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Posted 1/19/2014 6:35 PM (GMT 0)
I'll be prepping tomorrow for my colonoscopy Tuesday cry and I have my period to boot sad so at least my period should be finished up by Tuesday but the only prep I've ever used was nasty phospho fleet soda which as some may know, tastes like disgusting salt water. Is moviprep just as bad taste wise?
Posted 1/19/2014 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
hhm, I've never used moviprep, but I hear it's gross too. I just used su-prep on Thursday & was pleasantly surprised- less volume, not near as gross as the half-lytely, quick acting. I feel your pain, every single scope I think "Never again!!!!!". That alone is reason for surgery! haha! Hope it goes smoothly...!!!!!
Posted 1/19/2014 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
I tell anyone I can that needs to get a colonoscopy to ask for the gator ade/Miralax prep. It's so much easier to get down and works great. If you like the taste GatorAde of course. I've had so many colonoscopies I lost count. So glad not to have to ever do another, lol! Good luck. And seriously, ask about that prep.
Posted 1/19/2014 7:44 PM (GMT 0)
Eh, I think it all tastes like junk. I mix it with ginger ale or gator aid, but then I can't drink that stuff for months after. I guess it has a bad association for me. Good luck with the prep...that's always fun. Jk
Posted 1/19/2014 8:43 PM (GMT 0)
Just as bad!!!!! I'm having my colonoscopy on Tuesday too! Aren't we lucky. Last two had to do moviprep. I'm gagging now just with the thought of doing it. I get to do the miralax- ducolax prep this time. Maybe you won't find it as bad. Good luck Tuesday !
Posted 1/19/2014 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
Moviprep is salty. Don't pick a flavor you like. You'll never like it again. GoLytely isn't as salty tasting to me.

Things that do that to a person probably shouldn't taste too good though...
Posted 1/19/2014 9:41 PM (GMT 0)
Movi prep is yucky. My son did it not too long ago. Chugged each cup every 15 mins. He chased it with ginger ale or apple juice.
Posted 1/19/2014 10:53 PM (GMT 0)
K, thanks guys, I'm gonna chase it with apple juice I guess. Thank goodness it's only one litre twice in the day, but as usual, if I'm running fairly clear by the time I'm suppose to drink my second one litre, then I won't finish drinking the second one that I'm suppose to drink at 9 pm. The only thing I'm looking forward to out of this crap-fest is being put to sleep on Tuesday for the scope (if I'm lucky I'll never wake up from it).

Hey, would it be okay to mix the powder right into one litre of apple juice instead of water??

Thanks Faithmac and good luck with yours on Tuesday as well!!
Posted 1/19/2014 11:11 PM (GMT 0)
Moviprep tastes like grey dishwater, so pretty foul.

My technique of getting it down was to sip it through a straw over the course of 2-3 hours while browsing the internet: if I'd tried to chug down a litre in 15 minutes, I would have vomited it back up. (This actually happened during an MRI scan; I pressed the buzzer and they got a sick bowl to me just in time... >.>)

I never had a bad prep from doing it that way.
Posted 1/20/2014 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hmmmmm....grey dishwater???? Can't say I've ever tasted that, ocean water yes, very salty just like phospho fleet soda...was hoping moviprep wouldn't be as harsh of a flavor...

I have to drink a litre within one hour each time according to the instructions.

If anyone knows if I can use pure unsweetened apple juice to mix the prep with instead of water, please let me know...thanks
Posted 1/20/2014 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
My only thought is that it will put you off of apple juice - forever.
Posted 1/20/2014 1:34 AM (GMT 0)

pb4 said...
Hmmmmm....grey dishwater???? Can't say I've ever tasted that, ocean water yes, very salty just like phospho fleet soda...was hoping moviprep wouldn't be as harsh of a flavor...

Grey dishwater with a hint of artificial lemon flavour, to be more exact >_>.

To be fair, I haven't had the phospho fleet, so I'm not sure if moviprep is better or worse than that. It's pretty yucky though :-/ That said, as long as I could sip it slowly, I didn't find it too bad to get down. It's even easier if you can find something which absorbs your attention for a while, so that you can drink it distractedly.

By the way, I'm almost sure clear apple juice is okay, but not 100%, so hopefully somebody can confirm it. I used to use citrus-flavour squashes as the mix for my colonoscopy preps: they were yellow or orange.

Good luck with the colonoscopy, pb4. Feels a bit strange to think I'll never have another colonoscopy again; in a weird, twisted way I will miss them... >.>
Posted 1/20/2014 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
LOL NCOT,

The only prep I've ever used was phospho fleet soda, it was so bad after each disgusting gulp I had to chew on really sweet bubble gum to help kill the taste, always hoping the gum would get lodged in my throat, choke me, kill me, then I wouldn't have to finish the phospho soda.

I think I might google to see if using apple juice to mix with moviprep is ok or if for some reason (besides just the torture of it) water is only allowed.

Me, I'd rather have my colon and NOT do any colonoscopies for the rest of my life.

I will try the straw tip, thanks!
Posted 1/20/2014 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
That's ok Tornado, I only drink apple juice as my clear liquid diet before prepping, not honestly a fan of apple juice, can definitely live without it.
Posted 1/20/2014 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
Talking of disgusting drinks, the foulest liquid on this earth I have ever consumed has to be Elemental 028. I optimistically picked Summer Fruits, but I could have picked Dog Poop flavour and I don't think it would have made any difference. The drinks tasted and smelled like regurgitated vomit; which is what they kinda were in a sense (being pre-digested). As you drank it, the taste got more and more cloying and the aftertaste lingered on forever.

Grim. I lasted 2 weeks on that diet and my hair was straw by the end of it. I was expecting the drinks to have a metallic taste, which I think I could have dealt with, but what they actually tasted like... *traumatised by the memory*

I did have a quick google and apple juice seems to be fine. Any clear juice is, so long as it doesn't have pulp: www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM253840.pdf
Posted 1/20/2014 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
Pb4, you already started your prep? Read on soystuds post. Hum. I don't start until tomorrow at 1. 4 ducolax at 1pm. 64 oz of miralax and some clear beverage at 5 pm. Have some nausea pills in case. No food only clear liquids after midnight. Have to be at outpatient facility at 5:50 am on Tuesday. Guess I might be first lol.

I have Gatorade or crystal light. Getting some won ton soup from Chinese takeout. Husband gets the wontons. Bought some green jello. Guess I'm ready!!!!
Chase the moviprep with jello . Make believe they are Jell-O shots :)
Helped me get it down!
Posted 1/20/2014 3:22 AM (GMT 0)
Miralax is definitely a good way to go. It seems to me to have almost no taste at all, definitely not that salty, sudsy taste most of them have.
Posted 1/20/2014 3:25 AM (GMT 0)
64 oz is a lot of whatever!!!! Better then Movieprep or golightly prep
Posted 1/20/2014 6:33 AM (GMT 0)
No Faithmac, I start my prep tomorrow, I just did liquids today...kinda grumpy, I don't handle things very well anymore, must be age and issues with depression is my guess. Tomorrow as I drink the prep and spend hours in the bathroom I'll just think about how nice being put to sleep on Tuesday will be. At least with the moviprep I don't have to take any pills (dulcolax)...I agree, 64 oz of whatever is a lot. Good luck tomorrow (and Tuesday with your scope as well) I'll be on the puter when I get up, don't start my prep until 3 pm, then drink the other liter of it at 9 pm so once I start the prep don't know if I'll be on the puter after...

Thanks NCOT for finding that info about the apple juice.
Posted 1/20/2014 6:51 AM (GMT 0)
My first colonoscopy in 10 years is Wed. I'm using the miralax prep and am hoping I don't get sick like I always did on the gallon of fleet soda, bleh! Let us know how the preps and procedures go on Tues.
Posted 1/20/2014 5:26 PM (GMT 0)
I will e_dawn, and good luck with yours as well...I haven't had a c-scope in 9 yrs because I hate them and they can never seem to help me with my CD (allergic or non-responsive to traditional meds) and since I have this rectovaginal fistula I figured I better get things checked (GI wants to put me on Remi for it).

I learned over the many yrs that I had tons of scopes that doing liquids the day before prepping cut way down on the cramping caused by the prep.
Posted 1/20/2014 5:39 PM (GMT 0)
I had jello, wonton soup broth. Soon there will be nothing left to eat. Start the pill part in about 25 min. Yuck not looking forward to this day. Hope yours goes well pb4 :)
Posted 1/20/2014 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
I'm soon going to mix moviprep with water I guess and put it in the fridge to chill it before I start drinking at 3 pm...I'll see how that goes taste wise and if it's unbearable then I'm gonna mix the second dose with apple juice and I'm only going to keep drinking until I'm running clear, once I'm running clear I'll stop drinking whatever is left.

You'd think in this day and age they could make a pleasant tasting prep, as if we aren't tortured enough with having IBD.

Wishing the best for yours as well Faithmac!
Posted 1/20/2014 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
Do you think you can put honey in your tea? Tea is acceptable for the prep. What about the honey????
Posted 1/20/2014 7:42 PM (GMT 0)
My doctor also told me that if it takes longer to get all the prep down its ok as long as you get it down. I think my first round took me an hour and a half. I just can't drink a lot of liquid in such a short time even if it tastes good!
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