The Colonoscopy Procedure

• Once you have changed into one of our gowns you will be wheeled into the procedure room on a bed.
• Sedating medication is given to help you relax. This is optional but it does facilitate the procedure considerably.
• Colonoscopy involves passing the endoscope along the whole of the rectum and colon.
• Patients undergoing colonoscopy sometimes experience a feeling of wind pain or cramp as the endoscope goes around the corners in the bowel. This discomfort is not for the duration of the colonoscopy. It is important following a colonoscopy to pass the wind that may be trapped in the bowel.
• Most procedures take 15 - 30 minutes. However your stay at the clinic will be approximately 1.5-2 hours.