I had the awful experience of going through what I was told was going to be a painless colonoscopy. The prep was bad enough, whereas I was passing mostly gatorade/laxative for hours on end. But the day of the procedure, I was administered a very little relaxant and I had an excruciating painful colonoscopy. I was told I had a very angular portion of colon and an irrital bowel syndrome. Even though I was sedated, it was one of the most painful procedures I have ever had. The good news is my results were negative for all my trouble.

The doctor was a colo-rectal surgeon, rather than a gastroinenterologist and believed in very little sedation. He seemed very unaware of me and the pain I was in. I will never see him again.