Hi,I had my first scope two months ago. I had so much fear of this it took me a whole year to work up to the idea.Now I am really glad I finally had it done. The relief I feel is enormous. I now know for certain that I don't have cancer or anything else going on in there other than IBS. Cancer kills but IBS is managable.I was wheeled into the surgery room and was out like a light from the drugs. I woke up in recovery. I don't remember a thing. It was a breeze. I was given a tranquilizer before hand and that helps.The very worst part was the night before and taking the laxative to clean you out. The key here is to drink lots and lots and lots and lots of water. Do not miss this. It will help your body deal with the situation with greater ease. The pre-op nurse clued me in on this and I heeded her advice and was glad I did.Follow the directions exactly for the laxative cleaning. There was a man in the same morning as me and they refused to do the scope because he did not do the cleanse right. So he had to do it all over again. I used Fleet® Phospho-soda® Oral Saline Laxative. It is two small bottles taken a time apart.Yes, after each toilet visit use some creme of some sort on your rear to help with the irritation from going so much. It does help alot. I used creme but I'm sure vaseline works good too.Here is a site that will explain the scope to you if you are interested:
scopeHere is another site that gave me the courage to finally go for the scope:
people talk What can be done for IBS. Diet. Eat differently. It really does make a difference and you can be basically symptom free and live normally as long as you eat a certain way. If you remain true to the diet the pain and spasm and constipation and diaherra go away. Heres the site that made a diffence for me. It has all kinds of diet info from a 20 year IBS person.
helpibs Please don't worry so much. Just get thro the night before. It does not hurt if you drink lots of water, it's just going to the bathroom alot. Then you will be asleep for the scope. Ask the pre-op doctor to make sure you are good and asleep. You won't remember a thing. And there are no after effects.God Bless and take good care of yourselfMaureen