I’m 49. Do to strange things happening with my body I am going to have to get an endoscopy and colonosocopy along with an prostate exam!

Has anyone here had these procedures?

Will I gag with the endoscopy? Will I feel pain with the colonoscopy and prostate exam?

I fear. I don’t’ want any pain.

Hello, i am a 19 yr old young man that has always been decently healthy. I am 5 foot 10 inches and around 160 pounds. For about the last 6 months i have has some weird abdominal pain, It started out with an ache or pulled muscle type feeling (NOT CRAMPS) and from time to time it would go away for a week and them come back for a couple weeks then go away again. Went to the doctors and had a Upper GI and a Lower endoscopy done. They found nothing. I feel like the doctors think i am over reacting but its kinda scary cause now it feels like a dull feeling almost like something inside my stumic. The doctors said i shouldent be worried cause if it was cancer it would have killed me by now. But what should i do would a MRI or CT scan help cause maybe its not in the stumic but on the outside. So idk what should i do?

I started eating a gluten free diet about a week ago and I will be having a colonoscopy in a few weeks. I have not been diagnosed with a gluten intolerance but I think that is what I have. Should I start eating gluten the week before the colonoscopy? Also, I have read that an endoscopy can diagnose celiac disease. Can a colonoscopy also diagnose it?

I received notice in the mail yesterday with my appointment for my endoscopy/colonoscopy. I have to prepare for it one day and then have the procedure the next day. And they are putting me to sleep for it. Should I just prepare for it while I’m at work and only take the day off the for procedure? Or will I feel good enough to go to work the next day after the procedure? Anyone else go thru this and have any advice? Thanks in advance to all answers.

My son already had 3 stool tests and xray in the stomach and they didnt see anything. He is scheduled for colonoscopy and endoscopy. But what are the possible causes of his bloating and gas?

Bottom line is, I suffer from a Bowel illness. The doctors are very tentatively giving it the title of "Severe IBS". It started 5 years ago, diagnosed with IBS, was never really a major issue besides the fact I had to watch what I ate. Fine. Over the years it’s gotten progressively worse. I’ve played doctors favourite guinea pig for two years now with no signs of slowing down. Good news is my latest Endoscopy’s (one down the throat, one through the bowels) show no signs of Crohn’s disease or colitis. Which is a bitter sweet pill to swallow because I’m happy It’s not either of those two, but would have been satisfied if we could just put a name to it.

Regardless, I’ve tried SO MANY Different diets by doctor has told me to stop for the time being, eat normal food, live normal for a while until he can see me again. Fair enough.. basically my daily routine is I wake up at about 1 PM feeling like someone beat the crap out of me while I slept, I don’t eat breakfast, Don’t eat lunch, I eat a bit of dinner, I take a tablespoon of soluable fibre twice a day, I drink a protein shake every day because My weight tends to drop during my worst times. Then I go to bed. My schedule is completely out of wack, I never know when I’ll be awake or when I’ll be sleeping. It’s bad in the mornings, it’s best late afternoon/evening and it’s bad again during the night. It’s not specific things, it’s just food in general, which is why I don’t eat a lot to begin with.

To top it all off.. I’m 16, Lost a whole semester of school to it last year, had to be homeschooled just to achieve 50’s (i’m usually an 80+ Average). I went back to school this year but again, haven’t been to school in three weeks for the simple fact that I go to school, but end up having to come home sometimes before first period is even over. It’s pathetic. I can’t even go to school. Not to mention I also had to give up my job for it.

and the best my specialist has done in recent months is sent me to a god damned shrink to "manage stress". And all THAT Did, was stress me out. I manage stress fine, I don’t know how he managed to find a stress shrink as a solution to a bowel disorder but i did what i had to do, and guess what, big suprise here, it didn’t do anything for me.

What else can I do to keep myself up? My spirits at least..

Remember, I’m 5 years into this, unless you have a really experienced suggestion, chances are I’ve tried it, but I appreciate all tips.

People look at me and go "Don’t let it consume you, you should go to school and live a normal life" I’m dead serious when I say it’s physically impossible to attend class in the condition i’m in. I’m not letting it consume me, I really don’t have a say in what it does.

How the hell do I control it, or what can I do to help my body feel normal.

I live my life feeling like crap all the time. The physical exhaustion starts to get to you, so does the depression and many other feelings.

This isn’t just a one dimensional illness, anyone who has suffered from anything remotely close to what I am, knows what I’m talking about.

Anyways, any input is appreciated, thank you.

I am having an Endoscopy and a Colonoscopy tomorrow at 10:00 AM, and I would like to know what I can eat, and when is the last time I can eat.

If you would answer quick I would appreciate it.
Thank You

I had a colonoscopy done 3 years ago, they went in through the rectum, I had a friend tell me that I should get an endoscopy where they go in through the mouth, I asked if this would reach my colon and he said yes, is this true too?