General Chat

Not knocked out but you can have a sedative. I chose not to coz I was driving and would need someone else to escort me otherwise. Its not too bad. It is a bit uncomfortable but over fairly quickly. Beth :)

have just read about the throat one and it says they give u a sedative so u are woozy during the examination

Have had this for about ten years ,but half that time didn't know what it was ,just thought some foods didnot agree with me. After the doctor told me what it was I eliminated lots of foods from my diet. I have to be careful with dairy products,fruit,white bread,pastry to name a few. I know what to have and not have but it is trial and error. What suits one,doesn't suit all.so you need to find what you can have and not have. Less stress certainly helps, Hope this helps.Brenda

BB. I had to have a a tube put down my throat about 10 years ago. Doctors thought I had an Ulcer. I was given a choice on the letter I received with my appointment. I wanted the sedative, that slighty sedates you. But they advised the numbing throat spray. Apparently you are able to answer the Doctors questions by nodding and can remember what was told you, during the investigation. It does not hurt at all, just slightly uncomforable. Good Luck Jenny.x

i am def going to have the sedative whatever happens.some info on the web advises that you take 3 days off work,is this really the case?i can understand the day before because of the laxative they give u,but the day after??

had it since childhood the doctor used to call it a lazy bowel..you have my sympathy...Malc

What is the camera going to do? I thought you had a diagnosis... of IBS I am very surprise they didn't do it when you were an in patient.

i know,thats what i thought.but when they discharged me they said that they would do it as an out paitient,went to see my doc and she said i needed to have my bowel looked at(oooh how nice...........lol)

I was diagnosed with IBS some time ago, and was already on Thyroxine for an under active Thyroid which gives you similar bowel problems to IBS if you arent on the right medication , I have been quite bad recently but just found out a couple of weeks ago was on too low thyroxine so it was increased ,after about 10 days I am so much better, so if you think you may have a Thyroid problem get it checked out as IBS can be a lot worse if you arent on the right drugs

Did you have a bowel scan yet BB? xx

Had the camera thingy - did get a sedative. The worse part is the day before when you can't eat and the medicine to...um.. how shall I say... 'clear you out'... that is the worse bit. Good luck. Anna

bendy wendy-no havent had the scan yet i have been told i have to take the day before off work for obvious reasons

When is your appointment BB? I'm sure we all wish you tons of luck hun - the sooner this gets sorted the sooner you can have a balanced happy life instead of all the illness you've had to suffer. I bet you're sick of hospitals now! xx

its in about 5 weeks time,so i can panic until then!lol

Hi Baby Butterfly my mother inlaw who lives with us has it when she moved in with us we changed to decaf coffe and tea that improved hers alot, just try not to get stressed because that makes it worse ( i know easier said than done) Tracy

hi tracey,thanks. i seem to be going round in a circle at the mo,cos im stressed not knowing what is wrong for certain and stress makes IBS worse if it is that.....aaarrrrgggghhh!

My son was diagnosed with IBS. He had all kinds of tests, inlcuding allergy tests to try to find what foods were triggering it, but still it got worse. Then he got terribly ill and it was found he didn't have IBS at all, he had Crohns disease. Do be careful of IBS diagnoses, it seems very fashionable these days to call any stomach problem IBS. Bev x

have been in hospital,they did an ultrasound scan and xray(mind u it took them 4 weeks to do them!). the pain is still here but my doc has says it must be IBS and i have to and have either an endoscopy or a colonoscopy(sp??) im on so many tablet i rattle when i walk!

Hi Baby, I've had it big-time for almost 5 years. I'm sure mine originated through stress. I don't knowingly have the stress now that I had then, but I've still got the IBS. Been to my GP numerous times. He's tried me on 3 or 4 types of medication but to no avail. I haven't a lot of faith in him on this problem. Had a food intolerance test with an organisation called Yorktest last November (you send a small sample of blood which they analyse). Cost me over £250! My GP was not impressed with their results. I had a gastroscopy a couple of months ago. Tomorrow I'm fixed up for a colonoscopy! On the Picolax today ('scuse me, be back in a minute!).... (as I was saying...) second dose due in about 10 minutes!! Had hardly anything to eat, but gallons to drink. The point about not doing too much the day after, or driving, etc. is that you have a light sedation immediately preceding the procedure which needs 24 hours to completely clear up. Likewise you must have someone to take you home afterwards. If not, they won't do it. Let you know how it went about this time tomorrow. Brian, ;<O

Brian,that picolax is lethal stuff,had it in hospital,although the bad thing is everyone in the ward knows u've taken it and they know where you are going!lol