Colonoscopy tips

Hey guys first colonoscopy due saturday any tips taking moviprep and think going to have sedation - beside myself worrying about it anything anyone can suggest to make the whole thing slightly easier ?

Honestly, I agree with iPoop the prep is the worst part, and everything after that is nothing to worry about, truly!!

I prefer Suprep, altho I don't know if it's any different. I refrigerate it, then pour the one bottle in a glass with a little water and chug the whole thing. Then I sit and watch movies with a glass of water and try to drink as much as I can w/o getting nauseous.

If I get hungry, I'll eat some Italian ice- but being bloated with water, I don't get those normal hunger pangs. Pretty easy really. I have maybe 5-6 bowels movements per bottle and it's never urgent. It's comes out easy like peeing out my butt, lol.

They knock me out so I have a nice nap I was not totally cleaned out the last 2 times and they didn't care.

I've never been put to sleep for a scope.
Lay there watching the screen, watching what was going on, alert and aware enough to ask questions throughout. (I did repeat my questions though.) I think they'd just given me a tiny bit of fentanyl and Midaz for the last one.
I've even had a Flexi sig without any sedation at all (cause was pregnant at the time), was only embarrassing. Otherwise fine.
I think some people find scopes worse than others though, and do require more sedation. The Doc's will have it there ready in case you need it. And some people are more nieve to meds so will fall asleep with the tiniest amount.
Like these guys have said, just get through the prep, make sure your going clear, then hardest bits done.

Haven't had Moviprep, but some general things that I thought helped me. I drink the prep with a straw it can go over my taste buds when I'm getting sick of the flavor. I got cold during my prep so I wore gloves while I was doing it. LOL. Put some kind of Barrier cream after your Bm's as things will start getting sore down there. Also I would get some soft wet wipes as well.

As everyone else said, the prep is the hardest part. Make sure you don't eat anything that is red the day you're doing the prep like red ices or something like that. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

Sometimes prep takes longer than advertised, so leave plenty of time, especially if part of your prep is the morning of the procedure. You want to be completely finished and empty before you leave your house for the procedure.

I poop- hahahaha. Gotta have a sense of humor tho, right?

I've done Movi prep and it's easier to drink quickly with a straw. It clears you out quickly and just flows out- no having to sit there for hours like other preps I've done.

Have some baby wipes (I like the medicated wipes for hemmroids) and pat dry- don't wipe. That'll make the tissue around the anus really sensitive. I use a little bit of AD ointment after each movement so the area doesn't get all burned from going so much.

Hang in there. Try and keep an positive attitude- my parents used to joke that they didn't want to be near me when I was going trough the prep. I'd be cursing the doctors, the toilet, anything in my way for making me have to do this!

Also, if they find your in pain, they'll give you more fentynl and you don't remember a thing!

Thanks for getting back to me everyone I'm just so scared I can't help it - I have a major fear of vomitting and suffer health anxiety so I'm terrified of what's going on up there -also in a big wuss when it comes to pain I can't even take a paracetomal without gagging so I'm probably looking too much into it and trying to get reassurance it's fine when I know really nobody is going to say hey enjoy it lol

There not bad at all. Like others said the prep is the worst part.