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Posted 12/9/2013 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know why I am wondering this because I'm not due for another scope until 2015. But can you make jello using the high volume liquid preps? Wouldn't that be much easier on the taste buds? Cut the jello up into small cubes and just down them, like you do with Jell-O shots LOL Has anyone tried it?
Posted 12/9/2013 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
You mean like use it instead of water in the Jell-O mix? From a safety standpoint, I don't see why it wouldn't work. But I wonder if some of the chemicals in the prep mix would keep the Jell-O from firming up completely, but that's not really a bad thing. I mixed my prep with lemonade mix (not the sugar free kind, since I can't tolerate artificial sweetners), and used a LOT more than what you're supposed to in order to kill the taste. It worked pretty well.
Posted 12/9/2013 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
I think if you never want to eat jello again for the rest of your life, that is a good way to make yourself sick of it!
Posted 12/9/2013 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, instead of water. Maybe when it's time for my next scope I will ask my GI about this.

Gonk, I already don't want to ever eat jello again anyway! lol But if the jello can help hide the taste and sheer volume of the preps, than I would be willing to do it.
Posted 12/9/2013 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
Boy I'd love it if someone would be the guinea pig and try this before my next prep (late January...). It sounds intriguing.
Posted 12/9/2013 8:46 PM (GMT 0)
That is one cool idea. Which prep do you use Sherry?
Posted 12/9/2013 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
I would think the sodium chloride would make it tough to freeze.
Posted 12/9/2013 10:36 PM (GMT 0)
Why not just use Miralax?? I used it for my last scope and it worked wonderfully!
Posted 12/9/2013 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
I did the Moviprep on my last scope (April '13).

I thought about the too Dr-A. But alcohol used in jello shots still causes the jello to solidify (and alcohol doesn't freeze). So maybe?

Jse, my GI doesn't like to use Miralax. He says it doesn't do a well enough job to clean out. However, I was thinking of asking him for the Miralax/Ducolax prep the next time I go in.

Serenity, since you have to go in for a scope soon, perhaps you can ask on our behalf?
Posted 12/9/2013 11:41 PM (GMT 0)
you usually have to heat part of the juice to boiling to make jello. i'm not sure if it's ok to heat prep. would it still work?? or would it burn the house down?? pahaha

you could try just heating the juice and then mix it with cold prep. might still do some weird chemical process though.
Posted 12/10/2013 12:31 AM (GMT 0)
Ask who, Red? My GI's office??? Whenever I ask any prep-related questions the answer is "The prep instructions say xxx" (reading from the sheet).

Me: "Oh but what about yyy?"

Office: "The prep instructions say xxx".

Me: "Can you ask the doctor what about vvv?"

Office: "She will say, The prep instructions say xxx".
Posted 12/10/2013 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hmmm...I think I have a routine appt with my GI in March, so if I remember I will ask him. But wouldn't that make it so much easier??? If it didn't cause a chemical reaction and burn down my house I mean ;)
Posted 12/10/2013 4:40 AM (GMT 0)
LOL, yes it would.
Posted 12/10/2013 5:03 AM (GMT 0)
sherry, i am just picturing a news story right now:

"wife and mother made it out of house explosion alive after a colonoscopy prep experiment."
Posted 12/10/2013 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Lol Joanna, at least I made it out alive in that story :)
Posted 12/10/2013 2:48 PM (GMT 0)
So Sherry, is this question just an attempt to hide what you're REALLY cooking in your house? ;)
Posted 12/10/2013 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
Welllll......I'm about to be banned from cooking anything soon! I was cooking Brats on the broiler and some juice shot up, hit the heating elements and a 4' flame shot out. Luckily I wasn't in the line of fire! So I guess I am just cooking trouble ;)
Posted 12/10/2013 3:27 PM (GMT 0)
Oh no! I guess we shouldn't have been joking about it, look what happened.
Posted 12/10/2013 3:29 PM (GMT 0)
Lol, joking is fine. I've never been known for my excellent culinary skills :)
Posted 12/10/2013 7:53 PM (GMT 0)
can only imagine that if I ate a gallon's worth of jello, I'd be sick, so it wouldn't be something I'd be able to consider working for me. I wouldn't want any flavour at all.

With the gallon preps, it's volume compared to concentration. I hear that Pico Salex is OK....
but I've never used it.


Why not email the company and see if that is an option?


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Posted 12/10/2013 7:59 PM (GMT 0)
Oh! Didn't think about that Q! Thanks :)
Posted 12/10/2013 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
Here is an interesting site with many people writing in their ideas on how they did their preps.

ibdcrohns.about.com/u/ua/colonoscopy/colonoscopypreptips.01.htm (Oh no, I can't get the link to work!!)

I read through a few pages and didn't see anyone try to make jello out of the prep, BUT, a couple of people did put the powder type of prep into gel caps instead of mixing it with water. Hmmm...! Here is one post describing this method:

"After 11 Colonoscopies...
...this will be my 12th as I have severe Crohn's disease. What's my secret? GEL CAPS. Every time I have a bowel prep I buy quick-dissolve empty gelatin capsules (you can find them at vitamin stores) and fill them with the Miralax powder, as it makes me gag and vomit no matter HOW slow I drink. It may take a couple hours to fill the caps but then I can take them on prep day, no bad taste! And they don't appear on the scope at ALL as they are clear gelatin.
—Guest Kate"
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