I hope everything comes out alright! You're very brave. I'm chicken to do this. I'm waiting til they train a dog to sniff me. I had like half a sigmoidoscopy once before the Dr gave up, and I'm trying to get my current Dr to accept that as proof that I'm a perfect you-know-what. I know it's not a laughing matter, my T's mother died of colon cancer when he was a little boy and he gets tested a lot now that he is older. But I have had like 5 hemorrhoid operations and I think that is more my problem. Cleaning out would just tear my butt apart. I have a relative who had to have butt surgery after her cleanout, she got such bad hemorrhoids. No thank you. Like they say, Exit Only! But I hope your butt is okay!