Dr Aileen Yen

Do not drink alcohol, smoke, drive, operate machinery or sign any legally binding documents for the full 24 hours.
You must have someone to take you home and stay with you overnight
It is advisable that you rest for the remainder of the day, giving yourself time to recover from the procedure. The following day, you can return to your normal activities.
It is not unusual to experience some discomfort in your lower abdomen, this is from the air put inside the bowel to inflate it during the procedure. These wind-type pains and bloating usually pass and settle within a few hours. Try to pass wind as this will help.
If you have any concern, please contact the number above (during business hours), or present yourself to the emergency department of Hawkesbury hospital.
It takes 1 week for the results of any tissue removed to come back. Please follow up to check on the results and make further plans for a repeat colonoscopy.

Sedation will affect your judgment for about 24 hours. For your own safety and in some cases legally:

Do not drink alcohol, smoke, drive, operate machinery or sign any legally binding documents for the full 24 hours
Do not do activities that require coordination or balance for 24 hours
You must have someone to take you home and stay with you overnight
It is advisable that you rest for the remainder of the day, giving yourself time to recover from the procedure. The following day, you can return to your normal activities.

Seek Medical Advice from your GP or the Hospital if you

notice any of the following:

Have trouble swallowing
Sharp pain in the throat, chest or stomach or begin vomiting with or without blood
Have a high temperature or fever >38oC
Have redness, pain or swelling for more than 48 hours where you had the injection for sedation (hand or arm)
Any symptoms that you think is related to today’s procedure and is causing you serious concern

Minimally Invasive Procedures