Colonoscopy: This was some years ago, but my PCP ran a full colonscopy on me, unmedicated and had the machine turned around so I could watch the screen all the way to my cecum as he blew me up like a balloon! As I was virtually overwhelmed by the subjective "feeling" associated with an inflated colon, he would point out the minor AVM's and engage me in conversation. All I could remember was being glad that I knew that the "urge" was phantom, and the utter relief as he deflated me.
Several years later, I did a follow-up with a gastroenterologist who used verced. As I recovered from the aneasthetic, one of his partners tried to pigeon hole me about his mother-in-law, who had Fronto-temporal dementia and what he and his wife should do. I was too whacked out to tell him to F*&K off and make an appointment!
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