Constantly using the bathroom BEFORE colon prep?

So I've got my colonoscopy tomorrow (and an endoscopy due to some upper GI issues I've been having). This may be my 14th colonoscopy over the past 26 years? Anyway, I've been having diarrhea since yesterday - maybe went 4 times yesterday. I started my clear liquid diet after lunch yesterday. Now today I've went 4 times and even after drinking water feel like I have to go a 5th time. Now it's totally watery diarrhea. Not clear yet but sure that won't take long for the prep to do at this point once I start it.

I've never had this happen in all the colonoscopies I've had done. I don't even think this happened when I was flaring before a colonoscopy! I'm getting worried I have c-diff again. No fever, not really any abdominal cramping (other than my stomach growling non-stop). I wrote my GI and he said it was fine, just continue with the prep and he'll see me tomorrow.

I know not a lot of people on here have had c-diff - but if I have that again will they still do the colonoscopy? If I do that prep and then get there and they say nope, can't do it - well I'm not having it for another 6 months then. Not going through all this again right away! I'm almost afraid to do the prep as I'm afraid I won't be able to stop going to the bathroom before the test tomorrow morning. Usually I'm fine hours before the test and don't even have to go anymore a few hours before it.

I would wonder if colonoscopy is a good idea with c diff due to the risk of infecting other patients?

Good luck, let us know how it goes!

I don't think they "couldn't" do the scope with c diff. Rather it would be pointless because they already would know what was wrong with you.

All done. No cdiff (I misspoke in my original post). My scopes, both the endoscopy and colonoscopy, looked normal. Biopsies next week but my GI didn't think those would show anything. So my 14th colonoscopy is done and as usual I feel like crap. Luckily I've been able to get gas out from both ends. But my gut and stomach are not happy. Yesterday I didn't eat much. Today i had cereal and some chicken and a little cake and I threw up. My abdomen just feels sore and still producing air in there. I normally don't have a BM for days after the scope but already today had some diarrhea.

Does anybody else just feel sick for days after the scope? 20 years ago I used to be fine after. I could eat right away, whatever i wanted. Now the past 4 or so times these scopes take me out for days.

I've never had an endoscopy and they did take biopsies in there too. So not sure is that is causing issues as well.

I just took some Levisin which is for spasms so I hope that helps. I get Propofol (not sedation) so that is less likely to cause the gut to slow down (although its not slowed down, I wish it was!).

I was having upper abdomen pain too the past few months. GI can't figure out why since the endoscopy was fine. I already take 1 Prilosec a day so he suggested adding 1 Zantac at like 5pm each day. I'll see what that does, worth a try. Since I had cdiff in March he did say that does a number on your insides and could have caused IBS to be more active, can take a long time to get my gut back to normal after that (even though the cdiff was gone in March).

I'm going to try to get outside today. If worse comes to worse I have some Tylenol with codeine pills, i can take half a pill to slow my gut down so I don't get all dehydrated again.

Normally I'm constipated, but ever since the cdiff haven't gotten back to that. I used to go 1 time a day in the morning and sometimes no times a day. Now 3-4 small formed BMs. Well except now after this scope I'm still having all diarrhea. I'll have to write my GI tomorrow and ask about that med. Maybe just to see if it could get me back to normal then I could stop it.

Have you tried the boiled white rice, banana, applesauce, toast routine? (With egg, plain chicken, or fish added.) Generally I haven't been bothered post-scope because my gastro is a master at suctioning excess gas out at end of procedures. However, I did have problems due to the internal hemmies at my 2 most recent c-scopes, plus the Propofol seemed to cause me some muscle discomfort in legs this time & overall fatigue for 5 days post-scope. This time it happened that I already had office visits scheduled a month post-scope with both internist & gyn-onc so I mentioned the Propofol session to each of them, and they both replied that there is the possibility of a reaction to Propofol. about 7-8 yrs ago it was tauted as a huge improvement over the so-called "twilight" sedation (Versed + Demerol combo), but it seems that we IBDers are super-sensitive to all kinds of chemicals, alas, so whatever the docs infuse us with, we can still have problems that don't crop up in most other adult patients! Hang in there, go easy with diet for at least a week to see if that gets rid of the D. (In remission I can still get it after raw produce or rich desserts.) / Old Hat (38 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)