I conquered the colonoscopy prep!!

Okay, it is possible that I have an unhealthy addiction to juice in general.  My top two favorite juices are orange and apple.  So, last Sunday I got a great idea while I was living on apple juice until it came time to drink 'the stuff.'  I mixed the prep without a flavor packet.  I left it out on the counter as I hate to drink anything that is too cold.  My husband measured out one cup in a measuring cup and then poured half of it into a juice glass.  Meanwhile I poured myself another half a glass of apple juice (TreeTop of course).  Then I downed the four ounces of ick in one fell swoop and chased it with some apple juice.  My husband poured the last four ounces into the juice glass, I downed it and chased with apple juice.  I repeated this every 10 minutes 6 or 7 times, I think.  I then had become so water logged that I dumped the last dose down the drain.  Even though I didn't drink the last of it I still feel pretty good about it!  It really worked well and I recommend it to any other apple juice lovers out there!!

Tiggertenn

PS - Has anyone else ever awakened during their colonoscopy?  This happened to me on Monday and it was horrific.  I screamed from the pain and was quickly knocked out again! 

I also woke up during exams, actually a couple of different colonoscopies.  I was in so much pain that I really thought the scope was going to come right through my stomach.  My GI said "ok, we're going around a bend" then I think they gave me more drugs and I was out again.  This hasn't happened for probably the last 3 or 4 times I had a colonoscopy.  They use a better cocktail of drugs now, they are much stronger, THANK GOD!!

If I liked apple juice, I would try your method, but apple juice is one thing that I hate.  Glad it worked well for you.  I still find the best way to drink that crap is to use a large straw (like the ones that come in a sports bottle) and just keep sucking it down non stop.  Don't let it swish around in your mouth.  I still dread it every time.  I'd rather not eat anything for 3 days.

I was partially awake for my first scope. In recovery, my doc asked me if I remembered anything. I said, "I remember someone was screaming." Yeah. That would be me. They were unable to get all the way around, my colon was spasming so badly. Oddly enough, my Mom said I had this long discussion with the doc in recovery and I remember very little. Since then, I warn my anethesiologists that I need plenty of drugs and, preferrably, a child sized scope.

You're lucky!! I took my a prep with Gatorade, can't drink it anymore. Same thing happened with black cherry propel. I've learned to mix it with a drink I don't normally like :)
I have been under general anesthesia for all three of my colonoscopies. I was under 18 at the time of them and was at a pediatric clinic and they knock out all kids. I don't EVER what to be awake during one. I'm ok with something sticking a camera up my butt if I'm unaware of it

I was definitely not awake for mine, but I was dreaming. When they woke me up, I remember trying to hold onto my dream because it was supposedly really good. But it slipped away too fast.

I was completely awake for a sigmoidoscopy and it was terrible. And turns out I was supposed to be asleep but they just didn't give me enough drugs. Oops.

I too have found chasing the prep with something is the best method. When you try to mix it with something, it doesn't mask the terrible taste at all and it just gives you double or triple liquid to drink. Just take the prep like a shot and get it over with quick! :)