This is a really old post but I found it while researching this very thing tonight. I have acrylic nails and when they come at me with that electric drill, I just about jump out of my chair. I have...
No, this is the original post I made before my colonoscopy, the very first post of this thread.... All went well, and it's behind me, as is yours now too. We are a couple of brave women...
Hey Gail, I'm glad everything went well for you and that's it's over with! Now you can relax and enjoy your grilled cheese sandwich with Sam ;) I told you it was a nothing thing! ;) Too bad your...
Yum :)...
Good luck Gail! My thoughts are with you, and you will do just fine, you'll see! ;)...
Your prep is different than what I did. 16 glasses of fluid, really? OMG IS RIGHT!...
Oh I'm so glad your friend is coming over! I figure you won't be posting a lot anyway, since you'll probably be on the toilet. Not to worry about posting! Enjoy your visit with your girlfriend! I'm...
well, the sounds are just the stuff working is what they told me. It'll all be behind you soon. (no pun intended) ;) What time tonight do you start the rest of the prep?...
They wouldn't let me put anything for flavor, so that's good for you. I did use a straw too now that I think of it. It worked on me almost immediately and I wasn't really ever running that clear. But...
It's weird cause when I started drinking the prep, I was so hungry I didn't mind it. And it did make me feel full, but it didn't make me sick. Don't drink it too fast is what I might suggest because...
Hi Gail, I'm Judy :) I never drank the citrate stuff so I don't know about that. Sam will be with you tonight, won't he?...
Oh wonderful, something for you to look forward to this weekend! You'll have a wonderful mother's day! I don't know about the tylenol, I would think it's ok, but yes, definitely check with them...
I think if you strain everything out of the soup and just do a clear broth it's ok. But it's the same thing as the what you're already drinking then, isn't it? Tummy, don't be like me in thinking...
You won't fall apart, you'll be fine! As Els said, once you get there, they will take over and you'll just go with the flow of things. Tell them if you need something to calm you. They'll give you...
oh hugs (((((tummy))))) yeah it is the pitts, you are right. I think the whole prep is overkill. It's ridiculous, but we have no choice but to follow the directions. What time is your test tomorrow?...
tummy, it sounds as if you're doing ok, I'm glad!...
tummy, No, I don't live alone. I am remarried since June of 2009 to a wonderful guy who, unfortunately, has horrible allergies and asthma and yes, lives with me and my 3 cats!!! He says that, hey,...
I have one long haired grey and white cat that mats up over night too. He needs daily brushing. He is huge and gorgeous! I have one little black and white sweetheart with a pink nose who is always...
Hi! I don't know if they have a definitive test for IBS. I think they go by symptoms and of course it's always a process of eliminating other things. I was diagnosed with spastic colon back in the...
I want to add, as ELS has said, I'll be around tomorrow, thursday and friday too, if you need to talk. We've got your back, ok? :))))...
I would follow the directions that were given you. If you need 2 enemas, do them. You don't want to get there, after all of that, and have them say to you that you aren't cleaned out enough. I doubt...
EXACTLY!!!! LOL...
I get cha, I'm the same way. My daughter lived in London for a few years for work, and I could never go out there to see her. I think she held it against me, but I just couldn't get myself to take...
I know, but thanks to this wonderful technology people can talk all over the world to each other now. Glad to meet you too! :) I love to eat too much to have a restaurant anxiety ;) but I know what...
I made a mistake, I meant to say I am two hours ahead of YOU. It's 2:30 here now so it's 12:30 by you, correct? My son lives in LA and, no, I haven't been out there. You see, another of my anxiety...
Hi Larry! Larry helped me alot to get through my scope tension, awesome Larry! xx Tummy, I am in Illinois. My son lives in California, so I'm familiar with the time zone, you are 2 hours ahead of me....
I know the more nervous we get the more physical reactions we get, such as stomach cramping, and I get full blown anxiety attacks, sweats, feel as if I'm having a heart attack. Thank GOD for xanax....
Hi tummywoes, I'm the chicken who started this thread :turn: but let me tell you the colonoscopy was nothing! It was so easy! I didn't feel a thing. Maybe I can help to alleviate your fears, because...
Below is a great site, very informative with a very supportive forum. I hope it's ok to post this here, but this forum has been a life saver for me. http://www.daughtersofnarcissisticmothers.com/...
Thank you so much for that information!...
Hi, I've been bouncing around here on several different HealingWell forums because I have several issues. I started with the fibromyalgia forum and then went to the anxiety forum, because I recently...
JEC, hello. I've recently had my first colonoscopy and I didn't feel myself for a full week afterwards. I had some discomfort and nausea but it passed and am fine now. If it continues call your...
laxmom please discuss this with your doctor. I was on Zoloft for years and whenever I had a decrease in it, I would feel awful for a long time. Increases didn't make me feel bad however. When I...
Whenever I get anxious or stressed out, I definitely get more problems in that area as well and have always been that way....
Thank you...I'm sorry you had such a scary experience. I do so hope that you are well now??? Warmly, Me...
Great tip Larry, thanks for that! :)...
I got home about an hour ago, and all is well. No polyps, no cancer. Just a bit of diverticulosis that I'll have to manage with diet. It was a breeze, I went to sleep in the room and woke up in...
Hi Everybody! I got home about an hour ago. Good news! No polyps! No Cancer....Yay! The doctor said he found some diverticulosis and I have pictures of it, shall I post them- NOT...lol. He saw a bit...
I'm leaving now...I'll post later, thanks! :)...
You have all helped me tremendously to get through today. I'm just finishing up with my 2nd dose, and while it tasted pretty bad, it wasn't as terrible as I was expecting it to be. I've gotten...
Well, so far so good...I've done my first dose and probably because I've eaten next to nothing yesterday and fasting today, it hasn't been so bad. I have one more - part 2 - of the prep soon, but not...
Thanks again for the replies! Austen I agree about the barium enema, it was painful, it made me feel crampy and then of course you had to "hold it" and just was not pleasant. Sherrine, you are not...
You get them EVERY YEAR??!!!?? :shocked: Wow! Poor you! I guess cause of the Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis, huh?...
Thank you so much you guys! You are helping me more than you know! Years ago, I'm thinking in the 80's and 90's, before colonoscopy became all the rage, I had barium enema exams a couple or 3 times,...
Thank you so much! That's very encouraging!...
I need to fast today so I'm existing on 8 hour tylenol, xanax and broth. Such fun! Anyone been through this? :mad: :shakehead:...
If I am this bad this morning, I dread to think of how bad I'll be tomorrow at this time. In fact, I'll be preparing to leave for the hospital in just about 24 hours from now. I'll start my prep...
Hi Almost! I know you from the fibromyalgia forum! I also recently just posted here as well. Everyone here is just as nice as over there! ;)...
yes I know about drinking the water...also I went to a massage therapist that worked in a chiropractors office, so I would assume she was properly trained. In fact, she was the first one who ever...
I've had both types over the years and finally gave up on them. I've even had hot stone massage. They all felt wonderful while I was on the table but the pain would be back later that day or the...