Female colonoscopy

Hi, I’d like to discuss this incredible medical examination that is colonoscopy, obviously expect the preparation that is however important, in particular on female, I think is really sexy to watch so deep in a woman who, in my opinion, is the representation of beautiful!

Any woman who did it for screening who combined duty with pleasure and want to tell her experience ?

I've had nine colonoscopies, since my sister had colon cancer at an early age. (She survived.) To the woman getting it, there's nothing sexy about it.

Although it's improved in recent years, the preparation to fully empty the colon is unpleasant, the whole point being to give you diarrhea in the extreme. First you limit what you eat, then you stop eating to do the prep. At least these days few doctors have you drink a gallon of something so vile vomiting is common. The stuff I had to drink last month didn't taste bad at all, but it had the same strong result.

The hospital or clinic where the procedure happens is fully medical, by which I mean there's nothing sexy or suggestive about it. You get in a gown, they attach electrodes and a blood pressure cuff, and cover you with a warmed blanket that feels nice. Nurses start an IV that's just fluids (because you're really dehydrated), you meet the anesthesiologist and head nurse, both open to questions. I should have counted, but I think I dealt with 12 to 15 medical personnel, every one of them asking about my birthday and allergies. Eventually they're ready and wheel you into the room and have you roll onto your left side underneath your blanket. Anesthesia is administered, and the next thing you know, it's over and you're in a recovery room, coming back to ordinary consciousness, which the nurse recognizes immediately. They wait until you're no longer woozy or feeling out of it, then you get dressed and go home. When the prep is easy and the doctor's good, you're not even sore, just tired.

Once I regained consciousness during the procedure and I could see the screen. I said something, they gave me a bit more, and I was out again.

Ahhhhhhhh, forget it. My bowel is not particulary sexy.

I've yet to have one. So, the patient is unconscious and unaware of the most intimate/uncomfortable portions of the procedure? I thought some people have them without anesthesia. Is it a choice?

I've yet to have one. So, the patient is unconscious and unaware of the most intimate/uncomfortable portions of the procedure? I thought some people have them without anesthesia. Is it a choice?

@GraceT I would try to have it done without anesthesia. It is rarely that uncomfortable that it's needed, and they can do it at the time it does. I tried, but because I have a tight loop of sigmoid in my umbilical hernia, they needed to put me under to try to get around that. Getting to watch the monitor as far as they got was a kick!

@gracet It’s becoming more common but the vast majority of people still do them sedated. It’s also worth noting that women generally have a much harder time than men without sedation due to women’s colons having more and tighter bends on average. So yes, while from a medfet perspective there’s a lot to be interested in, for most women the actual experience is a day of violent diarrhea followed by a nap.

There’s also the flexible sigmoidoscopy which doesn’t go as far up and is usually done while the patient is awake. One of my favorite procedures for that reason, more elements of exposure, embarrassment, and discomfort to work with there.

Back in the day when colonoscopies were initially introduced, they were almost without fail performed without sedation. To this day in most East European countries (formerly part of the Soviet Union) and the Far East the standard is for colonoscopies to be performed without sedation. You want sedation there, you have to ask for it, and I'm not sure if state sponsored medical aid pays for the "extra".

In the West, a different story altogether. They lump as many medical professionals as beneficiaries into the chain as they can, so they can bump the costs up - I read somewhere that the anesthetist's invoice alone can be a sizeable portion of the total. Now there is a hospital bill as well, plus, plus, plus. We must also remember that the entire West has been pussified to such an extent that nobody can stand a bit of discomfort anymore, let alone any form of pain. So I would guess the sedation is also to avoid law suits for pain and suffering, etc. I read somewhere that the acronym MD nowadays stands for Malpractice Defendant......

The default for every one of mine has been conscious sedation. I am apparently awake and alert, able to cooperate, even answer questions ("What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"), but the drug used causes complete amnesia, so I have no recollection of any of it.

Once I was waiting my turn at a place where the "rooms" were just curtained partitions. A patient in the procedure room next door was screaming not to touch her there. She was very upset and loud, just howling, and the staff moved those of us in line farther away. I could still hear her, and the doctor telling her she had to hold still, and to please lower her voice, over and over. In recovery, I was the next bed over from hers and heard the doctor ask if she'd experienced any discomfort, and she said no, it was all just fine.

That's how good conscious sedation is. While getting a colonoscopy without any anesthesia is an option, I don't see any reason to choose it for myself. Not that I'm a wuss--I delivered a ten pound three ounce baby without anesthesia--but why tough out pain or discomfort when you don't have to?

My opinion of medical providers differs from flburst58's a lot, but this isn't a politics board, so...

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Hi, I’d like to discuss this incredible medical examination that is colonoscopy, obviously expect the preparation that is however important, in particular on female, I think is really sexy to watch so deep in a woman who, in my opinion, is the representation of beautiful!

Any woman who did it for screening who combined duty with pleasure and want to tell her experience ?

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