Yesterday I had a colonoscopy. It was unfortunately not a normal thing. First there was the prep. I finally finished it and then vomited a whole bunch of it back up. I guess that is normal for me. Then I was up most of the night on the toilet. That is also normal for a colonoscopy prep. So in the morning, I get up and my husband and son drive to the endoscopy center. They got the IV in on the first try! (this is definitely not normal). I had the sedative as well as something for nausea (in the past I've gotten a bit nauseous from the sedative). I was awake for the colonoscopy, but I don't remember the entire thing, and I have fuzzy memories from the next hour. I know we came home and I ate an English muffin. Then I took a nap for about 2 or 3 hours. I woke up with a pounding headache. Then I started vomiting. Not just a little, but projectile vomiting, a then dry heaving. And with each heave, the headache pounded even more.
I didn't know what to do, but I couldn't find the papers from the colonoscopy. So I called my husband at work. He called the endoscopy center, and one of the nurses called me. She told me to go to the ER, so I called my husband to come drive me there. By this point, I was starting to get confused, which happens when I get very dehydrated. On the drive to the ER, I threw up the rest of my stomach acid. Fortunately the were able to take me in right away. It took 5 tries to get the IV started now. Between the colonoscopy prep and the vomiting, my veins were so small due to the dehydration. Once they got it started, they gave me Reglan and Benadryl for the nausea, and I got 2 bags of fluids. By the time I went home, I felt so much better. I ate then slept for about 10 hours.
I never want another colonoscopy again!
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