What's a good way to break the ice with your doctor right before a colonoscopy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by AncillaryJustice@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

62 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Colonoscopy is easy, it's endoscopy that felt like near dear experience (I didn't take the sedative= fail). Worth it though. Also the Dr's and techs were far to busy talking about the next hairpin bend like they were rally driving. The satnav on the screen shows how far the scope has gone, I shit you not it really looks like the old Nokia snake gane. And when you have nitrous gas it all becomes very funny.

[-] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

"40 left 2 over turd don't cut"

[-] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Hehe, it's hairpin bends that feel a bit weird.

[-] nyonax@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I once woke up during an upper endoscopy. It wasn't a pleasant experience. The anesthesiologist noticed pretty fast though and put me back out.

[-] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Ouch. I did the whole thing without anaesthetic, but didn't want to. I can't stand needles but thought I would have gas+air for the upper endoscopy! (only gave me gas for the Colonoscopy, but it felt nice to get high after being choked with the snake torch).

But holy shit it was terrifying, never doing that again.

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023

91 points (96.0% liked)

Ask Lemmy

25226 readers

1514 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.