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Posted 11/27/2011 8:03 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't even started the prep yet for my colonoscopy tomorrow, and I'm already nauseated! I tend to get nauseated when I don't eat. I'm doing the Miralax in Gatorade prep. Better than the others, but I also hate the taste of Gatorade, so that's a challenge. I have ginger ale and ginger mints, but I'm worried. Any tips for getting the stuff down?
Posted 11/27/2011 8:27 PM (GMT 0)
A few tips is 1) keep the prep stuff cold, 2) sip through a straw and 3) suck on a hard piece of candy in-between ounces.  Hope these tips work for you, and then me later this week when it's my turn!  I'm using the Suprep.....yikes!

Good luck tomorrow!! 

Posted 11/27/2011 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
Maybe next time ask for the gallon prep.....you won't have to go witout eating for so long. The morning of the prep, you can have a light breakfast or brunch.

Hope the rest of the process goes well for you.  Let us know tomorrow how it all went.

Enjoy your aprés scope breakfast!

q

Posted 11/27/2011 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks!
Posted 11/27/2011 11:22 PM (GMT 0)
Well, about halfway done with the drinking, and so far, so good. And it just started working....
Posted 11/27/2011 11:53 PM (GMT 0)
I guess it's too late for me to chime in now, but I take a Gravol before I start drinking the stuff.
Posted 11/28/2011 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
I guess I am also too late! In any case, next time you can ask your doctor to prescribe you an anti-nausea medicine. I can't remember the name of the one my GI gives me, but it works wonders!
Good luck with your scope.
B
Posted 11/28/2011 3:27 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the replies! I'm on the tail-end of the prep (pun intended!), and it's gone OK. I think the straw and ginger mints between doses really helped. Definitely better than the awful gallon jug of nasty liquid I took on a previous prep. But I'm so hungry, I'm even fantasizing about freaking saltine crackers.

Now I just have to worry about what they're gonna find to explain my anemia.... smhair
Posted 11/28/2011 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
Haha, oh I know about fantasizing about things like saltine crackers!

Hopefully all goes well with the scope today. Please let us know how it goes.
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