EIGHT 8oz glasses of the nastiest shit I've tasted in a LONG TIME...

[cherokeeprogressive]

One glass every 10 minutes, faithfully. So when does the dam break? I'm simply bloated and hungry.

I haven't had anything substantial to eat since yesterday morning and that was nothing more than scrambled eggs and bacon.

I'm fucking hungry. Fucking hungry.

[Aristus]

1. The other end of the procedure isn't much better.

Once they fill your colon full of air to expand it for the exam, that air has to get back out.

So your post-procedure recovery should be fairly......flatulent...

Hang in there. It'll be over soon...

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. One saving grace flatulence wise...

I'll be spending the day alone in a hotel room after the fun is over tomorrow. I don't have to be shy, or worried about offending anyone. Let 'er rip.

[Aristus]

6. Generally, they won't discharge you from the clinic until you've got it all out.

You'll need to follow up with some fluids, and if you take liquid before your gut is air-free, it could make you sick.

(I used to work admission & recovery at a digestive health clinic...)

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. I see. I'm glad you told me that.

I'm so glad I posted about this whole experience here. I'm glad I won't be going into it blind now.

[Aristus]

12. You're doing a good thing for yourself.

I know it doesn't seem that way now.


And you've got a lot of people in your corner to help you out...

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. I know... I've avoided it for too long.

I'm actually looking forward to the anesthesia part though LOL.

[pipi_k]

23. Yep, and usually...

in these parts, anyway, you're stuck in a recovery room with a bunch of other sphincter musicians.

Good thing everybody is pretty much still only semi-conscious from the drugs and generally uncaring about the concertos emanating from their hind ends.

[petronius]

2. Don't worry - when it breaks, you'll know it

Hope you have some baby wipes handy, and and a nice laptop (computer) stand all set up in front of your throne...

Good luck, and make sure to reward yourself with an epically-awesome dinner tomorrow!

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. The hotel I'm staying in has a restaurant that gets great Yelp reviews...

"Hello? Room Service?"

I'm afraid when my Wife comes back from her family Christmas party, I'll be sitting on the bed surrounded by food.

[angstlessk]

3. That would be prep for a lower GI series...

I had it all...upper GI...lower GI....swallowed a camera..cause it MUST be gastro...and it turned out to be just a golf ball sized gall stone...

[zappaman]

4. I have my first one scheduled for January 6th

and am following your posts about this.
please keep em coming!

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. The dam... She has broken.

Four trips to the Loo since the OP. One piece of advice I got that I'm going to follow to the T is a dollop of Desitin on a tissue after each movement... applied liberally (as if there were any other way!).

[zappaman]

11. Hang in there!

Is it just a river?
I saw someone say you can stop drinking once it becomes clear...

[cherokeeprogressive]

15. Therein lies the rub...

The instructions say one 8oz glass every ten minutes, until you've consumed 64 ounces.

I had downed all eight glasses before even thinking I felt like I had to go.

So the "GO" juice was a 128oz jug with powder in it. It came with a small packet of "lemon flavor". I mixed in 3 packets of Crystal Light, or enough for 48oz of water and it STILL tasted like zombie piss. I chilled it over ice in a martini shaker and downed it straight away each time. I set my cell phone timer for 10 minute intervals. It was like banging my head on the wall... SO good when it was over.

The bad part? I have to wake up at 0400 and drink ANOTHER eight glasses, one every ten minutes.

Get yourself a tube of Desitin. I can already tell I'm going to be glad I did.

[zappaman]

17. My doctor did not offer me pills.

Since I have a few weeks, I'm gonna call on Monday and see if I can get them instead.
Cuz, I'll eat or drink almost anything...but zombie piss?
Pass.

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. Yeah. A Zombie with a yeast infection. I think tomorrow in the morning I'm

going to bust out the rest of the Crystal Light packets... and go hog wild.

That's some nasty shit Bro, I kid you not. Ice cold... I hardly gave myself enough time to taste it... but DAMN I tasted it and I'm STILL tasting it.

[zappaman]

21. Yeah, everyone I know who's been thru it says the same thing.

One friend said he carbonated the stuff and it went down a little easier.

[Boxerfan]

8. Don't go nuts eating after its all over...

I was in some serious gastric distress after mine. I ate a large order of Chinese food-spicy. About 2 hours later my tummy told me it was not wise to eat stuff like that after a full stomach cleansing. At least I couldn't handle it. Was very nauseous & ended up doing the Technicolor yawn.

Try something mild yet filling for your own sake.

Don't worry btw-I'm sure the dam broke a while ago. As soon as it starts getting clear/tea colored you know the job is done.

[onehandle]

13. They give you graham crackers and orange juice afterwards.

And you savor it like the greatest meal you've ever had.

[Tobin S.]

14. I've got to do that here soon.

About five years ago I had a colonoscopy due to some bowel problems I was having. They found a few small polyps while they were looking around in there. I was 36 years old. My dad's sister died of colon cancer in her mid 50s. I was supposed to have this done every three years for the rest of my life, but I haven't been able to afford to have it done until now.

I think everything is going to be okay, but I probably shouldn't put it off any longer.

Regarding gas. I was unconscious for my colonoscopy and I was just coming to when they were wheeling me into recovery. All of the sudden I thought I was going to shit myself. I jumped up off the gurney and ran into a bathroom and ripped the longest loudest fart of my life. There was nothing to come out, of course, but it didn't feel that way in my hazy, semi conscious frame of mind.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. Go get it done Tobin, now that you can afford it.

Funny story about the gas... Gawd I hope that doesn't happen to me!

[struggle4progress]

20. I thought I was gonna go gorge myself after the procedure, but I really didn't feel like eating much

until the next day. Then I went to an all-you-can-eat buffet

[cherokeeprogressive]

22. I've had that thought...

and banished it.

You're prolly right though... although I'll feel hungry, I'm not sure I'll actually eat. We'll see.