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Posted 4/2/2017 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,

I'm having my scope tomorrow and will update you all on the suprep and findings. I was really anxious for weeks leading up to it because I don't want it to cause another flare after I just finished one :-(

Anyhow, my doc's office is now allowing folks to have a breakfast with soft foods in the morning the day before the prep so I was happily able to eat 2 hard boiled eggs with yogurt this morning and feel way better now! Has anyone heard of this change in bowel prep?!!

The biggest annoyance is that I got my period this AM and have terrible stomach cramps now and have to do the prep at 6pm :-( I'm worried that I won't be able to tolerate it now, but I'm very motivated to go through with this. Will be using heating pads on stomach and tylenol and hoping for the best. I really don't want to end up in the ER due to stomach pain since i'm starting off in a not so great place with period cramps.

Will update when I take the prep solution at 6pm....
Posted 4/2/2017 7:25 PM (GMT 0)
Never heard of breakfast being possible before as usually it's a fast for a set number of hours before that procedure. What exact prep did they prescribe you?
Posted 4/2/2017 7:30 PM (GMT 0)

iPoop said...
Never heard of breakfast being possible before as usually it's a fast for a set number of hours before that procedure. What exact prep did they prescribe you?

They prescribed suprep, which is pretty commonly used now I believe. They wrote it on the paper for me (light breakfast of soft foods morning before) so I think it's a new thing they are allowing. I double checked with the schedules and she said it was fine.

I found a study on people having a low residue diet the day before the colonoscopy and ingesting about 1,000 calories and apparently they fared better: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/no-eating-rule-before-a-colonoscopy/
Posted 4/2/2017 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
I have always been able to eat a breakfast the day before if I did not have an early morning procedure. I always was instructed switch to clear liquid diet at least 24 hours ahead of procedure. This allowed modest breakfast 30 or so hours before.
Posted 4/2/2017 9:17 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I was allowed to have a light breakfast the day of my bowel prep but it had to eaten before 9 in the morning so I had some yoghurt. It had to be low residue, no fibrous foods. My colonoscopy was booked in for 10:15 the following morning.
Posted 4/3/2017 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
Yes! I had a scope in feb and was able to eat a slice of cheese, toast and milk. I can't remember what else was on the list. I didn't eat much bc I was flaring and not feeling well to begin with. The prep was prob one of the worst ones I did but can't say that was bc of the breakfast.
Posted 4/3/2017 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I've heard about it. I refuse to do the GI docs huge 4 liter of vile tasting nastiness, so I look up miralax prep that is much easier to get down. While I was looking, several GI doc sites said that you can eat up to 24 hours before your scope, and I found research showing the prep was even better with a breakfast.
So I ate a breakfast of eggs the day of my prep at ten am since I had a 3 pm scope. That gave over 24 hours and I would be full most of the day from the eggs. The doctors notes said my prep was excellent.
Posted 4/3/2017 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
I have always cheated a little and had at least a cup of coffee (with milk) on prep day, and my preps have always been rated as very good/excellent.

This month I will be doing Suprep for the second time, with my scoping scheduled for mid-day. So the morning of the prep, I am allowed breakfast and "a light lunch!"
Posted 4/3/2017 5:01 PM (GMT 0)
I use the gallon PEG and have breakfast the day of the prep.
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