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colonoscopy prep

fishlessman
fishlessman Posts: 33,418
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no food the day before
4 pm take 4 durolax tabs
6 pm start taking 32 oz miralax pep in 8 ounce glasses over two hours
10 pm take 2 tabs simethicone
set alarm for 3 am, drink 32 oz miralax prep til 5 am
drink plenty of liquids the whole time(6 to 8 tall glasses)
5am, stop drinking miralax
7am stop drinking water
9 am arrive at the office

i dont remember this nightmare the last few times, @caliking i need answers :o=)
over the weekend my appointment time changed from 9:01am to 9:00 am, hope im not late with the new schedule.......

fukahwee maine

you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,906
    I swear every doctor has their own prep regimen and the differences can be significant. 
    As you well know the mission of the prep is to be so onerous that the procedure is seen as the good deal.
    Good luck. 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,418
    lousubcap said:
    I swear every doctor has their own prep regimen and the differences can be significant. 
    As you well know the mission of the prep is to be so onerous that the procedure is seen as the good deal.
    Good luck. 

    this is the worst one ive seen, and my first one in my 20's they kept me awake
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,718

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  • dbCooper
    dbCooper Posts: 2,420
    This is where a bidet pays for itself.
    LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
    Great Plains, USA
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,758
    How about my story. About a month ago I was scheduled for my colonoscopy. I did the prep cleansing. Took a vacation day as did my wife. Got stripped down and onto the bed then the fun began, they couldn’t find a decent vein to get the IV in, they had 3 nurses try plus the anesthesiologist. No luck!! They said my option was no anesthetic… Whoa… No way.
    I left looking like a pin cushion with plasters down both arms.
    So we are looking at other options😳
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,577
    johnmitchell said:
    How about my story. About a month ago I was scheduled for my colonoscopy. I did the prep cleansing. Took a vacation day as did my wife. Got stripped down and onto the bed then the fun began, they couldn’t find a decent vein to get the IV in, they had 3 nurses try plus the anesthesiologist. No luck!! They said my option was no anesthetic… Whoa… No way.
    I left looking like a pin cushion with plasters down both arms.
    So we are looking at other options😳
    This hurt just reading it!  Yikes John!
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,418
    johnmitchell said:
    How about my story. About a month ago I was scheduled for my colonoscopy. I did the prep cleansing. Took a vacation day as did my wife. Got stripped down and onto the bed then the fun began, they couldn’t find a decent vein to get the IV in, they had 3 nurses try plus the anesthesiologist. No luck!! They said my option was no anesthetic… Whoa… No way.
    I left looking like a pin cushion with plasters down both arms.
    So we are looking at other options😳

    that was my first one about 35 years ago. they were looking for a gut pain i had at the time and needed me wide awake and talking. so the video was the best part. about 8 months later the original pain went away.......
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,003
    fishlessman said:
    no food the day before
    4 pm take 4 durolax tabs
    6 pm start taking 32 oz miralax pep in 8 ounce glasses over two hours
    10 pm take 2 tabs simethicone
    set alarm for 3 am, drink 32 oz miralax prep til 5 am
    drink plenty of liquids the whole time(6 to 8 tall glasses)
    5am, stop drinking miralax
    7am stop drinking water
    9 am arrive at the office

    Or you could have a bowl of Colon Blow. 

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  • Ike
    Ike Posts: 342
    This could have been avoided last week, but you voted to add more shyt to the system  =)
    Owensboro, KY.  First Eggin' 4/12/08.  Large, small, 22" Blackstone and lotsa goodies.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,893
    That sounds ruff, @fishlessman. 

    Believe it or not, there is a significant body of literature about bowel preps, but yeah, everyone seems to do it differently.

    For kids, we use a much gentler prep (body weight-based dose of MiraLAX +/- 1 Dulcolax depending on age) taken over 2 days, and clear liquid diet the day before the procedure. Gets the job done, and even young kids tolerate it pretty well. 

    For the folks who have had difficulty with IV placement because their veins are hiding, get a squeezy ball kind of hand toy, and work with it for a few weeks before your procedure. Many places have an ultrasound-guided vein finder kind of thing, that is also used to facilitate venipuncture/IV placement. 

    Hope your procedure goes well, fish, and that the results are boring. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,418
    out for diagnostics now but already have a new appointment being scheduled for next year with a "2 day" prep this time.....yippee-ki-yay
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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