Poop-Chute-oscopy WITHOUT sedation!

Yup, I'm pretty awesome. Now you can tell people that you have a friend who is so bad ass that she had to have a colonoscopy without sedatives and she survived!

"Why in the name of all that is holy and donuts would you choose to go through an unmedicated colonoscopy?" you ask me?

Well I should back up and say that it wasn't my choice, per se. For reasons that I don't feel are kosher enough to explain here, (yeah i know I'm talking about a colonoscopy for gods sake) I was scheduled for a mini colonoscopy called a sigmoidoscopy yesterday and it is supposed to be so quick that they rarely put people out for it. So you can imagine my shock when I was laying on the stretcher and the doctor said, "I think if you can handle the discomfort, we should go ahead and try to do a full colonoscopy."

"WHA?????"

Since I'm pregnant they didn't want to give me any sedation because of the added risk to the baby, so what's a prego girl to do? Well, in my case, you roll over on your left side and bite the bullet, all in the sake of Operation Healthy Baby.

now let me tell YOU, it was NOT a walk in the park. It was probably one of the most painful things I have ever had to endure. However, 15 minutes or so of searing pain and deep breathing I was allowed to go home or to work or whatever, however I was in no condition to be going back to work.

So I expect in years from now, when you are 50 and you need to schedule your colonoscopy but you are too afraid, you will think of me, the pregnant wuss from Salt Lake City, who had to endure the entire procedure without the sweet sweet option of narcotics. I know, I know. I am slowly rising up the cool-o-meter. I'm so cool now that I have gone up, like, a notch.