GI Joe
My gastrointestinal issues are not going away. Could be anything from colitis to cancer. That’s a pretty wide range and has me nervous. The doc hasn’t come across anything to indicate cancer but it’s still possible. So, I’m going to a specialist who will, most likely, do a scope. My understanding is that the actual procedure is nothing. It’s the cleansing the day before that actually sucks. Seems you have to drink about 700 gallons of some liquid that tastes like someone strained Sprite through ass and you can’t be more than about 3 feet from a toilet. I apparently should stock up on the softest toilet paper I can find.
Anyway, some of you have gone through this procedure. Anything I should know or be aware of to make the day before less shitty?
What a pain in the ass.
But, hey, I got some good puns out of that.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 am
Not fun! I recommend adult baby wipes. Cool, moist, and soothing. Perfect for those days stuck near the toilet. Good luck with the tests and outcome.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:38 am
Man, that sucks. My wife is in her 2nd year with severe ulcerative colitis. She has a ‘scope twice a year now, upper and lower. The day before you start the gallon challege of draino, eat nothing but liquids. It’ll make it easier for the draino to clean you out, and you’ll wind up only drinking half. Hope the tests come back good.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 am
+1 on the wipes. And you’ll poop beige for a day afterwards.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:43 am
I concur on the baby wipes. Also, I’d make sure to have mostly a liquid diet the day before and nothing with red in it.
The other suggestion is to drink the stuff ice cold and through a straw. It is a flavored (or not) salt water mixture.
If they do the procedure right, you won’t remember or feel a thing. All I can remember was being told to roll over on my side and then waking up later. That’s when the doc told me I snored.
Good luck!
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:43 am
GoLLYTELY and NuLYTELY are your likely cleansers.
The LYTELY part of the names are considered a sick joke by all who have used them. You may not achieve a 3 foot distance from a toilet. Drink deep and get it over with, despite the taste.
Reading material or moving a TV into the bathroom is recommended, although neither be needed for most of the day as you purge beyond your wildest dreams.
Keep small children away unless you want their explicit cursing vocabulary to increase significantly.
Strongly second the baby wipes. There is no toilet paper in the world that will not chap your a$$ after a day of wiping.
While the experience is horrid, it lasts only a day. The glory and the story last forever.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:45 am
Follow the prep instructions to the letter. You’ll get the best results and you won’t have to repeat the test (until the next scheduled one). The procedure itself isn’t bad; you get to sleep through it.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 am
Good Luck, Bud. Hope everything works out.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 am
They have pills for this now. Ask for them. My wife had both scopes done 5 years ago and did the pills.
Tell your doc you want pills, not the drink.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 am
Yes. I gave myself the Biggest Steak I could eat before the Cutoff point. And since we live in a Home with 2 Toilets, I claimed one for myself. The day of the Procedure, though, you need a Designated Driver. I got some kind of Mikey Finn that knocked me out, and I couldn’t drive afterwords. But then I had the Wife run through the nearest Fast Food joint that was serving Breakfast (they tend to do these things in the Morning up here), and I chowed down. Then I chilled for the rest of the day, and re-pigged out that evening. A couple a days later, all was back to normal.
But that’s a LOWER G.I. Scan. If you have to take an UPPER G.I. they give you some of the Nastiest Tasting Barium “Milk Shakes” you can imagine, then you have to wait while they Scan you, all while staying awake.
But still, it beats letting some Sickness take hold. Three months of passing Gall Stones were NOT fun, let me tell you!
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 am
Details of my experience are here.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:53 am
Oh, and my Doctor gave me the Ducolax Pills AND Yellow Gatoraide AND some Liquid Meds and I had to follow the schedule on what to take when. But again, it’s just One Bad Hair Day, not the Apocalypse.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:55 am
I’ve had three so far. (Strong family history of colon cancer.) The worst for me is the fasting. Let’s see … you have to stop certain meds a week before your procedure, including aspirin. No iron 5 days before. No Ibuprofen, etc. 2 days before, but Tylenol is okay. You’ll be on a clear liquid diet for a day (or in my case, two. That was awful.) You can have Jell-O, jelly beans and hard candy, but no purple or red. Do you know how many flavors of Jell-O are red and purple? All the good ones, let me tell you.
They’ll give you a detailed schedule of what to do when. Follow it and you’ll be fine. I didn’t have that much of a problem with the “clensing”. I used “MoviPrep” the last time and it was far superior to the GoLLYTELY. Oh, and if they give you a flavor choice for the GoLLYTELY, pick your second favorite flavor, because you’ll associate whatever flavor you chose with sitting in the bathroom for quite some time.
Pick the earliest convenient time for your procedure so you can get a solid meal sooner.
Oh, and apparently looking your doctor square in the eye and saying “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille” may cause him to leave the room until he’s done laughing.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 am
Be sure to have a driver. I didn’t and the choice was have the procedure without anesthesia or reschedule. I chose to do the procedure and, while it wasn’t too painful, it was *VERY* uncomfortable.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:59 am
ditto on the pills. I been through the process twice – first time drinking the liquid crap and the second time had the pills prescribed. The pill method is much better.
Never thought about the baby wipes – good idea
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:02 am
Comedian Ross Bennett describes it as the “Night of a Thousand Waterfalls.” Good luck riding the thunder mug.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:06 am
Word of caution on the baby wipes. DO NOT put more than 1 or 2 in the john at one time.
A few Thanksgivings back, I spent 10 minutes snaking my downstairs toilet to clear a baby wipe jam. The next 4 hours I spent in a makeshift haz-mat suit cleaning the bathroom.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:06 am
It will all work out in the end.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:17 am
I’ve also got GI issues (UC), and I usually have a scope once every other year. The secret to the nasty tasting stuff I’ve learned is that you mix it with either lemon-lime gatorade or diet Mountain Dew. Those mask the taste pretty well. But make sure you follow the directions – and plan on moving into the bathroom for the evening. Good luck!
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:36 am
“liquid that tastes like someone strained Sprite through ass” = carbonated ass juice.
And yeah, baby wipes. Makes life worth living.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:36 am
Make sure someone goes with you and buy baby wipes. Make sure you have some peace and quiet when you get home and hydrate afterward. Lots of clear liquids.
My best to you and my sincere hope it turns out to be something easily treated. My liver biopsy results are due back tomorrow so I’m on pins and needles myself. My liver is wrecked. Hopefully you just have something that can be treated.
Best wishes.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:44 am
The citrus flavored drink is less objectionable.
Folded paper towels in your short keep leaks to a minimum.
Make sure you claim the bathroom with a window. Ya, it’s February. Open the window.
Weigh yourself after your procedure. Use that figure on all future forms.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:48 am
If you do the drink, no amount of dilution will make it drinkable. You’ll just end up with a 5 gallon bucket of ass sprite.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:50 am
I had one a few years ago for recurring diverticulitise. Honestly, it was no big shake. A little discomfort before and after. They put me out during the procedure. Yep, there is a cleanse – yippie, skippie. For me it was worse not knowing what the hell was going on. Hang in there. If they find nothing, great. If they find your problem – better now than during your autopsy. Don’t let our “war stories” build up in your mind and scare you. We all had our own experience. Soon, you too will be able to scare the crap (pun intended) out of your friends when they as: “So how was it?!?!?” I’ll put you on my prayer list (that darn thing gets longer the older I get) and am confident all will go accouding to His plan.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Yeah, pretty much as described above. The one thing that everyone seems to be tap-dancing around is that sometimes it stings like a booger when the tech starts the IV in the back of your hand.
But once you’re at the clinic, that’s the absolute worst part of the whole experience. And this is from me speaking as a whiny five-year old crybaby candyass.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Best wishes, hopefully everything will be fine.
Word from my folks. If you feel a fart coming on, sit on the john first.
the “never trust a fart” maxim is 100% true during the cleansing.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I had severe stomach issues for most of my adult life. I don’t know the details of your situation but have you been checked for food allergies, including gluten intolerance? The food allergy panel is a simple blood test.
My stomach issues cleared up after cutting out grains containing gluten.
Hope you get some answers and relief.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Get the lemon flavor and put in in the fridge the day before. Tasting that stuff warm is enough to make anyone puke. Stay close to the toilets and take showers throughout the day. I would pull all your reading material into the bathroom ahead of time.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:23 pm
What on earth is the big deal?
Purging is not a big deal. Been there, done that.
It’s not an all-day process, rather it lasts just a couple of hours or so. It’s not the nightmare people make it out to be, it’s just not a fun experience.
The drink doesn’t taste bad, it just doesn’t taste good. I think it tastes much better than Red Bull, which I tried once. (It was misloaded in a vending machine, so I got it by mistake. Can you believe people drink that swill when they don’t have to?)
Just take about half a breath, chug it, then breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth, and finally, rinse your mouth with water. Big whoopie.
Drink the water the instructions call for, and I mean ALL of it. What it does is flood your large intestine, so you need to replace the water it floods it with. The flood will stop after a bit. Just sit there and (ahem) let it pass. Again, big whoopie.
The only part that is uncomfortable, in my unhumble experience, is wiping your behind during the process. Just sit there and don’t do it any more than you have to. It’ll get RAW, y’see. So, don’t WIPE it, BLOT it. Do it GENTLY, particularly at the start. The more gentle you are at the start, the less raw it’ll be at the end.
It’s not much ado about nothing, it’s just much ado about very little.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Hope it works out for you. That’s nothing to be messed around with.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:34 pm
I get to drive my mom in later this month, but she’s 82 and has to have one once in a while. Some years back I had the upper GI with the barium, three big glasses, yay. Two hours to the toilet, and that didn’t finish off for two days. Yes on the wipes, I use those daily cos I like to be clean, and it’s a little sensitive down there anyway.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:41 pm
I’ve had Ulcerative Colits since 2006 and while I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy, life does go on. My only advice for the day before is to avoid chicken broth. There are better clear liquid options like Jello that doesn’t look and smell like chicken broth when it comes out the other end. I used to like chicken broth, now, not so much. Best of luck to you.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:54 pm
If you are a heavy coffee drinker, take a vivarin on the morning of the test. It will avoid a caffeine withdrawal headache.
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I would recommend a prophylatic coating of boudreauxs butt paste on the exit route.Like cosmoline for the butt
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Start the internal flushing process several hours before they told you to. With some frequency, the solution takes more time to work. Check with the doc – mine said it was OK to temper the bad taste with a little lemon juice.
Other than that, make sure you have the bathroom reserved solely for your use; once it starts, well, you’ll see.
BTW, the cleansing effects will last about half a day past when you need them to stop….
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Best wishes:
Here is what I remember
1) Bring a driver!I wasn’t told this and had to make many hurried calls looking for anyone to pick me up. Also, I may have scared a nurse a bit… See they told me after my three day fast and after my “cleanse” that unless I found a driver , I would have to reschedule. One nurse was taking my blood pressure and one nurse was yelling at me that “obviously” I needed a driver. The nurse taking my blood pressure looked at the other nurse and told her to give me somespace while pointing at my recorded blood pressure. The yelling nurse opened her eyes wide and left the room, theBP nurse told me she would give me some time to calm down. Being too hungry to be gracious (I was an idiot, I know), I quickly replied that I was just fine an she should continue. while it has been years and I forget the exact words, i remember the message and the numbers “Honey, unless 240 over 180 is your normal blood pressure, you need to cool off”
2) If you can, take the fasting days off from work. Its hard enough to fast, but to have the stress of a workday makes it much harder.
3) Baby wipes are great, ask your dock about “soothing cream”. The area in question sees some rough use.
4) Realize that the odds are on your side and that a large number of people are hoping and/or praying for you.
VR
Matt
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:28 pm
I had to do this about a year ago (colitus).
Just be prepared to hate whatever flavor you pick for the drink. I picked cherry
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Best wishes & prayers, hope all goes well.
February 2nd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Been there. 2 lowers, 2 uppers, another lower next month. G.I. Issues do suck.
The tips on prep are all sound. But when you go in for the alien abduction, tell them not to be stingy with the sedation. You should be well out of it, not half asleep.
And after, usually, you may be full of air as they inflate you a little. Fart to your hearts content, they are used to it. And it you don’t, the will press your belly till you do.
Then go have some breakfast and go sleep it off.
February 2nd, 2012 at 2:26 pm
according to my father and his pharmacist you can mix the laxative you have to take with Gatorade to improve the taste. also when they have you drink the barium for the test i’m told the banana flavor is less offensive than some of the others.
February 2nd, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Been mentioned before, but bears repeating:
1). Refrigerate the stuff. It makes it marginally more tolerable going down. Crushed ice might help if it’s not cold enough.
2). You’ll need a driver, yes. They won’t let you leave until you pass gas, which likely won’t be for a half-hour to hour after you’re done with the procedure. Yes, they do inflate the colon with room air.
3). Never trust a fart. It’s going to be wet, at best. Stick a sanitary pad in your briefs and don’t wear khakis. Be over the thundermug before letting one rip, no matter how dry you think it could be. It won’t.
4). Lomotil/Imodium will help dry you up afterwards.
5). Best of all, you won’t remember a damned thing after the IV starts running. I’ve assisted with enough ‘scopes (and had a couple myself) to know you will not want to remember it.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:13 pm
I would eat a bunch of curry the day before the day before and make it a two-fer.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:14 pm
This to, shall pass.
Just don’t wake up with a satellite dish sticking out of your butt.
Good luck.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:31 pm
On your list of acceptable clear foods you will find Jello. I strongly recommend that you avoid any RED Jellos. It’s most disconcerting when it exits.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Hope everything comes out alright for you. The procedure itself is like going to the planetarium. The doc will give you a shot that will make you see stars. Then they’ll move the covers and reveil a full moon. Then they’ll take the scope and everyone will look at your anus. The biggest pain for me (other than the raw feeling from the TP (baby wipes!!)) was the gas they blow you up with. It just didn’t want to leave.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:42 pm
No one mentioned yet the disconcerting effect if you are sedated using “Versed” (midazolam) for conscious sedation. It prevents memory formation while under the influence of the drug. One moment I was looking at the monitor getting a view of what it’s like to have my head up my a**, and the next I was in the recovery room with no, none, nada, memory of anything in between; nothing! Very weird feeling.
+1 on driver to take you home ’cause you’re gonna be stumbling across the parking lot like a drunk.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Soon after I woke up after my second one, my dear wife of 40 years informed me that I had passed inspection & was now arguably a “perfect ass”.
No mercy at all.
best of luck being the same – - – hopefully your wife will be a bit more – - ah – shall we say – - delicate?
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:54 pm
Vodka counts as a clear liquid, right?
February 2nd, 2012 at 4:14 pm
First, from my experience, the prep is moderately inconvenient, but far from the worst thing you’ve ever had to do, I’m certain. Ditto on the baby wipes…but it’s not that bad.
Second, the procedure itself was completely painless…I couldn’t tell that I had been violated, actually.
Third, I hope your results are good. Blessings to you.
February 2nd, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Every outrageous story is true!
Ditto on the wussy toilet paper or the baby wipes.
And when they get ready to put you under, I used Star Trek’s “Boldly go where no man has gone before.”
Set the mood for the proceedings. My request for an adjacent ‘tip jar’ were denied.
MC
February 2nd, 2012 at 5:34 pm
DEMAND TO BE PUT UNDER!!!!
I was slightly sedated (numbed a bit but conscious). No one should see their own ass-spelunking video being made and feel it as well (the chestburster from alien came to mind).
Just a note, do your best to get the draino all down, I did not and had to go back and have it done again.
Also, the Dr’s thought I had colitis or cancer… the butt-a-scope showed nothing wrong. Several more tests later and it turned out to be a malfunctioning gall bladder that had to be removed. Short operation later and some heal time, no more pain.
February 2nd, 2012 at 6:27 pm
The purging is not fun for a day, ditto on the baby wipes etc. They used Versed on me and I’m told I was awake for the whole thing, and awake when wheeled back for recovery – I have no memory between getting the IV and just before leaving the hospital.
February 2nd, 2012 at 6:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG2T1aksKts
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Keep good reading material by the john and get something for a chapped butt. That’s about it. Don’t plan on doing anything other than drinking more.
good luck,
Jim
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Had the GoLLYTELY and it tasted like alkaseltzer. ++111 on the wet wipes. Really not that bad a deal.
I was out for the procedure and they didnt offer a copy of the vid. Do it for your family.
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:44 pm
The horror stories are often a compendium of how it used to be. I developed ulcerative colitis when I was not quite 16. No drugs at Balboa Navy Hospital, I got 3 large corpsemen holding me down on a cold stainless steel table while an instrument half again as thick as my thumb was inserted. The prep was longer and nastier 40 years ago, and included having to give yourself an enema after all of the purging was over. The UC has been inactive for decades, but you can imagine my joy when I got old enough to require a test due to age.
The purge is still nasty tasting, but if you fasted the day before and followed directions exactly it’s sucky and inconvenient, but not the horror it once was.
I showed up and got drugs. Drugs! I could have kissed that nurse! Up on a padded table in a room that was a comfortable temperature, with a big screen hanging in front of me so I could see my guts too. Sounds horrid, but the meds were good enough that I didn’t mind. After all of the anticipation of agony the reality of today was such a nice surprise that I almost dozed off.
Baby wipes and a designated driver are a must, and a nice supply of chilled Pedialyte (or generic equivalent) will help you to rehydrate more quickly.
Good luck!
February 2nd, 2012 at 8:11 pm
I just had a colonoscopy in December. Get the green Gatorade, not the yellow. It tastes just slightly less like ass. They made me mix the Gatorade with Miralax. Who am I kidding? Gawd!, it was still awful!
February 2nd, 2012 at 8:17 pm
By now, you’ve heard every tip I would have offered several times, except one. – I get the periscope every 2 years to keep track of a growth in my duodenum. – Once I asked the doctor, as he came in for the procedure, how often they cleaned the tube. He said “first thing every morning.” – So try to get scheduled as the first patient of the day.
Hope it goes well and they don’t find anything bad.
February 2nd, 2012 at 8:51 pm
A few years back I started having what they call “urgency” which means having to poop suddenly and with the most severe urgency. I also had bad stomach cramps all the time. I had all the scopes and tests, couldn’t find anything wrong, so they said I have Irritable Bowel Symdrome brought on by the stress of the job I had then. I tried everything they suggested, like cutting out wheat, soy, dairy, alcohol and greasy and spicy food, I started exercising daily, meditated for the stress, I started taking probiotics, I even changed jobs, but nothing helped. Nearly too years I lived with horrible stomach cramps and urgent diarrhea 3-5 times a day. Finally my doctor suggested going on amytriptiline, an old anti-depressent, and a month later my symptoms finally diminished enough that I wasn’t afraid to leave my house, and I started to get my life back. Just in case your situation turns out like mine, there is hope. I hope it turns out okay for you.
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:06 pm
I had one of these fun procedures last spring. I wish someone had suggested the wipes! Would have made it at least a little less uncomfortable.
They gave me room temperature GoLYTELY which I crossed out on the bottle and relabeled Go Kicking and Screaming. The stuff tasted like overly salted melted butter that was ‘slightly off.’ If there’s a pill available, as others have mentioned, I’d suggest asking for that instead. Having to drink this stuff was, for me, the worst part of the ordeal. Except for the not knowing…
For all the discomfort and trepidation of going through this, it is worth it to find out.
And it really isn’t as bad as it may seem going into it. I don’t remember the actual procedure at all.
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Well, day of, at least no one can say you’re full of sh!t. (You started with the jokes)
Hope it turns out to be nothing.
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:52 pm
I know this wasn’t supposed to be a humorous post, but these comments had me chuckling.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Once I had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy done on the same day… I told the doc under sedation (according to the wife) to do the endoscopy first ’cause I didn’t want no ass cam in my mouth… the doc told me they weren’t the same camera…
Keepin’ ya in prayer, man…
Dann in Ohio
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Before my second scope, the doc advised heavy applications of diaper rash ointment (use a rubber glove) before and during the purge. Messy, but it really reduced the irritation.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:25 pm
No jokes from me, my dad was 53 when the big C sent him home. He fought it for years, not a fun time. I do NOT wish that on your children. Follow directions to the letter, and yes, baby wipes. Hell, paper companies should gave caught that one years ago. It is YOUR ass, you should wipe it the way YOU want. I have spent a number of years driving things, baby wipes are a Godsend.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:36 pm
I’ve got no real advice, but this column by Dave Barry about his colonoscopy was a laugh riot for me.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603/dave-barry-a-journey-into-my-colon.html
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:26 pm
+500 to “fast the day before.” I found that a Bourbon diet helped that day, and the hangover added to the whole experience at the doctor.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:28 pm
One thing they don;t mention is the long-lasting flatulence subsequent to the test. When you’re “loaded up” in the normal fashion, your bowels are naturally distended by their contents. Once the contents are removed, well, think of one of those long kids balloons a few days after the party. Now think about shoving a semi-rigid shaft into one of those balloons.
Oops.
So to avoid accidentally tearing things during the test (and to make it easier to insert the probe and move it around), they gently inflate you first in order to slightly distend the bowel to make room for things. Afterwards that gas has to go somewhere.
Oops again.
You’ve been warned.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Hope all goes well for you. I almost forget some days that I had Ulcerative Colitis, oh, about 18 years ago. Had two emergency surgeries in 10 months, then two reconstructive, and one more to correct a complication about eight years ago.
Complete removal of the Colon and ileoanal anastamosis later, I have reasonably normal function again. Ironically, though it was touch and go during the first two surgeries, the outcome was probably better than the years of flare-ups and nasty drugs.
I do hope for your sake it is something like Irritable Bowel Syndrome rather Crohn’s, Colitis, or Cancer. IBS, if I remember correctly, isn’t structural and is more likely to be stress related. Still no more fun, but probably fewer unpleasant drugs and no concerns about surgery.
Never had the GoLLYETLY experience but did have the barium. Not fun. And pooping white paint was just…weird.
Anyhow, I gotchya beat on the puns. I no longer have a Colon; I have a Semi-Colon. Also had a little problem with a catheter after one surgery and told the doctor just how PISSED I was about it.
February 3rd, 2012 at 1:10 am
I wish you all the best, Uncle. It’s likely something benign but it’s good that you are making sure.
I more than second the advice of a designated driver and, if you have not had benzodiazemines or other “comfort” drugs before, taking it easy for a day or so climbing on things, using power tools, walking in traffic and stuff like that.
(My last haircut was by a brain surgeon (stroke) and I got to experience all the joys I had missed during the drug generation. They are no substitute for Jack Daniels.)
February 3rd, 2012 at 3:19 am
I had this done in 2009. I was “issued” the GO stuff and two little red pills. (I was in the military at the time) I took the pills started drinking the GO at about 1730 (as directed) and by about 2300 I was finished and empty so I went to bed. The next morning I had to finish the GO stuff. GO stuff in, Go stuff out, easy. When they rolled me in I was all hooked up and ready for the IV. I am allergic to pain killers so I would be receiving none. I asked the Dr. if they could go easy on the sedative as I don’t do so well with that either. He said that if I wasn’t “freaked out” about what was going to happen to me that I could “John Wayne” the procedure and if it got to be too much they could give me small doses of the sedative as needed. I said OK and we were off. I had no problems at all. Minor cramping which the Doc fixed with using the water and air that comes from the scope. I watched the whole thing on a monitor they put on a cart and wheeled in front of me.
The procedure was no big deal even without any drugs. I waited around for the results which consisted of the Dr. saying “looks good, nothing found” and to make another appointment when I turned sixty. My wife and I got in the car, which I drove, and we went to Red Robbin for lunch. I hope it will be as easy for you as it was for me.
February 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 pm
My prep involved mixing two quarts of stuff that tasted worse with each swallow, and some laxative tablets. Yeah, don’t get far from the toilet. And I wound up showering to clean my ass off three times, because the tp wasn’t cutting it.
Also wound up sleeping(what sleep I got) on top of a split-open trash back due to leakage.
Procedure, went to sleep and then woke up and ate dinner on the way home. But the night before truly sucked.
February 3rd, 2012 at 6:35 pm
70+ comments?
Note to self:
1. — start colon blog
2. — ?
3. –profit!
February 5th, 2012 at 5:53 am
You’re allowed to drink bullion.
The lyte stuff is kinda saltish already.
Flavor it with bullion cubes!
Changes the experience measurably.
Fasting 24 hours before is a great idea. Wish I had done that.
February 5th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Another option other than baby wipes are the cotton rounds that women use for makeup soaked in witchhazel. Use them to gently pat your butt dry. Kept the irritation to a minimum.