My colonoscopy was such a different experience due to pain medication and twilight sedation. All I remember is seeing bleeding from biopsies. My surgeon didn't seem confident that the stretching would help me and just said:" Hope it helps".

Do you mean pain medication for the sigmoidoscopy? They didn't give me anything. Just said it would be over soon. I live in Canada, in New Brunswick one of the Atlantic provinces.

It was really narrow at the anastomosis site . He said that I was a fast healer. He brought in a woman who must have been a medical student because he asked her if she had ever done the balloon stretching procedure. Basically they kept filling up a balloon with saline, shrinking it down, and putting...

That sounds horrible Jachut! I'm sorry you had to deal with that! I'm dreading the second enema this morning although there shouldn't be as much left in my bowels.

Thanks Michelle, I will tell my surgeon tomorrow.

Thanks MamaN!

Yes the enema worked very well. Still having bowel movements hours later.

No I never thought of that peanut. I know that I have problems with my calcium levels.

Congratulations!

I'm getting a sigmoidoscopy to check for narrowing. I only did the enema for 5 minutes. I had nausea and my temperature was 99. I'm still having cramping. My pain is in my lower abdomen on both sides but worse on the left side(anastomosis). Also my back is sore and I'm having leg cramps. I've been h...

My surgeon's office is closed and there is no emergency number. I can send an email. I'm still feeling horrible! I have to do another tomorrow.

Yes, just the little fleet enemas and there's only a little left in the bottom of the bottle. Still having some cramping now and freezing1

I only have half a rectum and half a sigmoid left so they won't be able to go too far.

I just did the first enema for my sigmoidoscopy tomorrow. I have to do another one tomorrow morning and was told I could eat normally. The first enema gave me horrible spasms that made me feel like I was being turned inside out! My whole body is sore now and I'm shaky. This happened the last time as...

Good luck with your sigmoidoscopy tomorrow! I have mine tomorrow afternoon. Also no evidence of metastatic disease sounds good! I would ask about thickening of the wall of the sigmoid.