I apologize if this subject offends anyone, but I was just wondering. I had my first on Monday. The prep was the worst!

I have NO recollection of what happened from "We need you to lay with your left arm tucked under a little more" to the point where I woke up in my own bed with a Diet 7-up in my hands, wondering how in the world I had gotten there! Seriously, that is frightening! I have a vague recollection of being in the bathroom with a nurse as she helped me dress, and telling her, "It is very nice of you to help me."

My mother is a colon cancer survivor, so my doctor was insistant that I have a colonoscopy when I turned 45, rather than the normal 50. It was a good thing, since he removed a fairly large pre-cancerous polyp. I spent several hours thinking what would have happened had I NOT had the procedure done? Would I have lived to 50??!!?? I am fine now, knowing that it is gone, and realizing the need to have one done every 2 years now, as my doctor has indicated.

So, any other stories of colonoscopies... or anesthesia stories out there that you would like to share???