Hints for a Colonoscopy

Jules

Jules

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Based on experience and hints for a nurse, I wrote this up for a relative who was having a procedure. Rather than add this to other posts, it might get missed.


Hints for a Colonoscopy.

Follow the instructions!

3 days prior, avoid meat, especially red.
Avoid nuts or whatever the instructions say.
Everything you eat will be cleared out!

Pico Silas - if that is what is prescribed
- pick a flavour you like

- Drink it COLD.
- if it warms up prior to drinking it all, put it in the freezer to cool it down quickly.

- drink it with a straw which you put at the back of your tongue. This is really helpful.


The day of the prep
- follow the instructions - what I’m suggesting may not be approved by your doctor
- no red or purple coloured food or drinks
- jello is usually ok
- Campbell’s broth - chicken, vegetable, beef
- electrolytes are important.
- clear liquids
- Gatorade - I found it too sweet. That’s probably just me.
- lots of room temperature water. You’re going to be drinking lots of this.


Once it starts, and you’ll know it started.
- be very close to the bathroom
- have very soft toilet paper
- Destin or other baby butt cream

You might feel bloated
- have a hot water bottle or heating pad available.

The day of:
- my hospital wouldn’t do the procedure until they saw the designated driver.

Good luck.
 
From my experience, being next to the bathroom did not help; you don't get any WARNINGS that you want to go – it just happens!! This, of course, is after the PREP medicine over three days. Never again – the worst three days of my life! :mad:
 
When I had my first colonoscopy 22 years ago they let you eat a light breakfast of an egg and white toast before 9AM the day before. Now they tell you to start eating light a few days before. I still follow the old method because even with a morning appointment the next day I’m really hungry.

I do follow the instructions not to eat nuts, etc but I’ve never avoided meat. I’ve had 3 and always been completely cleaned out. The prep is the worst part and I never feel very good the day of taking the prep and the day after. I think it’s hard on my body for some reason.
 
kburra said:
From my experience, being next to the bathroom did not help; you don't get any WARNINGS that you want to go – it just happens!! This, of course, is after the PREP medicine over three days. Never again – the worst three days of my life! :mad:
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I’ve never had to do the prep over 3 days. Do you know why it was done that way?
 
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