I Had a Sigmoidoscopy Stories of Experiences

Hey guys, i just came home from hospital where i had fex sigmo... i was reading these all stories below. Some of them really made me feel scared others helped me to feel more relax.. Of cource i was scared but not so much. In the...

Having read all those stories of horrors of flexible sigmoidoscopies I felty a deep sense of dread at the prospect of my forthcoming procedure. Pacing the floor, "you just can't let then do this to you" I kelpt thinking. Here's the real...

Turning 60 in a few months, I decided to have a sigmoidoscopy exam. I'd had some problems previously with a Blastocystis parasite problem and C Diff type diarrhea after treament with Bactrim that took three years to clear up.

I went...

Wednesday 23rd May 2012Woke up this morning, off to work, stuffed my face with my usual junk, Crisps although not as much as I normally eat. 12 midday I stop eating just drink water, later  that night I have Chopped Egg and 3 slices of...

Ok here goes my experience. For quite awhile I have had spotty tissue paper with occasional itching and irritation. Well, imagine my horror after seeing bright red blood in the toilet bowl after a non-eventful BM (let's not kid...

I had a positive result so i suppose there is a danger to being somewhat biased and of course there must be a few with negative stories who are so down they aren't much interested in posting reviews on the forums.However, for those who...

The fear of the unknown is always a worry. Read lots of stories about the procedure. Just had to face it. The morning came, made sure I had my bubble bath ready and some dettol too; didn't want to be a smelly patient.
I was given the...

This was my second sigmoidoscopy, I had one about 16 years ago which was fine - a bit of discomfort but nothing beyond what you would expect, so I'm not a wimp when it comes to hospital treatment. I was therefore completely thrown by...

Well, after 4 months of waiting for an appointment, and 5 days of worrying myself stupid after finding out that the procedure would be this Friday, I finally had my sigmoidoscopy today. Let me just say, it was not at all what I thought...

I have got my flexible sigmoidoscopy on friday and i am soo scared. I have read through alot of these stories and it seems pretty balanced between people who have had good and bad experiences so i dont know what to think. I am...

I had a Flexable Signoidoscopy on June 11.    My intestines had collapsed twice now and this was the second time.  When my doc tried in reinflate them, he had done this the first time and it worked, I ended up...

I'm 25 years old and I had this procedure done yesterday.  The 2 week anticipation was hell.  I'm a very nervous person when it comes to anything medically related.  I haven't had alot of test done since I'm pretty...

I am 34 and have had a life time of rigid and flexibile sigmoidoscopies along with colonoscopies due to an on going bowel problem since a very young age.  My first sigmoidoscopy was when I was 8 years old and was a rigid...

so here it is i am a 26 year old female with a complaint of constant diarrhea and now i need a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy to i would imagine check for colon cancer i didnt think that was the problem by any stretch of the imagination i am...

Okay, I don't normally post stories like this in any forum, but in this case I felt compelled to. Most of these stories scared the crap out of me (literally and figuratively). I came across this "forum" looking for information...

I initially went to my GP after a series of bouts of rectal bleeding.  After a short inspection with the inevitable glove clad finger she announced that I should really have this inspected properly.  The NHS is much...

I've had one not so long ago and it is not associated with ANY pain whatsoever. A little discomfort - yes, pain - NO. The pain only may come if you're dealing with an unskilled doctor.
First I had to prepare myself with enemas in...

Reading these stories here really surprised me, so I'm chiming in. I had a sigmoidoscopy yesterday, and it wasn't so bad. Yeah, it was somewhat painful/awkward, but what do you expect? I didn't even know that sedation was an option, but...

I literally just had a flexible sigmoidoscopy about 2.5 hours ago; and I wanted to set the story straight about this procedure.
Yesterday while trying to find out more about this procedure, I read these people's stories (on this...

I had a sigmoidoscopy at Kaiser and I will never do it again. I needed something to relax me and they never asked me if i needed a relaxer. I was very tense and i could not take  it. I told them that i was in too much pain and they...