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Posted 10/23/2013 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
The MD says half at 6pm and half the next morning 3 hours before the scope.

The pharmacist says get it all over with the evening before.

I already know I can't follow the MD 100%. Drinking as fast as I can, it still takes hours per quart. So I won't have time before a 6:30am scope for another full dose; (not that I could keep down another full quart even with all the time in the world.) But should I try to drink some in the morning? Won't the clean-out be done by then?

By the way this is my HW 3rd anniversary! I discovered the site 3 years ago trying to find a way to make it through a MoviPrep night. I'll be using all those helpful hints again: the chill factor, sucking on a lemon. Anything else I should try?

Hoping for a good outcome and maybe being able to cut back on the meds. Hoping there is nothing to biopsy; last time post-scope my symptoms were worse than ever. Does anyone else clean house and get their affairs in order before a colonoscopy, or am I just a wimp?

 

Posted 10/23/2013 8:20 AM (GMT 0)
I always do half at 6pm and half the next morning 3 hours before the scope. I do sometimes give it 4 hours before the scope though since that gives me a little more time to get it down. I usually chase mine down with a sip of apple juice.. And no I don't clean house lol I just look forward to propofol and getting it over with.
Posted 10/23/2013 11:41 AM (GMT 0)
Last thing I would ever do is drink anything like that the morning of. Had a TON of scopes and always finished evening before.
Posted 10/23/2013 2:38 PM (GMT 0)
Happy anniversary!

Someone suggested to me eating popsicles were okay during prep. I have an upcoming scope and I am going to try sucking on a non-red popsicle while choking down the prep (in my case it is citro-mag and that stuff is VILE). I hope the popsicle between swigs will help with the flavour plus numb my mouth/tastebuds.
Posted 10/23/2013 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
Popsicles are a great idea. I'll bet the freezing temperature numbs the taste buds for a bit. The biting a lemon slice helped last time too, just before drinking. Maybe after too; I can't remember.

I have always had trouble swallowing non-food substances. As a tiny kid I would be unable to take oral meds and the doctor would try to bluff me with the threat of an injection instead. Surprised him. I begged for the shot!

Posted 10/23/2013 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
How about using a straw to pass over the tastebuds on the tongue? Good luck...do you have symptoms now or do you think you have hit the delightful remission?

B
Posted 10/23/2013 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
Oh if only there was a way to take a shot instead of drinking that wretched stuff, I would do it in a heartbeat.
Posted 10/23/2013 11:08 PM (GMT 0)
I will not do MoviPrep again after doing the Miralax/Gatorade prep...sooooo much better tasting, probably the easiest one I've done besides the Osmoprep pills
Posted 10/24/2013 4:13 AM (GMT 0)
hateuc: Maybe the scope will tell me more about remission. I have moved away from that old story called "20-30 times a day with blood" to a New Normal that involves more frequency and urgency than ideal. The new normal has lasted more than a year since starting Rowasa; before that it was a struggle.

blksteeda: I have tried 3 different preps, none as easy as as you describe. I will ask about Miralax/Gatorade next time. Can't wait--well, you know what I mean.

Thanks everyone. Add popsicles and straws to the list of tricks.
Posted 10/24/2013 12:09 PM (GMT 0)

naturalcurl said...
hateuc: Maybe the scope will tell me more about remission. I have moved away from that old story called "20-30 times a day with blood" to a New Normal that involves more frequency and urgency than ideal. The new normal has lasted more than a year since starting Rowasa; before that it was a struggle.

blksteeda: I have tried 3 different preps, none as easy as as you describe. I will ask about Miralax/Gatorade next time. Can't wait--well, you know what I mean.

Thanks everyone. Add popsicles and straws to the list of tricks.

definitely try the Miralax one next time around. It's a 64oz Gatorade mixed with the stuff and it doesn't have that god awful salty taste that you dread to drink the next cup. The other one I used was the OsmoPrep pills and you just drink water with them. It's a lot of big pills you take about every 15 mins with 8oz of water in a given timeframe.
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