Can I still take psyllium seed powder 4-5 days before colonoscopy?

Hi everyone,

I've been taking psyllium seed powder daily for a couple months now and it's really helping with hemmies and constipation.

I have a colonoscopy scheduled on Monday in 4 days and it says not to have any seeds for 7 days prior to the exam. I did not put the two together and was just avoiding nuts and seeds from fruits!

Does anyone know if psyllium seed powder would be a problem if I took it 4 days before the colonoscopy? It's very fine and I figure it would flush out by Monday AM. I don't want to alert the GI to this so that they don't think of rescheduling me. I already planned with work etc. Thanks!

quincy said...
I do. What prep regimen are you doing?

Seeds they are meaning are actual seeds. I would assume that could be an issue for those with diverticulosis.

q

Thanks. I was hoping they are talking about actual seeds. I don't have diverticulosis. I'm doing suprep....not looking forward :-(

Seeds would be different from pulverized seed in powder form. As one GI explained to me, he doesn't want to send a seed out for biopsy!

For my colonoscopy last month,I did Suprep for the first time. Because my GI's instruction sheet had been reformatted, I read and re-read and did not see anything about discontinuing fiber, so I took it through Sunday for my Tuesday procedure.

On Monday I found the line about discontinuing the fiber "a week before." Ho well. So I took it 2 days before the scoping, and it was not a problem for the doctor. It may have added to to volume I needed to flush out with the prep.

My prep was fine, no harm done, minimal discomfort with it. Next time I would likely stop the fiber a few days earlier than I did this time, to see what the difference might be.

The Suprep was not bad! I will be doing it again in a few weeks so they can recheck some worrisome cells.

I love my fiber! Hate to omit it for too many days!
S/Meg