The worst part of a colonoscopy?

[mockmonkey]

46. The worst part my first time.

I did everything I was told to do and read what was written on the Prep paperwork to do about 500 times.

I ate very lightly the day before I had to drink the stuff. I moved a small tv into the bathroom and stayed there.

The day of the colonoscopy when I was checked in the nurse asked me something I wasn't expecting. What color was your last BM? I don't know. I didn't really think I wanted to look at it. The nurse says well this was in the paperwork and you have to know or they can't do the procedure. She implied that I didn't drink the stuff.

This caused a big issue and I did something I never do, I got ANGRY! There was NOTHING written in the paperwork I received or in the phone call from the nurse the day before that said to check the color of my last BM.

The nurse could tell that I was PISSED. Soon I was visited by other nurses all trying to calm me down. I was ready to LEAVE.

At one point one of the nurses admitted that the old versions of the Prep paperwork were missing this information but that supposedly they were all destroyed.

They conferred with the doctor and he said to go ahead and get me ready. The rest went fine, I guess. I don't remember that much afterward.

My partner told me later that they mentioned to him about my being upset...lol.

When I got home I checked the Prep paperwork and there was NOTHING about checking the color of your last BM.

I am not a terrible patient. I have bad veins and anytime I get a needle put in, it can be painful as some try to move the needle around. I'm used to it. I understand.

But don't tell me something was told to or written for me and I didn't do it.