Should you have sedation or gas and air? My Colonoscopy Experience

Another piece of life writing from the author of the 'Deathsworn Arc'. Yes, I'm a fiction man, but I like to write about interesting experiences I have. In this case, having suffered for decades with crippling IBS, I was referred for a Colonoscopy to see exactly what's going on down there - if anything. I deliberated for a long time about whether to opt for sedation or gas and air. I'll be honest I was nervous about having the procedure, but I wanted to get to the bottom of my symptoms so I had go through with it. I'll be writing this with a tinge of my sardonic, self-deprecating humor, but in honest I'm writing it for anyone else who's booked in for this form of torture, to put your mind at rest and to help you come to a decision as to whether to go for gas and air or sedation.