to talk me out of doing it without sedation. The nurse asked me 3 different times, "Are you surrrrreeee, you don't want sedation." Then the doctor came and asked me if I was sure. Very strange.

The Anesthesiologist stopped by and told me that he did his without sedation, but don't tell too many people. We both had a laugh at that.

The whole thing took 21 minutes. I was somewhat embarrassed when I had to ask the nurse if it was in yet, because I genuinely didn't feel it go in me (feel free to make slut jokes). You do feel it when it's in your upper colon and its moving around up there, but it wasn't painful, just odd. If you're weirded out by that sort of thing, you may want to go for the sedation.

The embarrassing part was farting all over the place as they were taking the thing out of me and all the nurses assuring me that it was perfectly normal.

All in all, it was a fine, necessary experience, and I don't have to go back for 10 years!!

Get your colonoscopies if you're over 45 people!

[quote] OP here, I had my colonoscopy today. It seems like everyone at the hospital tried to talk me out of doing it without sedation. The nurse asked me 3 different times, "Are you surrrrreeee, you don't want sedation." Then the doctor came and asked me if I was sure. Very strange.

To which you replied, "Oh, honey. I've taken much bigger cocks than this. And even an occasional FIST. With no lube!"

I don’t know. I would say if you’re used to taking it up the ass it won’t be a problem.

I didn't get my first colonoscopy until age 62. Fortunately I was clean as a whistle, not abnormalities. I'm not sure why I waited so long, but I never had any irregularity issues and my PC doctor never suggested it. I am the one who requested it. It's not unusual to have a polyp or cyst by my age, but I was fortunate. I don't need another one for 8 years.

[quote] It seems like everyone at the hospital tried to talk me out of doing it without sedation.

R83 As an eldergay who’s now spending more time in medical doctors’ offices and also having more frequent medical procedures done than in the past, I’ve noticed that original Medicare reimburses far better for procedures and ancillary services like anesthesia than for office visits or minor office procedures. Two recent MRIs were reimbursed at the full asking price, whereas office visits and an office procedure were reimbursed at far below the asking price (which I realize can be artificially elevated by the provider for “write-off” purposes). Nevertheless, the reimbursements were pitiful even ignoring that issue. I truly felt sad for my doctors because I think it’s demoralizing.

So, although sedation certainly can help increase the safety and completion rate of colonoscopies, I think it has not escaped the “suits” that run medical facilities that the real reimbursement money is in making hospital procedures as expensive as possible.

Sedation is not without risk, yet now the hospitals are pushing it for procedures they didn’t do so for before. I’m having a biopsy done soon, and the exact same change in offering sedation for that type of biopsy has occurred as for colonoscopies. I suspect that means the hospital MBAs have convinced the hospital malpractice lawyers that it’s worth the risk financially.

I worked at a hospital for decades. Not as a clinician, but among clinicians, and I noticed what ultimately drove certain hospital policies, particularly when finances were bad, including, but not limited to, COVID.