Colonoscopy waiting list

I've health insurance nothing super dopper but it does the job I've to pay 130 euro a pop for the appointment with him.
The procedures etc go straight through to insurance

livedadream wrote: »

I've health insurance nothing super dopper but it does the job I've to pay 130 euro a pop for the appointment with him.
The procedures etc go straight through to insurance

Ah. I'm totally relying on public as have no health insurance.

Half day in work tomorrow and then home to start my prep. Gulp!

You'll be grand baby wipes instead of toilet roll and a nice bit of sudocrem and you'll be sorted, either get a good book or charge up the laptop for the resting periods I between and once you drink it... NEVER TRUST A FART

livedadream wrote: »

You'll be grand baby wipes instead of toilet roll and a nice bit of sudocrem and you'll be sorted, either get a good book or charge up the laptop for the resting periods I between and once you drink it... NEVER TRUST A FART

Thanks.

MoviPrep Orange is the solution I have to take. Read the instructions again after reading this thread to check I had read them correctly but yeah I had. One litre over a couple hours tomorrow afternoon and then another litre over a couple of hours tomorrow night.

Plan to spend the time in the bedroom. En suite to hand and main bathroom right next door. Will see how it goes though. May end up residing in one of them for most of it!

I've never taken moviprep but have actually requested it for my next scope in told it's easier to take than klean prep and picolax ... Best of luck with it the thought of its the worst bit... Oh and don't wear clothes you like doing the prep and after the scope... Just in case.

livedadream wrote: »

I've never taken moviprep but have actually requested it for my next scope in told it's easier to take than klean prep and picolax ... Best of luck with it the thought of its the worst bit... Oh and don't wear clothes you like doing the prep and after the scope... Just in case.

Ha, thanks a lot. I'll let you know how I get on with the moviprep. At least the volume recommended is half that of klean prep. I plan to be in my dressing gown tomorrow before starting.

Will request plenty of sedation on Friday too. The less I know about it the better!!

livedadream wrote: »

I've never taken moviprep but have actually requested it for my next scope in told it's easier to take than klean prep and picolax ... Best of luck with it the thought of its the worst bit... Oh and don't wear clothes you like doing the prep and after the scope... Just in case.

Moviprep is tastier than kleenprep for sure. But don't add anything else to it without trying it first (miwadi etc) as they can make it taste worse.

In my experience it's the small sachet in movicol that tastes the worst so I dissolve that separately and knock it back, and follow up with some of the other solution (which has a weird mouth feel).

Good luck. Oh and keep plenty warm on Friday morning. You'll be dehydrated and if you get too cold they'll find it harder to get a vein for sedation. And if you're still uncomfortable with sedation ask for more.

The scope itself is relatively painless. You'll be pumped with air that can be crampy and uncomfortable, and they may ask you to hold the air in rather than to fart, but the feeling passes and you'll do amazing farts for the rest of the day.

cloloco

I was categorised as urgent in May, rang in July as I hadn't heard anything. Was told they had my referral but current wait time for urgent cases is 12-18 months. Haven't heard anything since.

RacoonQueen

sullivlo wrote: »

Moviprep is tastier than kleenprep for sure. But don't add anything else to it without trying it first (miwadi etc) as they can make it taste worse.

In my experience it's the small sachet in movicol that tastes the worst so I dissolve that separately and knock it back, and follow up with some of the other solution (which has a weird mouth feel).

Good luck. Oh and keep plenty warm on Friday morning. You'll be dehydrated and if you get too cold they'll find it harder to get a vein for sedation. And if you're still uncomfortable with sedation ask for more.

The scope itself is relatively painless. You'll be pumped with air that can be crampy and uncomfortable, and they may ask you to hold the air in rather than to fart, but the feeling passes and you'll do amazing farts for the rest of the day.

I actually find movicol ok...I'd rather 8 glasses of that than kleanprep! I still have on sachet of kleanprep in my drawer that I never used last time, I'm going to leave it there to remind me of the horrors I endured drinking it :d

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I actually find movicol ok...I'd rather 8 glasses of that than kleanprep! I still have on sachet of kleanprep in my drawer that I never used last time, I'm going to leave it there to remind me of the horrors I endured drinking it :d

Movicol is grand. Moviprep has a separate sachet of citrate to run the guts and it's very acidic.

Wanderer78

cloloco wrote:

I was categorised as urgent in May, rang in July as I hadn't heard anything. Was told they had my referral but current wait time for urgent cases is 12-18 months. Haven't heard anything since.

That's disgraceful. Where you based?

cloloco

Wanderer78 wrote: »

cloloco wrote:

I was categorised as urgent in May, rang in July as I hadn't heard anything. Was told they had my referral but current wait time for urgent cases is 12-18 months. Haven't heard anything since.

That's disgraceful. Where you based?

In Kildare, appointment is for Naas hospital so might not be as bad a wait time in James.

GingerNut93

I've been trying to the the clinic in James' everyday and they haven't answered the phone once! I'd imagine I'll be waiting a year at this stage considering I haven't heard anything.. my GP told me the wait time should only be about 12 weeks! Defo not the case ðŸ˜‚

Quick update. MoviPrep first dose finished just over half an hour ago. Nothing happening so far.

Taste was no way unpleasant but is sitting in my stomach a little.

I expect the toilet will be calling soon.

Round two between 7 and 8 tonight.

adox wrote: »

Quick update. MoviPrep first dose finished just over half an hour ago. Nothing happening so far.

Taste was no way unpleasant but is sitting in my stomach a little.

I expect the toilet will be calling soon.

Round two between 7 and 8 tonight.

Keep drinking plenty of clear fluids. 7up was my choice. I also drank some oxo cubes out of desperation.

The world will fall out of your bottom. Don't worry.

sullivlo wrote: »

Keep drinking plenty of clear fluids. 7up was my choice. I also drank some oxo cubes out of desperation.

The world will fall out of your bottom. Don't worry.

Thanks. Yes I've just had my first extended visit.

Yikes!

failinis

General question - I have to take Laxido (Moviciol) daily to function.
I will be asking for a colonoscopy soon - I know Laxido is a softener so does not force you to go/cramps.
The medicine for clearing you out - is that a painful cramping one?
Had dulcolax and passed out from the pain before moving on to Laxido daily.

Good luck Adox, baby wipes not paper helps.

failinis wrote: »

General question - I have to take Laxido (Moviciol) daily to function.
I will be asking for a colonoscopy soon - I know Laxido is a softener so does not force you to go/cramps.
The medicine for clearing you out - is that a painful cramping one?
Had dulcolax and passed out from the pain before moving on to Laxido daily.

Good luck Adox, baby wipes not paper helps.

Well I'm only half way through but not having any cramps or anything, although you can feel the pressure when you want to go.

It's like heavy diarrhoea.

Toilet paper for me so far.

failinis wrote: »

General question - I have to take Laxido (Moviciol) daily to function.
I will be asking for a colonoscopy soon - I know Laxido is a softener so does not force you to go/cramps.
The medicine for clearing you out - is that a painful cramping one?
Had dulcolax and passed out from the pain before moving on to Laxido daily.

Good luck Adox, baby wipes not paper helps.

It depends on what meds you are given. What dose of movicol are you on daily?

Moviprep is essentially 18 sachets of movicol. It rarely fails to work. And if it does they will give you an enema.

I have a stock of prep and fleets for flares.

I know this might make me sound like a total weirdo but there's something so satisfying about finishing the prep

Finished my second litre just under an hour ago.
Been in and out of the toilet at least a dozen times.

Tired and hungry.

failinis

sullivlo wrote: »

It depends on what meds you are given. What dose of movicol are you on daily?

Moviprep is essentially 18 sachets of movicol. It rarely fails to work. And if it does they will give you an enema.

I have a stock of prep and fleets for flares.

Jaysus - 18 movicol in one go :eek:

I am on 2 movicol sachets a day, sometimes I can have 1 if all is going well.
If I come off them then I literally just stop passing stools, I don't know why its so extreme.

Was just wondering as I know movicol is purely a softer where as other laxatives are ones that stimulate and cramp.

I can't even get a blood test for rheumatoid arthritis done here, I was told to just wait till I am back in Ireland instead by a doctor here, so I have no idea when I can even get on a waiting list for a colonoscopy.

RacoonQueen

GingerNut93 wrote: »

I've been trying to the the clinic in James' everyday and they haven't answered the phone once! I'd imagine I'll be waiting a year at this stage considering I haven't heard anything.. my GP told me the wait time should only be about 12 weeks! Defo not the case ðŸ˜‚

God, good luck. James' is where I go and you'll have seen my post earlier in the thread about how long I was waiting!

anon71

For anyone waiting, can they request an appointment at a clinic or hospital with a shorter waiting list?

This thread makes shocking reading regarding waiting times....

anon71 wrote: »

For anyone waiting, can they request an appointment at a clinic or hospital with a shorter waiting list?

This thread makes shocking reading regarding waiting times....

I didn't request it but ended getting posted onto Blanchardstown to eager it done, from Beaumont. A letter from the HSE after 15 months waiting.

Have to say it was my first time in Blanchardstown hospital this morning and was very pleasantly surprised. I found it a nicer hoppsoitsl than Beaumont, didn't seem overly busy and there were plenty of friendly and helpful staff.

Back to last night and my Movical experience started off fine. No problem with the taste at all and 2L in two sessions didn't seem that bad. Kicked in and had a few mad toilet visits which I expected but I'm surprised at how long it went on her.

I must have been in and out of the toilet at least 30 times. Finished the last drink at 8pm so I thought things would settle down from around 10pm. I was till. In and out of the toilet up to 1am, got a couple of hours asleep and was back up again at 3.00am and 3.30am. Got up at 6.30am for my appointment and was straight onto the toilet again with more water. All very sore at this stage.

Felt awful when I woke up. Extremely tired, thumping headache, felt sick and weak and of course backside was extremely sore. Ended up vipomiting with nothing coming out and still felt I concsrantly needed to go the toilet still. I'd expected to be finished with it at that stage.

Went out the door white as a ghost, mouth like sandpaper feeling very week and very pale. Thought I might keel over at one stage.

Anyway explained all to the lovely nurses at the hospital and they said all those symptoms are normal and can happen.

Got into my sexy gowns and got the needle in my arm that's left in. Walked into the theatre where the procedure was to take place. Jumped on the bed and was put on oxygen, blood pressure taken etc. Asked was I nervous as it was my first time and I said extremely. Talked to the doctor, went though a bit of my history, told me what he could and couldn't do if he found anything. Said if there were piles present he could inject them but not as accurately as if I was under general anaesthetic. I presume it wasn't an option as they didn't seem to have an anesthetist there.

When mentioning my prostate, he discussed it briefly but didn't say there was anything he could or couldn't do.
He administered some sedative and told me he could give me more later if I didn't think it was enough. Next thing I remember was waking up in recovery so was delighted with that.

Findings said my prostate looked ok but I'm still waiting to see a consultant on it. There were more piles present(I have had some major issues with these over the last three years, ending up in A&E twice with large prolapsing thrombosed , eventually operated on. He injected them there and then.

A couple of polyps found also which he removed and were sent off for testing. Hopefully routine and nothing sinister shows up.

Hopefully I can start getting back to something like a normal life after spending the last couple living like a hermit. The constant urge to go to the toilet, bowel never feeling empty, loads of wind(some of which I couldn't trust and have had a couple of accidents) totally drained my confidence and saw me dropping out of going on holidays/weekends away, not attending my fortnightly camera group meetings or getting out taking any photos, not accepting invites from friends to go to dinner etc.

If things do not settle down I still have the prostate to be investigated. That may be contributing to the pressure I can feel in my bowel which the doctor today mentioned.

I may eventually have to look at my diet if my symptoms don't settle. I eat a high fibre diet as it is so may have to look at anything that may be triggering me, dairy or wheat etc., but that's a long way down the road.

Reading over it, my complaints sound quite minor, especially reading some of youse on hear and you issues but they have turned me from an outgoing travelling sociable guy to one that goes to work and back during the week and a visit to my sick mothers house on a Saturday. Must be very hard for my wife as well as these usual things we do pass us by as I tell her I really don't want to do anything.

It's led to me suffering from depression as well I'm sure. I've had times where I resigned myself to not travelling again etc which is an opposite personality trait for me from the norm.

I was treated fantastically in the hospital this morning by all staff involved and can't commend them enough. It was the 15 month waiting time that had me in despair. Some very dark moments over that time as I thought I would never be seen and resigned myself to only feeling anyway safe in my home. Even my camera group meetings,which I loved, were only a mile down the road from my house but I couldn't bring myself to go, automatically feeling nervous and panicky as my unsettled and sore bowel told be to stay put and go nowhere.

Hopefully I don't have to wait too much longer to get my prostate investigated.
These issues have totally taken over my life in the last couple of years. I'm tired of not going out, not taking my photos, not going out with my wife. I do think I took the right decisions not to engage in any of them the way I was feeling. The constant urge to go to the toiet, th excessive wind, the pressure and pain in my bowel area just made my life a misery and the thought of going out sent me into panic mode.

Apologies for the long rant and thanks to th contributors who have shared and given advice on here.

Glad it went okay for you mate! Fingers crossed everything works out

livedadream wrote: »

Glad it went okay for you mate! Fingers crossed everything works out

Thanks a lot and thanks for your(and others) posts on here. As always it's fear of the unknown and getting an idea of what is instore is a great help.

failinis

Thanks for sharing your experience adox - no matter what, your illness effects YOU, no one else, so never feel like you are "better off" than some people in this thread as its you experiencing your own issues.

I certainly relate, I take photos on a amateur basis but sometimes my health and anxiety stops me - I hope you can get back into it again when you are comfortable to do so.

GingerNut93

Just to update you guys.. I'm still waiting for my appointment and everytime I ring the hosp they tell me I'm on a waiting list which I've been on since the beginning of August !!