At 8 pm, I begin the prep for my 2nd colonoscopy of the year.

[Kaleva]

I start by drinking a small bottle of some kind of stuff and then it's a clear liquid diet. The real fun starts tomorrow afternoon. Then Friday it's off to the hospital.

The part that bugs me the most is not being able to have my morning coffee the day of the procedure. Everything else doesn't bother me.

[CTyankee]

1. You will survive. I survived two.

Hang in. It will be OK. Trust me. I know.

[Kaleva]

2. This will be my third

[CTyankee]

3. I wish you the best. Take care, Kaleva...

[Kaleva]

4. Thanks!

Hopefully they can figure out why I have belching, occasional vomiting, nausea, rumbling in my gut, flatulence and chronic diarrhea.

[dhol82]

7. Just as a question

Have they checked your gall bladder and also for H.Pylori?
Those two can also cause many of your symptoms.

[Kaleva]

10. They've done a lot of blood work. Results have all come back negative.

After this colonoscopy, I may be going to the VA hospital in Milwaukee.

[dhol82]

13. Blood work does not diagnose gall bladder disease or H. Pylori

You need an upper GI endoscopy with a sample.
Gall bladder is another one that is not diagnosed with blood work. Not sure what tests are indicated but CT scan sounds like a good choice.
Colonoscopy only deals with what is the colon and large intestine.

[mercuryblues]

8. At 1st I thought you were my hubby

Same time, same thing.

Do you have a pain in the lower left quadrant of you stomach?

[Kaleva]

12. That's where the rumbling seems to be mostly coming from.

Left side, just below midsection.

[mercuryblues]

16. Have they checked for Diverticla

[nancy1942]

21. All symptoms of Crohn' s Disease.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. You have my sympathy.

[WhiteTara]

6. I had an endoscopy with my last colonoscopy

and they found Barrett's Esophagus with no dysplasia. I now have a new doctor. Maybe you should suggest one of those if that's not happening. Good Luck.

[bluestarone]

9. been there done that 70 here

BUT i FEEL YOUR PAIN LOL!! Good feeling when it's over! GL

[Generic Brad]

11. The prep is the worst

Just make sure you do not have to share bathroom access with anyone. And stock up on toilet paper before you begin.

[FuzzyRabbit]

14. My experience

Abdominal hernia perhaps? I had one for years with some of your same symptoms. Neither my doctor nor my gastroenterologist caught it. Finally the emergency room doctor discovered it when I almost died of a blocked intestine.

Anyway, good luck. I hope you are well soon.

[Ohiogal]

15. I'm taking my hubby for his colonoscopy tomorrow morning

I've had two (because of my cancer history), this is his first.

Are all men such, um, well, ..... "intolerant" of these things?

[CTyankee]

18. Yes.

[Phoenix61]

17. I had a colonoscopy yesterday.

The prep totally sucked. Clear liquid all day Monday. Drink batch 1 at 6:00 pm. Drink batch 2 at 6:00am Tuesday. Get to the procedure place at 1:00pm. Food at 4:00. But beats the shit out of dying of colon cancer.

[doc03]

19. I went through that a couple weeks ago it is a pain in the ass

[rurallib]

20. best wishes - hope they can find your problem

I so thank my lucky stars I don't have such problems.