Dreading the colonscopy prep

Buzzard said:

Yes....add Makers Mark to the Golytely.......
It won't help the outcome...but it sure will make ya not worry about it near as much.........

Just kiddin'...consider it preventative medicine...it makes it a little more tolerable....Love and Hope , Buzz

My doc does not prescribe go
My doc does not prescribe go liytly anymore, there is this new combo out there with miralax and gatorade and this works great, it does go down easier!
Kathy

pluckey said:

I'm with you. I will have
I'm with you. I will have my first colonscoy in September, post dx. Prep was a nightmare. It took 11 hours to get the go lightly down- and i was not going number 2. Excrutiating pain and cramoing, screaming like a wounded animal all night long and frightening my kids. I ended up in the ER the morning of my colonoscopy and I think they gave me an enema to get me cleaned out. Well, turns out I had a massive tumor in my colon so nothing eliminating and my liver was so massive due to tumors that it was pushing on my stomach and espohpogus, Aaah, good times.

I heard about the miralzax and duocal combo as well. supposedly a bit gentler prep?

GOOD LUCK

Peggy

Much gentler prep!!! None
Much gentler prep!!! None of the agaonizing cramping and all that!

colonoscopy prep
I am 65 yrs old and had my first colonoscopy in March. I kept putting it off because I was scared of the prep and of getting sick. My stomach is very sensitive anyway. When I found out my Mom had colon cancer I figured I better get one.

I used the two tablets and the HalfLytley. I chilled it and drank with a straw in a small cup so it didn't appear to be that much liquid. I also sucked on a lemon drop on the side of my mouth, while sucking from the straw way to the back of my throat. That really helped the taste not be so bad. The doc also said I could wait longer than the 10 minutes between doses. That helped immensely. I waited about 30 minutes in between. It took longer but I never got sick. I also took a Xanax before I started so that relaxed me.

Thankfully, they removed two benign polyps and I will need to repeat colonoscopy in a year. I'm not afraid anymore.

The prep
The Merilax isn't as good to me. Just have to DO IT! What flavor did u choose?

Yes!
Yes! Absolutely! Remember that the colonoscopy may give you information that may save your life!

I myself, having no colon, will never have to have one again, no matter how long I live unless in my ripe old age they learn how to successfully transplant, grow or otherwise synthesize a colon in time for me to benefit from it. But I feel for you I really do. That level of self-inflicted humiliation and discomfort (who needs waterboarding - we could just give a daily colonoscopy!) would normally be a punishable crime with severe consequences.

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Nutrition
Weight is something I watch and I can eat anything I want again! Calorie wise. Nutrition absorption does not tend to be my problem, my small intestine absorbs an adequate amount apparently. I eat children's Flintstone's chewable vitamins four or five times a day. When I take regular vitamins I hear them plink in the toilet whole! When i have the cash, liquid supplements, but they are ridiculously expensive. Electrolytes I have to watch too.

I had two large tumors in different parts of my colon and lots of polyps, so the whole thing had to go or I would be chasing cancer for my whole life. Not an if situation, but a when situation.

Thanks for the concern, but I believe things can be pretty decent even sans colon.

I have been thinking that if I do not resume working as a programmer, I will probably go into nursing or at least the medical field. Mostly so I can help people who are having a hard time health wise and need an understanding hand. I think our experiences with cancer uniquely prepare us for those opportunities. We go through enough as it is, a little "experienced" would go a long way.