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Posted 9/18/2011 6:39 PM (GMT 0)
I have done 5 prep's and this is the first time I have tasted something that reminded me of it.......so bad I had to brush my teeth.......
Posted 9/18/2011 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
What was it?
Posted 9/18/2011 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
suspense is killing me.....please reveal the culprit!
q
Posted 9/18/2011 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
lol, sorry! It is lemon/lime Gatorade light, it had that thick feeling to it too, ewww......
Posted 9/18/2011 9:27 PM (GMT 0)
     EW...Gatorade doesn't agree with me, any flavor makes me sick.  However, my friend once gave me a bottle of flavored water, I don't remember the brand, and wow did it ever taste like Nulitely..UGH smhair !
Posted 9/18/2011 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
lol, I will avoid that flavor for sure. I am not a big gatorade drinker. I especially dislike it since havng to use it for a prep.
Posted 9/18/2011 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
I have always loved orange gatorade, this was quite a surprise.
Posted 9/18/2011 10:49 PM (GMT 0)
ah, I've never had a desire to drink gatorade, but I've had a sip once. ugh

why do you drink it? Wouldn't a light version have artificial sweeteners?

q
Posted 9/19/2011 12:45 AM (GMT 0)
I can't understand why everyone complains about the prep and then drinks it. Am I the only one whose GI allows to use two fleet enemas instead of the prep? Have you not asked your GIs about it? Or is there something wrong with using enemas instead?
Posted 9/19/2011 2:41 AM (GMT 0)
Yuck and LOL! Try Nantucket Nectars ... I like their pomegranate-cherry. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal) ******** P.S. Subdued-- Fleets only covers flex-sigs. For c-scope prep one needs to drink something that cleans the right colon, transverse, & descending colon as well as lower left sigmoid & rectum where enemas reach.
Posted 9/19/2011 7:38 AM (GMT 0)
ditto regarding the fleet enemas as a clean-out for c-scopes. They make no sense.  Especially since some foods turned to stool can remain in the digestive tract for up to 4 days before it's eliminated.

I'd rather be guaranteed a perfect scope with biopsies.

q
Posted 9/19/2011 8:06 AM (GMT 0)
Very strange. The first time my GI did a sigmoidoscopy because my colon was too inflamed for a full scope. The second two times he did full colonoscopies. I had heard about the prep; so each time I asked him ahead of time if I could use two enemas instead of the prep like I did before. He was fine with it, and the colon was clean for all scopes. I've had three scopes, and I have no idea what prep tastes like but it doesn't sound pleasant.
Posted 9/19/2011 12:32 PM (GMT 0)
OMG! I can't look at the stuff w/out cringing. My last c scopy was 2 1/2 years ago and I still can taste that thick gatorade/miralax combo!

I did the 2 fleets for a flex sig but have always done full prep for c scopes.
Posted 9/20/2011 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
In olden times (1980, lol) the liquid saline-style preps had not caught on yet. Whenever my doctor scheduled a c-scope, I was instructed to prepare several days in advance by starting on a restricted diet. This eliminated food or drink known to coat the colon mucosa. As I recall, 2 full days prior to c-scope I could only consume clear liquids, consomme, & clear jello. My doctor used to tell patients that this was necessary because any waste left in the colon would "get on the scope's light" so that the procedure could not be completed. I remember getting painfully hungry (rumbling gut) by the day before scoping! Ugh! / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
Posted 9/25/2011 6:27 PM (GMT 0)
I can't smell gatorade or chicken broth without feel ill.
Yuck!
Posted 9/26/2011 1:25 AM (GMT 0)
One good thing about not having a colon is I no longer need to down huge amounts of liquid for prep :D
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