I’ve gone through it twice now. Both times, the most annoying part was the 2 or so hours they make you sit there in a hospital gown with no phone or electronics and nothing to do, while you are starving and uncomfortable and waiting to have the procedure.
I don’t know if it’s like that everywhere. But would it really be that bad to let people hang on to their phones? Why make this more difficult than it needs to be?
I could keep my phone anytime (why would you not?).
Now, in France you prepare yourself before and that's another horrifying story :)
Yes, it would. The last time I had an EGD (same facilities as colonoscopy), there were 5 small rooms on each side of an aisle for patients. Some of the rooms had TVs turned on, some had patients' family members talking loudly, and of course the nurses were running all over the place, with many talking about what they did over the weekend, etc.
Would it be so bad if people learned how to chill out for 2 hours without constant stimulation?