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Posted 5/18/2014 12:11 AM (GMT 0)
So I'm scheduled for a scope on Wednesday..
not my first and not my last... but i don't remember needing to prep for like 4 days in the past...
starting today I'm not suppose to eat nuts, seeds or grains...

And i'm just realizing now how much I eat that falls into those categories... ugh!!! Not sure what I'm going to eat for the next 3 days... lol! Had just made a batch of oatmeal coconut macaroons too... Darn!

Then Monday night I'm suppose to take 2 dulcolax tablets..
And Tuesday 2 sachets of pico salax... and only clear liquide diet of course...

If I'm not cleaned out by wednesday then no one ever will be!!!!! lol

Don't remember this much involved in the past ... .

Anyway just wanted to vent while I hide all my snack food from myself for the next few days...

Post Edited (canadagal) : 5/20/2014 7:04:49 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/18/2014 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
What prep for a colonoscopy? I've had a number of in office, flexible endoscopes and the only prep I need for those is a fleet enema 2 hours before, and another fleet an hour before.
Posted 5/18/2014 12:25 AM (GMT 0)
Ha I wish...
Nope big prep for big full colonoscopy!
Posted 5/18/2014 12:23 PM (GMT 0)
Ipoop sounds like you had a flex sig. Endoscope is down the throat. My GI actually told me next year we can just do a flex sig next year since I only have proctitis. She said easy just a fleet enema. Yay!!

A prep for a colonoscopy is usually drinking massive amounts of vile liquid and trying your darndest not to vomit.
Posted 5/18/2014 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
I just did a colonoscopy prep but it wasn't as intense as yours. It was clear liquids the day before, 2 ducolax the day before and mirolax the night before. My brother (who has a healthy colon) has a different doctor and had to give up roughage for 3 days before and needed to take more laxatives at 5 in the morning the day of. t seems like every doctor has a different prep and some of them really seem like overkill to me. Personally I usually negotiate the prep with my doctor because a little of that stuff goes a long way for me. I can never finish the whole prep because it works so fast and furious. Good luck!
Posted 5/18/2014 5:11 PM (GMT 0)

canadagal said...
You would love the Angiogram. Its thru your leg artery to your heart/brain or in my case my hand. I had to fast so long I could not drive straight on the way to the hospital.

Posted 5/20/2014 1:07 PM (GMT 0)
OK here goes nothing... did dulcolax last night! 2 soft loose BM's already this AM

And I just downed the first Pico-salax... fun, fun, fun...
Now I spend my day drinking tons and eating Popsicles... wonder if white wine counts as a clear liquid! (kidding!!!)
Posted 5/20/2014 2:18 PM (GMT 0)
Here's the thing. Prep instructions are usually not specific to their UC patients.... they are for everyone. I had the same instructions on my last one and even added on "get up 4 hours before procedure and finish last 1/4 or 1/3 of solution" (I had to be at hospital at 6:30am) No, I don't think so. Drink 3/4 of the gallon and with the way most of our colons work we are done. Stuff runs through me pretty quick and when you do enough of these you know what will clean you out.
Posted 5/20/2014 2:33 PM (GMT 0)
yeah.. Pico says works in 4-6 hours...

well 45 minutes after drinking.. I was running to the washroom! lol
Posted 5/20/2014 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
If poop looks like white wine or even like pee, with just a little bit of cloudiness, you are done. I have never had to finish the whole prep, usually just 60% or so and I am done. I assume preps have to be generically prescribed to root out a linebacker's super sized colon. Best of luck.
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