I've had a sigmoidoscopy done, which is just the part of the colon nearest the anus.

It is a short procedure, and anasethia isn't used.

It was very uncomfortable. The colon has a tendency to clamp down on anything inserted in it, so air is blown in so the flexible tube with the camera can be inserted as it makes its way up the colon.

I can describe the pain as the worst gas cramps you've ever had.

Knowing that a colonoscopy looks at a much greater part on the colon, I can't imagine undergoing the procedure without some sort of anasethia.

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Paul S.

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