I have an upcoming colonoscopy. My question is, should he contenues the prep and just deal with the agonizing pain? I hope others find this comforting. I didn’t eat the day before (OK- woke up and ate four cherries then forced myself to stop). Like someone tried to make a mixed drink but used salt instead of sugar, yet still a little tangy like lime/lemon Gatorade. 6Oz mixed with 10oz water, to make the 16oz mixture. I’m sure it’s different for everyone but after the 9pm dose I was hoping to sleep around 11pm. I had no discomforts of any sort such as nausea, vomiting, bloating, etc. As you can imagine, I don’t want to go through this again. The bowel preparation solution will be consumed in two parts. She said that to drink as much as I could. Thanks for the quick reply… I am currently putting down the miralax and may take ya up on the phone number! I had stools everywhere and wasn’t warned. Split-dose bowel prep allows you to take half of the prep drink the night before and the other half the morning of the procedure. I would recommend that at some point you lie down and massage your gut to get the fluid to disperse through all the bends and turns and really clean everything out. By 8:45p I got another 16oz of ice water but wound up on the toilet with it. Part 1. Whether you plan to be on your phone, laptop or tablet, find your chargers before your laxative kicks in. Prior to the actual examination, patients will be asked to go through a colon prep. What to get at the grocery store before a colonoscopy Brooks Bell, the Colonoscopy Enthusiast and Colorectal Cancer Alliance Board Member, goes shopping before a follow-up colonoscopy. They are checking for polyps and seeing what causes my lower stomach to hurt. Laxative Product Offers a New Colonoscopy Prep Option. So far, have not had any discomforts like feeling faint or stomach pain from the prep procedure. As far as the prep goes, my doctor prescribed Prepopik. Did you get to enjoy some Halloween candy after your colonoscopy? You have 30 min to get it down. Not much but enough to notice. Hey Robert, we have heard of this happening to other patients, although it is not the most common story following a colonoscopy we hear. A colonoscopy is the best way to find and remove polyps (small growths that can become cancer) as well as small cancers before they can spread. Didn’t feel any more urges and so within 30 minutes, I decided to take another pill of Ducolax. I feel like my scenario strays from most that I’ve read about. Can drink water afterwards. I am 30 this is my second colonoscopy and endoscopy. Instead, I followed the Moviprep box instructions of doing the drink doses 2 hours apart, rather than waking up at 3 AM as the dr. office scheduler wrote down for an 8 am procedure. This doesn’t mean it will work for you and you should talk to your GI doc. And to whoever mentioned not having the anesthesia, I am going to ask about that for next time. I slathered on Desitin diaper rash barrier cream to shield tender skin from moisture and it helped tremendously. Find out which prep — GoLYTELY, MiraLAX, SUPREP, or CLENPIQ — wins in this competition of colonoscopy prep taste. I didn’t feel there was a sense of urgency, you do have time to walk to the barroom. I had a gastric bypass many years ago and my poor tummy isn’t feeling too good right now I also had one polyp years ago so know how important it is. I am a sensitive person to meds, foods, medical procedures, and this was as easy as it could be thanks to the advice given here. } let appendJsTimerElement = function(){ I’ve had At least 5-6 colonoscopies . I don’t have a problem drinking all the water, so I’m just trying to flush with that until I go to bed. Prescribed OsmoPrep. Way to go ahead and get this done! Maybe you’re afraid colonoscopy prep will be so bad you’ll feel sick. Can’t compare to the unflavored and cherry flavored old fashioned Golytely. No big deal though. I drank 4 cups in total that night and had around 20BM that night. This prep is one that has been modified a bit over the years but works really well and is far less difficult to tolerate than the (IMO) antiquated Golytely and Magnesium Citrate type preps. This involves the ingestion of a substance designed to clean the colon to ensure accurate test results. I have acid reflux to boot so it wanted to come up. The drink isnt too bad, the pooping eventually ends and the procedure isn’t as bad as you think. After your colonoscopy, go easy on what you eat. I have an auto immune disease that wipes me with these types of procedures. In the meantime, I applied Desitin in the proper place (due to advice from this page). I’ve been told to drink a 10oz bottle of clear magnesium citrate tonight (Wednesday) but that I can eat a light breakfast tomorrow morning (Thursday) before 9am. The rest I had to have done at hospital. When asked about my reactions to medications I mentioned that I generally don’t like painkillers – opiates like codeine make me a bit nauseous. I called an advice nurse from kaiser and asked her if I had to finish it all. Pretty uneventful, they prepped me, took me to where the procedure was to be done, said ok we’re going to give you the good stuff now, next I knew I was in the recovery room, where they said the found and removed one small polyp. Sunday I again just ate light, cheese pizza. 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