Colonoscopy

Strawberry Fields

I'm waiting for a colonoscopy in tallaght, doctor who saw me was about a month ago, gave blood and stool sample, waiting for appointment. On vhi.

sham69

Having mine done on the 2nd October.
I can safely say I am ****ting a brick (excuse the pun)
I am getting top and bottom done in the mater..
Have been suffering with IBS like symptoms for what will be a year in October.
I am hoping nothing serious is wrong but can't wait to get the procedure out of the way.
I don't know if I feel better or worse after reading this....

johnwest288

username123 wrote: »

And what have they said when you phone them?

I never understand people who do not follow up on doctors requests/referrals - its always possible for paperwork to get lost or for someone to forget to send you notification of an appointment or any other mishap. You need to keep on top of your medical stuff with phonecalls enquiring whats going on.

right i got me finger out and rang the doctors office (pardon the pun)

Transpires 8 month waiting list in Connolly for the Colonoscopy. I made the appointment March so they say it should be soon.

username123

johnwest288 wrote: »

right i got me finger out and rang the doctors office (pardon the pun)

Transpires 8 month waiting list in Connolly for the Colonoscopy. I made the appointment March so they say it should be soon.

Ring the hospital itself! They might have lost the referral - it happens.

johnwest288

username123 wrote: »

Ring the hospital itself! They might have lost the referral - it happens.

The girl in the docs office rang the hopspital and rang me back. The hospital will be resending the appointment letter next week.
Cheers for the kick up the posterior

johnwest288

sham69 wrote: »

Having mine done on the 2nd October.
I can safely say I am ****ting a brick (excuse the pun)
I am getting top and bottom done in the mater..
Have been suffering with IBS like symptoms for what will be a year in October.
I am hoping nothing serious is wrong but can't wait to get the procedure out of the way.
I don't know if I feel better or worse after reading this....

Its not so much the procedure that freaks me out.
Its if there is some sort of bad news.
I nearly would prefer to live in blissful ignorance but i feel a kind of pain down there and a close relative died from colon cancer.
So its time to bite the bullet
At lease after we will have free minds

username123

johnwest288 wrote: »

Cheers for the kick up the posterior

Youre welcome. I once had a referral sent by a doctor and fully THREE YEARS later got a letter from the hospital saying the referral had just been found in a cabinet with lots of other old unopened post and did I still want an appointment.

username123

johnwest288 wrote: »

Its if there is some sort of bad news.
I nearly would prefer to live in blissful ignorance but i feel a kind of pain down there and a close relative died from colon cancer.

Im the opposite, Id prefer to know the truth and face it head on than die from blissful ignorance. To get investigated means you have a fighting chance so its the right thing to do.

Sorry to hear you feel a kind of pain but it could just as easily be nothing or nothing important.

username369

Hi everyone, i'm a 32 year old female. after reading these posts i'm really worried. I was at the doctor about a week ago he took blood and said he would send a letter to the hospital to get an appointment for a Colonoscopy, he told me I could be waiting 3 to 6 months for an appointment cause i'm a public patient but then a letter from the hospital came today day with an appointment for this Monday, so the Colonoscopy is arranged for less than two weeks from my doctors appointment. I am really great full to get the appointment so fast, but i'm also really scared that it means there could be something really wrong!

username369

Hiya did you here anything yet about your colonoscopy? i'm really worried now. I was at the doctor about a week ago he took blood and said he would send a letter to the hospital to get an appointment for a Colonoscopy, he told me I could be waiting 3 to 6 months for an appointment cause i'm a public patient but then a letter from the hospital came today and i've an appointment for this Monday, so the Colonoscopy is arranged for less than two weeks from my doctors appointment. I am really great full to get the appointment so fast, but i'm also really scared that it means there could be something really wrong! Im only in 32.

johnwest288

username369 wrote: »

Hiya did you here anything yet about your colonoscopy? i'm really worried now. I was at the doctor about a week ago he took blood and said he would send a letter to the hospital to get an appointment for a Colonoscopy, he told me I could be waiting 3 to 6 months for an appointment cause i'm a public patient but then a letter from the hospital came today and i've an appointment for this Monday, so the Colonoscopy is arranged for less than two weeks from my doctors appointment. I am really great full to get the appointment so fast, but i'm also really scared that it means there could be something really wrong! Im only in 32.

Well Can they tell something from Blood? I have had blood samples taken for different things but not in connection with the colonoscopy and no-one ever said anything to me. Could it be that Im going to a hospital with a VERY long waiting list? Im waiting since jan 14th. I rang them to see if they forgot me they said they would send a letter soon and im on the waiting list 8 months but it should be in the next 2 months ill be seen (so nearly waiting a year)
Also i bleed quite a lot the other day and have a funny feeling inside. Which hospital? COuld be you were lucky or the doctor was able to zip ya through quick fast No need to panic

Emma1980

username369 wrote: »

Hi everyone, i'm a 32 year old female. after reading these posts i'm really worried. I was at the doctor about a week ago he took blood and said he would send a letter to the hospital to get an appointment for a Colonoscopy, he told me I could be waiting 3 to 6 months for an appointment cause i'm a public patient but then a letter from the hospital came today day with an appointment for this Monday, so the Colonoscopy is arranged for less than two weeks from my doctors appointment. I am really great full to get the appointment so fast, but i'm also really scared that it means there could be something really wrong!

Hi there

I am also female, 32 yrs old and i had a colonoscopy done last wednesday. I was only waiting about 4 weeks for my appointment too so it was quick enough to have me worried too! Mine turned out to be all clear - which is good in a way as they found nothing but worrying in another way as a year and a half on and i still have no answers to my constipation and stomach pains

In all honesty, the worst part is the prep, i had to drink 4 litres of Klean Prep the day before. I managed 3 litres but was crying by the end and throwing up - oh and the headache too as i am a tea addict and couldn't have a cup on the morning of the appointment! My appointment was at 1.30, got called in about 3ish and was home by 530 - if you can, take the following day off too as i was completely out of it for the evening it was done and very tired and crampy the next day but the day after that i was all back to normal....

Try not to worry too much about it - i remember absolutly nothing of it being done thank god!!

johnwest288

Emma1980 wrote: »

Hi there

I am also female, 32 yrs old and i had a colonoscopy done last wednesday. I was only waiting about 4 weeks for my appointment too so it was quick enough to have me worried too! Mine turned out to be all clear - which is good in a way as they found nothing but worrying in another way as a year and a half on and i still have no answers to my constipation and stomach pains

In all honesty, the worst part is the prep, i had to drink 4 litres of Klean Prep the day before. I managed 3 litres but was crying by the end and throwing up - oh and the headache too as i am a tea addict and couldn't have a cup on the morning of the appointment! My appointment was at 1.30, got called in about 3ish and was home by 530 - if you can, take the following day off too as i was completely out of it for the evening it was done and very tired and crampy the next day but the day after that i was all back to normal....

Try not to worry too much about it - i remember absolutly nothing of it being done thank god!!

4 weeks Emma was that private? How the hell can i be waiting a year i paid me taxes lol :rolleyes:

Emma1980

no, i'm a public patient in St. James's hospital - maybe mine was so quick because i first went into them in June 2011 with chest pains and stomach pains and they have still to find the cause!! i've had two endoscopys done too, only waiting about a month on each appointment for those too.... getting sick of it at this stage as they can't find what the problem is!

username369

Im going to beaumont maybe your right and the waiting list is shorter. Im not sure if they can tell anything from blood. It was just when the letter came so fast i got a fright.

Emma1980

don't be worrying about it - easier said than done, i know but once its over with you'll wonder why you got yourself in a state about it! as i said, the prep is the worst part - see if you can get something other than klean prep if you can!

username369

Sorry I'm really slow at replying its my first time on this site. Thanks for all your replys hopefully its nothing

johnwest288

I tried to follow up mine from January

Connolly Main Line........... No answer

Oncology Department..........No answer...........

Is it the Oncology department that deals with Colonoscopies?

Emma1980

Its the endoscopy department in st. james's that deal with it....
What hospital are you going to?

johnwest288

Emma1980 wrote: »

Its the endoscopy department in st. james's that deal with it....
What hospital are you going to?

Connolly ..they seem to be shockingly unreliable

Strawberry Fields

godeas16 wrote: »

I'm waiting for a colonoscopy in tallaght, doctor who saw me was about a month ago, gave blood and stool sample, waiting for appointment. On vhi.

I'm having this done next thursday in mount carmel, it's only been a couple of weeks since they switched it from Tallaght due to waiting list length. Prescription for 4 litres klean prep, not looking forward to that stuff.

Benicetomonty

The Klean Prep is not pleasant, it's possibly the worst thing about getting ready for the procedure. certainly worse than the fasting imo. It tastes like a golly bar at first, except saltier. By the time you get to the requisite 5th or 6th pint however, you'll be absolutely sick of it, both metaphorically and, quite possibly, literally. You can throw a drop of Ki Ora in, which I'd strongly recommend.

I had mine done last month in Vincent's Private. All went smooth enough except for a reaction to the sedative after I woke up - nice few minutes vomiting bile that was.
I was waiting for hours though, was pretty disgusted at that. Op was scheduled for 9 30am, wasn't seen until 2pm. Maybe Romney is right :P

Dr Strange

Just to say about the blood test, sometimes when you're anemic (iron-deficiency springs to mind) and it shows in the blood test but there's no explaination for it they'll send you for colonosocpies and after that for gastroscopies and small intestinal investigations.

sham69

Collected my stuff yesterday for my procedure on Tuesday.
Really really nervous as i have had 2 months to think about the what if's etc...
I got klean prep and some other thing.
I have to take first one at 10am on Monday morning, then 2pm , then 10pm.
Then one on the morning of the procedure (I think)
I am in work on Monday, will I make it to the toilet after the first sachet?
Should I take the day off?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Sham.

username123

sham69 wrote: »

Collected my stuff yesterday for my procedure on Tuesday.
Really really nervous as i have had 2 months to think about the what if's etc...
I got klean prep and some other thing.
I have to take first one at 10am on Monday morning, then 2pm , then 10pm.
Then one on the morning of the procedure (I think)
I am in work on Monday, will I make it to the toilet after the first sachet?
Should I take the day off?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Sham.

Take the day off. That stuff works to clear you out, you need to be near a loo, you will not feel good. You can become dehydrated faster than you can take in liquids so you may feel headachey too.

You will not want to risk a work loo that could be occupied or out of loo paper. Nor will you want to risk travelling back from work and not being near a loo.

Id also advise some sudocreme - you might need to apply it if you get sore from wiping.

Strawberry Fields

godeas16 wrote: »

I'm having this done next thursday in mount carmel, it's only been a couple of weeks since they switched it from Tallaght due to waiting list length. Prescription for 4 litres klean prep, not looking forward to that stuff.

Just back now, worst part was the clean prep last night.
Today was half awake in dream land during the procedure but actually can't remember a lot after it as was zonked for a couple of hours, relatively painless and easy procedure, great now to have it over and feel a little light headed but otherwise great.

nudger

sham69 wrote: »

Collected my stuff yesterday for my procedure on Tuesday.
Really really nervous as i have had 2 months to think about the what if's etc...
I got klean prep and some other thing.
I have to take first one at 10am on Monday morning, then 2pm , then 10pm.
Then one on the morning of the procedure (I think)
I am in work on Monday, will I make it to the toilet after the first sachet?
Should I take the day off?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Sham.

Do not attempt to go to work on Monday.
I have had a good few of these done and have a routine where I take over the downstairs loo for the day, the family know not to use it.
I have a 2 liter jug and empty 2 packets of prep into the water.
I finish the jug in about 1.5 hours, usually not long after this the fun begins.:rolleyes:
About 2 hours later I make the second jug and force it down.
I,ve only had the colonoscopy's done in Connolly and have nothing but good to report.
They have these new "modisty pants" think y fronts but the y at the back.

P.S. Ment to say that the doc usually tells you straight after the procedure how you got on.
Found a poyip once and removed it on the spot.

sham69

Thanks for the reply folks
Will take Monday off so
Can't wait to get this out of the way
Sham

citytillidie

Feck i hate these i have to have one done every couple years as I had Ulcerative Colitis, when I was a younger and its now part of routine checks to make sure its not coming back or worse.

Worst part about the whole thing is the drinks the day before they taste so awful find it hard to keep them down

What is good, is spending that day before in bed either on the Xbox or watching movies

nudger

sham69 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply folks
Will take Monday off so
Can't wait to get this out of the way
Sham

Must be in the middle of your prep by now so I don't expect an answer.

Ment to say have you someone to collect you tomorrow, you can't drive for the day.
Good luck tomorrow, it's a walk in the park.