The other colonoscopies were they rescheduled or did your doctor give you something else to take the morning of your colonoscopy?...
I'm having a colonoscopy for next week and afraid the bowel prep won't produce any bowel movements. It's the Miralax bowel prep. Anyone had a bowel prep which did not produce any bowel movements?...
I'm going to drink water with the Miralax bowel prep. But drink Gatorade (which I find too sweet for the bowel prep) to drink it before, during,and after I drink the bowel prep so I don't get...
I did talk to my doctors office they said I should mix 1 and 1/4 cups into the Gatorade...
How much Miralax should be mixed into the Gatorade?...
For the bowel cleaning I hope it's going to work. For the cleansing I think I have to add a tablespoon for each 8 oz of liquid which totals 64 oz. Did you take this bowel prep before your procedure?...
I'm having a colonoscopy procedure next week and starting tomorrow night I'm suppose to take Miralax a capful in 8oz. water at bedtime. How long does it take for Miralax to kick in?...
What about orange and red and oranges dyes? Should be avoided the day before or a week before?...
That's what I was going to do....
My doctor ordered the Miralax Gatorade prep . What size bottle do I purchase? Is it the 8.3 oz. bottle?...
I'm going to have a colonoscopy in a few weeks. With the low residue diet are you suppose to avoid cottage cheese and yogurt? All dairy?...
I'm having a colonoscopy next week. Doctor ordered the Miralax prep. Has anyone tried the Miralax prep?...
was recently diagnosed with IBS. I also get lower abdomen pains when I'm not having a bowel movement is this typical with IBS?...
I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy in a few weeks. I'm concern about the day I have to prep and do liquids only. I'm afraid I'll end up eating something. I'm prediabetic and if I don't eat I'll feel...
Has anyone had a low volume bowel prep? How was it and was it effective in cleaning out the colon?...
My allergies is causing chronic post nasal drip and causing my throat to be irritated. When I talk it seems to cause more pain. Can post nasal drip cause an irritated throat to cause pain when...
I was diagnosed yesterday with diverticulitis. Today I have blood in the urine. Can diverticulitis have caused this?...
The reason for the colonoscopy it was time to have it done. The last one was in 2014. Today I found out why I was having bowel issues since the procedure. I went to the emergency room with vomiting...
I had a colonoscopy 3 weeks ago and ever since I've been having bowel issues which I didn't have before the colonoscopy. Sometimes with bowel movements I have cramping along with it. It does seem...
When are the results ready after wearing the heart monitor?...
I've been wearing the monitor since Thursday afternoon. Sometimes though I forgot to push the button. Will the technician still know I had a palpitation at that time? I'm wearing a 72 hour monitor....
Does anyone know if it's o.k to have coffee when wearing a heart holter monitor?...
My spouse has been a heavy drinker for years. About 4 years ago he was diagnosed with fatty liver. He hasn't gotten another ultrasound since then. His recent blood tests were normal except his red...
Not too sure if I have kidney disease or not. My doctors never told me I do have kidney disease. My GFR is 60, but my BUN and Creatinine is normal. If I had kidney disease would my BUN and Creatinine...
Has anyone on this forum had staples come loose after surgery? My spouse had the incision staples removed but he thinks their maybe a staple that came loose inside. He's scheduled to see his doctor...
About 11 days ago my spouse had his prostate removed and their is still a lot of blood in the urine in his catheter bag is this normal? He's scheduled to see the doctor later this week....
Not too sure if I have malabsorption or not. I've been having floating stools but their not greasy or pale....
Their color is the usual brown in color. I've been having these type of stools everyday. No sinkers. I've been trying to add more fiber to my diet. Last week I was eating Chex Mix and after eating a...
Not too sure if I have malabsorption. Lately I have floating stools. Their not pale or greasy looking. Not losing weight. Do the stools have to be pale in color to have this?...
He's having the saturation biopsy done now in October. In August of this year he was diagnosed with the cancer....
My spouse had an in office biopsy done. His Gleason score was low. Doctor says he has a slow growing cancer. The next step he told him was to have a saturation biopsy procedure done as an outpatient....
I recently had a cortisol blood test taken in the afternoon. The results were 12.5. Is this within the normal range for an afternoon reading?...
Not too sure if I'm posting this in the right forum. My kidney cat scan shows I have adrenal hypertrophy. Does anyone know what this is?...
I've had 3 cystoscopy procedures done at doctor's offices. Two of those procedures were not painful during or after them, but the last one was painful after it was done. Terrible bladder pain, which...
Not too sure if I had a kidney stone attack or not. Had sharp intermittent pains lasting few seconds in my lower left side lasted all day. Today pain is gone. I had no nausea or vomiting....
Not too sure if I have kidney disease. My GFR rate is 83 and my BUN/Creatinine ratio is normal....
Is it the nerves from the spine that's causing the pain in the butt? I also get pains in the vagina and rectum every now and then....
Can having degenerative disc disease cause pain with bowel movements?...
Would taking an NSAID help?...
No, my doctor didn't say anything about that joint. M x ray show degenerative disc disease at the 2 lower disc levels of the lumbar spine....
I don't have pain in my lower back where the disc disease is. Just in my buttocks....
Would using a heating pad help?...
I was having pains in my butt when I sit down. After a few minutes the pain tempers off. My doctor did a pelvic x ray and it showed degenerative disc disease. She told me I should have physical...
Can IBS cause sweating and a fast heart rate during an attack?...
My TSH was 1.180 Range 0.270-4.200...
I recently had thyroid blood tests. Everything was normal range, but the thyroxine free was a bit high. Does this mean I'm hyperthyroid?...
My TSH is in normal range but my thyroxine free was little bit elevated. What does this mean? I've been on Synthroid a long time and have not recently was it increased....
Can you have silent acid in the throat without feeling the burning? My GI doctor thinks I have this and I'm scheduled for a GED test. I've had a sore throat and coughing every day for 5 months....
I don't have any burning in my throat. Does that mean I don't have silect acid throat? I get just tickling in the throat and slight pain sometimes when I swallow my salvia....
I've been having an intermittent sore throat every day and slight coughing for the last 4 months. I recently found out I had allergies. Allergy medicines didn't help. So allergies causing my sore...