Mom-ninja. Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 at least at the end of labor you have a sweet baby. Golytely is vile and this process is taking forever because I keep vomiting the nasty stuff back up. There has got to be a better way. I will not do this again. My dr. will have to give me an alternative if there's to be a next time. How much of this awful poison do I have to drink?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 dh just had a colonoscopy and he didn't have to drink that stuff. :confused: Sorry!!!:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 dh just had a colonoscopy and he didn't have to drink that stuff. :confused: Sorry!!!:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: What did he have to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachskittles Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 My sister had to drink that. She called me all day. :grouphug: I totally understand how you feel. She had the pineapple flavor and the day of her procedure she met a woman that raved about drinking it. My sister thought she was absolutely nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakim Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 :grouphug: Just had to do that a couple of weeks ago. Torture. I think I still taste it. Dh, who's a nurse, says, "You should see trying to get little 70 year old ladies to drink that whole thing" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I had a colonoscopy a few years ago and I hate to drink something similar but I finally quite after everything seemed all "cleaned out" if you know what I mean. I didn't finish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I get to do prep on Thursday. Fun! :glare: However, I have a GI who does a different prep and still gets good visuals. Check with your doctor for next time... or ask around and get a different doctor! Day before procedure... liquid diet only - with restrictions... all fluids must be clear... nothing with red or purple coloring. Nothing cloudy (no oj or pineapple juice). I've just bought bunches of apple juice, white grape juice, gatorade, and sodas. Last time I heated up chicken broth at one point to have a different flavor! Then throughout the day at appointed times: 2 Ducolax tablets 1 10oz magnesium citrate 2 Ducolax 1 10oz mag. cit. That's it! Nothing after midnight - no water or anything. Did the prep last year and it wasn't fun but it wasn't as miserable as I thought it'd be. This year I'll be doing it while having to feed my son since my husband's out of town. Humbug. It was supposed to be my day off to just read and sit on the couch (or elsewhere). It definitely sounds like this prep is so much better than the ill-named other stuff. :D Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 I'm supposed to follow up with 4 Ducolax. However, it's 11:30pm. I have to get up at 4 to be at the facility on time in the a.m. Do I really take Ducolax now? I'm not going to get any sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 You'll get the sleep tomorrow. Don't fight any drugs for sedation. I remember very little about the day of the procedure... but some friends do remember my drugged phone calls :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 There has got to be a better way. I will not do this again. My dr. will have to give me an alternative if there's to be a next time. I always wonder about the fact that we can put a man on the moon, but we can't figure out a way to accomplish a colonoscopy without misery. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 You'll get the sleep tomorrow.Don't fight any drugs for sedation. I remember very little about the day of the procedure... but some friends do remember my drugged phone calls :) I didn't make phone calls but I do remember lots of sleeping and wondering how I got home. My grandmother picked me up, I didn't drive myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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