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Originally Posted by billethkid
what ever "it" is that is being referred to, just block off your nasal passage as you drink.....and stop thinkinking about how bad it is.....the mind is the biggest element at play.
There are alternate preps available but you have to ask about them. The doctors and nurses are insensitive (not a negative comment but a statement of working fact) and routinely assign the "usual" regimen.
btk
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I work in the an endoscopy department in a hospital (no offense taken to doctors and nurses being insensitive). Someone , for sure would be a rich person if they ever devised a delicious prep. We, too, have to follow the same regiment of fasting and drinking all the same stuff when we go for our colonoscopies. Some preps taste better than others, such as the powdered one that takes on the taste of the liquid that you mix it. IMO, I don't think that it does the job as well as other preps for every one. There are patients that vomit right away, and have the good sense to notify their doctor's office. The doctor will then sometimes prescribe something else
for that procedure, or for another one down the line. Unfortunately, a patient may vomit because of consuming the large amounts of liquid, along with the prep, which causes bloating. Some patients come in with a ravenous appetite, and others get over their hunger. Some may
be fine for one procedure and then vomit when they return, a few years later. Their prep may
work immediately the first time, and then may not be cleaned out the next, even though they did the exact same thing. Sometimes one is told to take "that whole gallon," from the dark ages, with a reason that they may have a history of heart problems, and it is better for them to maintain their electrolytes.
There are different types of sedation that some are talking about. Deep sedation is the one when you totally go to sleep. This seems to vary in different parts of the country. It's been
more common for about ten years in the northeast. Moderate sedation (sometimes is referred to as conscious sedation), where you may doze, possibly be awake-and still not remember.
I did my colonoscopy without anything, not because I am a martyr, but because they wanted to reschedule me, due to the lack of availability of the anesthesiologist in the office, that afternoon
and I'll be damned if I was gonna have to repeat that prep!
Whatever you do folks, take the entire amount of the prep, even if you think that you are already "cleaned out." There is a less if a chance missing a polyp, if there is one present. I don't want to sound like a know it all, but I see this every day. It breaks my heart(and the doctors) to find a cancer because of waiting too long to have a colonoscopy, or even someone not wanting to return, because they had a poor prep and refused to repeat it, only to find something years later when it didn't have to happen.