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In reply to the discussion: Colonoscopy... chicken broth for prep day? [View all]4139
(1,893 posts)7. Be sure to have lots of sugar, you don't want to bonk.... green jello with extra sugar
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They have stopped telling me I won't need another one in ten years after my 2nd one 6 months later
Kaleva
May 2019
#53
Be sure to have lots of sugar, you don't want to bonk.... green jello with extra sugar
4139
May 2019
#7
It's only a 24-hour fast, which does the body good. My doctor said clear liquids, but I did water.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#8
Same here. I was asked to count down from one hundred. I don't even remember getting out of the 90s.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#40
Same here. I miswrote earlier. In 20 minutes I could have left, but they hold people for an hour.
TheBlackAdder
May 2019
#47
Since no one else said it; my condolences. It's not that bad but sure no fun.
captain queeg
May 2019
#18
My sister suggested a tube of barrier cream to keep the 'exit' from getting raw.
applegrove
May 2019
#19
I lasted about an hour. I remember getting up the first time around six or seven times that night.
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#93
The best benefit? Whatever it is that puts you out during the procedure ...
marble falls
May 2019
#20
I just want them over and whatever they use I go out in a snap and wake up feeling good.
marble falls
May 2019
#55
I've had five or six. I really didn't need to see what a great job I did cleaning out my ...
marble falls
May 2019
#54
I had the BCG course twice and I grew tumors all through it. The biopsies determined ...
marble falls
Jun 2019
#68
My husband's brother in law had that surgery about a year and a half ago. All well and no return.
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#76
Thats about what I hear I need to look forward to. After what I've been through up to now ...
marble falls
Jun 2019
#89
Good points. Have it cold and chug it. If it is hot a person may throw up. nt
Blue_true
May 2019
#44
You said it's better cold. Could you put this stuff on ice to get it even colder....you think that
UniteFightBack
Jun 2019
#88
For prep day itself it shouldnt matter. Its after the prep that clear liquids are necessary.
tymorial
May 2019
#37
I had 3 colonoscopies in less then a year so I'm used to the prep and it doesn't bother me.
Kaleva
May 2019
#51
Had mine yesterday. As they say the prep is the bad part. Apple juice and DEPENDS.
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#79