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Posted 5/16/2010 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
I made it Mass for my colonoscopy tomorrow. I brought all the meds and forgot my freaken luggage. My wife was kind enough to go to some local store for some clothes...Unreal...I just started the prep...It really sucks...It's like drinking seawater!!!...I rather drink 40 gallons of water and pills...Who out there said it was ok...I am hoping I can finish the first half of the prep w/o puking...Mind you I can usually drink about anything....I am trying to drink some sprite...Ok second 8 ounce drunk..I am getting really close to a gagging...

Rod
Posted 5/16/2010 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah, it's super salty but because of my liquid diet the day of my scope, I didn't have to drink both of them. Do you have it cold? A straw? If you use a straw and place it as far as possible in your throat then the taste is not that bad. Oh and maybe plug your nose! Good luck with the scope!
Posted 5/16/2010 8:38 PM (GMT 0)
 

Hi,

You need to just hold your nose and get on with it! LOL, Have you had a scope before? Good luck tomorrow. It will be worth it to enable the doctors to see what they need to!

Debbie :)  

Posted 5/16/2010 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
I have to do the pills tomorrow. I am thankful I am not doing the nasty tasting stuff. You will get through it, it's not fun but what can you do now? Next time ask for the pills!
Posted 5/16/2010 10:33 PM (GMT 0)
 

  I used MoviPrep for last years colonoscopy and it was horrible. Everything said not to add flavoring but no one had a reason why. I asked the pharmacist and he thought I coud add some lemonade crystal lite this year. It made all the difference. It was still salty but I was able to drink it. I made sure the prep was really cold, added the crystal lite (the individual packets) and an ice cube and drank a bit of gingerale after each glass. This year I drank half the prep the night before and half the morning of except I was so cleaned out I only drank half the dose the next morning. I know doctors would disapprove but hey, I got the prep down and was well cleaned out so whatever gets the job done.  I used to use the Fleets phosphate (this is my 13th or so scope) but they took it off the market. I can't drink a whole gallon so Moviprep it is.

 UC for 32 years. 6 mp; Diclofinac; fosomax.  In remission for 6 years.

Posted 5/16/2010 11:03 PM (GMT 0)
I know, right?! Some people say Movi Prep is fine. It made me throw up during both batches. HORRIBLE!!! If I caught you before batch number 2 try a trick I did: Get some ginger ale and put it on ice. Let it go a little flat and take sips when the prep starts making you gag. Helped me get the second batch down.
Posted 5/16/2010 11:14 PM (GMT 0)
I get to do this Wednesday this week. Soooo not looking forward to it.

Doc's office strongly recommended against pills. Said they are hard on the liver. :/
Posted 5/16/2010 11:18 PM (GMT 0)
SJF...I feel your pain...All my previous scops were the fleets phosphate as well. They were not pleasant but compared to this crap it was a fine wine. I let my wife just smell it and she almost puked. There has got to be a better prep.
Posted 5/16/2010 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know why more doctors don't use Miralax..it's tasteless
Posted 5/16/2010 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
I hate that stuff i didnt get it all down but i managed to clean out.
Posted 5/16/2010 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know why doctors don't allow you to use what works on your own touchy system. lol (j/k)

Like dark beer from a keg.

or

The cat scan contrast.

Both have cleaned me out, clean as a whistle in fact. Clear water at the end. lol Sigh....I used to rely upon Fleet's Phospho Soda but heard it was pulled from the shelves? Guess I'll find out in a year when my colonoscopy is due again.
Posted 5/17/2010 2:39 PM (GMT 0)
i know this is from yesterday but I just used PICO SALAX for my prep a few weeks ago. no problems. you only drink two 5 oz. cup. one at 8am, one at pm. And it tasted fine. not delicious but like lime soda.
this is in canada, maybe they dont have it in the US?
Posted 5/17/2010 5:55 PM (GMT 0)
I did the pill prep on my last scope and it was wonderful. I had to ask for it, though, and you have to be very careful to drink a TON of water and follow the directions precisely.
Posted 5/19/2010 12:39 AM (GMT 0)
When I did my last prep (it's been close to a year ago) my doc prescribed the Miralax prep. I asked the pharmacist about the pills and she said they had been pulled off the market or something?

The Miralax was SO much better than the GoLytely - no taste, you just mix it with Gatorade and chug it down.
Posted 5/19/2010 6:00 PM (GMT 0)
It's still available, but generally you have to request it. The problems come in when people don't follow the directions and don't drink enough fluids.

Learn more about it here: http://www.tabletprep.com/

Posted 5/19/2010 8:47 PM (GMT 0)
I took the pills and don't think I drank enough fluids. My doctor said I wasn't 100% cleaned out. It's weird because I drank way more than the instructions stated and I was pooping like mad. It said 8oz with each set of pills. That's really not that much water. I think you would do better if you double that, I did and I still wasn't hydrated enough apparently.
Posted 5/19/2010 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
Just finished the first 8oz....

it's not THAT bad.
Posted 9/2/2010 1:28 AM (GMT 0)
Im 23 years old first colonoscopy and while this Moviprep does not taste wonderful it isnt that bad to just suck it up and gulp it down. On my 2nd batch now and this time its more chilled and going down a lot faster.
Posted 9/2/2010 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
Magnesium Citrate (lemon flavor) is the way to go! 2-3 bottles, and each is about 10 oz? You sip it cold, alternate with sips of lemon/lime gatorade... Then get some A & D ointment, a good book, lots of soft TP, and go....
Posted 9/2/2010 2:35 AM (GMT 0)
My husband used a shot glass to get as much down as he could two weeks ago for his colonoscopy. LOL!

(Made him throw up and he only got half of it down, but it cleaned him out good enough!)
Posted 9/2/2010 3:21 AM (GMT 0)
I bought generic Miralax and my prep was fine. I was warned it would be awful, but the worst part for me was the uncomfortable IV (I had never had one before) and waiting forever at the hospital.
Posted 9/2/2010 4:48 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah the one time I had that Go-Lytley, it was horrible. It was like being tortured having to drink almost a gallon of that junk, flavor packets did nothing. There has got to be something better.
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