Ack! Colonoscopy next tuesday for me.

[boedicca]

Drinking the stuff the day before is worse than the procedure, imo.

 

[April]

Yeah it is...I have done the Phospho Fleet soda crap and the powdered miralax that comes in the jug...tastes like banana my ass...

 

[Connery]

The prep is a pain in the ass. Procedure an afternoon nap. As soon as I woke up I wanted to get out of there and cook myself a nice meal tho.

 

[Caroljo]

I'm to drink half the night before, starting at 6pm, and I can sip water or juice along with it to help get it down he said. Next morning, I have to drink the other half and have it all gone within 4 hours of the surgery time.

I don't think I could pick it back up in the morning and start again!!! My appointment was at 8 am, so I had to drink it all the night before. Although I didn't get through it all I heard some people mix it with juice, 7-up, something that might make it a "little" better.

 

[Caroljo]

The prep is a pain in the ass. Procedure an afternoon nap. As soon as I woke up I wanted to get out of there and cook myself a nice meal tho.

Lol....I'd never been so hungry!! At least when I woke up they had a sandwich for me and juice...which was REALLY GOOD!

 

[Gracie]

My niece called last night and said to stay close to the toilet on Monday. I start drinking the stuff at 6pm Monday night. Only half, though. She said she sipped a bit of juice with hers to help get it down. Next morning, I have to drink the other half 4 hours before the procedure...so I have to set my alarm at 7am Tuesday, drink it down to get whatever is left over the first half didn't get to I guess. Then off I go at 10am to the town where it is going to be done..which is one hour away. Procedure takes place at 11:30am. Doc said they would get me in a gown, do the IV with something to keep me calm, then when they roll me in, they will inject into the IV the "lalaland stuff".

I had to swallow a camera a few years ago. I barely remember any of it but I DO remember saying I wanted a milkshake on the way home and hubby getting me one. I don't remember anything after that.

 

[April]

I'm to drink half the night before, starting at 6pm, and I can sip water or juice along with it to help get it down he said. Next morning, I have to drink the other half and have it all gone within 4 hours of the surgery time.

I don't think I could pick it back up in the morning and start again!!! My appointment was at 8 am, so I had to drink it all the night before. Although I didn't get through it all I heard some people mix it with juice, 7-up, something that might make it a "little" better.

I was allowed to use gatorade...nothing with red dye or purple...orange was ok to use. And clear Kool-Aid.
I was also allowed a clear broth made from the chicken flavored boullion cubes. THANK GOODNESS for boullion! I was sooo hungry...it hit the spot.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

True story:

I went to see a doctor for an unrelated procedure. He was young, slender, athletic and in very good condition but just putting off that disgusting and embarrassing colonoscopy. I'm 66, normal weight, normal heart, very healthy, but only because I never put a morsel in my mouth without seriously questioning the calories and fat content. My whole family is heart disease and diabetics.

In our conversation, I told him I've been vegetarian for more than 30 years. In his incredible ignorance, he said I should take special vitamins to make up for the red meat I don't eat.

I just learned that this young and healthy doctor recently died of colon cancer.

Never mind that we now know that eating meat is a major cause of colon cancer. If he had had the test, he would have found out about the cancer a lot sooner.

I'm not gonna tell you not to whine. Hell, go ahead and whine all you want.

BUT, drink that disgusting crap, spend a day or two in the bathroom but then present yourself to the lab at the appointed time. You'll sleep through the worst of it and go out to a nice lunch after.

We all have to do it and we should be damn glad to have that test rather than dying young and in apparent "good health" like that stupid doctor.

 

[Rozman]

My first. So I googled like mad and asked the doc lots of questions. Not too worried about it since he said "you won't feel a thing. You will be in lalaland". His words..not mine. Which made me laugh and feel not so uptight.

I have had quite a few....
The prep sucks.No getting around that.
The procedure....is a piece of cake.
They do a great job of sending you to OZ and beyond!

Don't spend too much time thinking about it...

 

[Unkotare]

The prep is a pain in the ass. Procedure an afternoon nap. As soon as I woke up I wanted to get out of there and cook myself a nice meal tho.

Wanted to just put it all behind you?

 

[Political Junky]

I'm to drink half the night before, starting at 6pm, and I can sip water or juice along with it to help get it down he said. Next morning, I have to drink the other half and have it all gone within 4 hours of the surgery time.

That preparation is worst part. The procedure is easy.

 

[Mr. H.]

Makes me wanna poop just thinking about it.

 

[freedombecki]

My first. So I googled like mad and asked the doc lots of questions. Not too worried about it since he said "you won't feel a thing. You will be in lalaland". His words..not mine. Which made me laugh and feel not so uptight.

Your physician is a skilled professional and told you the truth. Hope things go well for you, Gracie.

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

My first. So I googled like mad and asked the doc lots of questions. Not too worried about it since he said "you won't feel a thing. You will be in lalaland". His words..not mine. Which made me laugh and feel not so uptight.

yes

that procedure

has got much more tolerable these days

It's still pretty horrible.

On a scale of 1 to 10 of horribleness I found it to be about a one or two. Don't worry, Gracie!

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

Makes me wanna poop just thinking about it.

Well, that would be an important part of the prep for the procedure! Pooping, that is!

LOL

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

My first. So I googled like mad and asked the doc lots of questions. Not too worried about it since he said "you won't feel a thing. You will be in lalaland". His words..not mine. Which made me laugh and feel not so uptight.

It's a real pain in the ass when you wake up from the trip the lalaland.

I experienced no such pain. None.

Don't worry, Gracie.

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

A lot of people exaggerate the whole process. Everyone told me, make sure to stay close to the bathroom. They made such a big deal out of it that I just stayed IN the bathroom. It was a Thursday night when I was doing the prep and Survivor was on. So I brought a small television in the bathroom, drank my stuff (Fleet), which wasn't all the bad, I think I mixed it with something, apple juice, to make it more palatable. But then just drink the stuff down, don't fuss around about it. Follow the instructions they give you, do a good job of the prep, it's important.

Anyway, my family was visiting and they were all downstairs watching Survivor while I hung out in the bathroom. Totally UNNECESSARY!!! After a couple of hours I came wandering out. Nothing's happening, I said.
Now something eventually DID start happening, but I had plenty of time to get to the bathroom, for crying out loud! I did get very sore down there from going to the bathroom so much and wiping, but after the procedure the soreness was completely gone. They must have put some really good ointment on the area! : ) (sorry to be so explicit, but I want Gracie to know my exact experience and that it was no big deal)

Anyway, I thought the entire procedure, INCLUDING the prep was much ado about nothing.

Oh, I did wake up at one point experiencing some pretty severe cramping. I let them know I was awake and in pain (by yelling out "OUCH!!") and they must have upped my sedative because I checked right back out. That was the ONLY discomfort during the entire process, and it was very fleeting.

Don't worry, Gracie!!!

 

[Gracie]

That's what I am afraid of...waking up in the middle of the procedure.

 

[Political Junky]

That's what I am afraid of...waking up in the middle of the procedure.

They monitored me very well. I was in and out of consciousness, which was their intention .. no pain.

 

[Unkotare]

That's what I am afraid of...waking up in the middle of the procedure.

I did that once in the middle of a hernia operation. It's all pretty foggy, but apparently I half sat up and grabbed the surgeon. A nurse quickly pumped a ton of juice into the IV while another was trying to pry my hand off the surgeon. All over in a matter of seconds. What I remember most is the uncomfortable feeling of having a tube down my throat.