Hiya my fellow sufferers,
I had my colonoscopy done on the 2nd as planned. I knew the pain was going to be excruciating as any internal examinations or procedures done in the anus or vagina, have been that way for many years. Nerve damage from back injury.

I asked the Dr for less sedation & more painkiller until I saw the scope go through what I have always claimed is the obstructed area - the splenic flexure.
What I saw on the screen was astonishing and I will never forget it! The Dr used air pressure to loosen a problem bit and suddenly what looked like a one red page, then one black page concertina paged book rose up and started opening up and taking off in front of the camera all the while feeling the weird pressure of it all happening under my ribs!
It took a bit of processing I tell you, but I was looking at perfect squares of very tightly packed down colon - hard squares that had dried out from not having seen the inside of my colon or had any moisture on them for god only knows how long!
The pain became too much soon after and I was given v heavy sedation. I only recall seeing the caecum and the transverse which looked to be in good working condition.
Unbelievably, later the Dr denies that I had/have an obstruction😳 at the splenic flexure or a stricture in my descending colon - wtf! He will not provide me with pix of that particular area. He has confirmed that I have Diverticular in my sigmoid - nasty by the look of it. How bad I asked and he said they don't count them!
I know there is a lot of arsecovering going on in the colorectal dept at the hospital over the many misdiagnoses and denying I had Diverticulitis many times over the 12 yrs I've been on their books. But, I did expect the Head of Gastroenterology would show some integrity. He would not provide me with a copy of the procedure and cherry picked a few pix for me to take home.
Getting factual information from medical professionals about my own body is proving very difficult and expensive 😩
For about 10 days after the colonoscopy I was delighted to be producing normal stools 💩 and farting freely! Pencil slim stools, but otherwise normal!
I've been feeling my descending colon moving back to its cosy old place - almost completed now & I'm back to needing Molaxole, the odd Bisacodyl and going through my acrobatics & huffing & puffing.
I have taken some advice from a Patient Advocate woman and written to the Dr using the Privacy Act requesting all and any imaging and paperwork.

$2,700 and just a written diagnosis of Diverticular in Sigmoid & stating the rest of the colon was normal, and a few pix - some that look anything but normal!
I'm on the hunt now for an up to date Colonography - they're much cheaper, from a place that will allow me to leave the building with a copy of it - unlike in 2015!
I'm leaving no stone unturned before having the suggested total Colectomy.
If anyone is interested in seeing the still pix of colonoscopy pls feel free to ask🙂😌