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Old 04-26-2013, 02:07 PM
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After you've had your colonoscopy and your colon is as clean as a wistle (i.e., all the bacteria has been cleaned out), what do you do to reestablish the bacteria. Some have said they rush out to a restaurant as soon as the colonoscopy is over. How can you digest your food properly without the bacteria? Has that been a problem for anyone?

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P.S. I'm not a colonoscopy person, just asking out of curiosity because I think it's interesting. I read the book, "Should I Be Tested For Cancer?" Maybe Not and Here's Why.
Not sure where you got your information but the prep for a colonoscopy is to clean out the waste material not the bacteria and even if you religiously follow all of the instructions for the prep you would still have small amounts of waste and certainly still have your bacteria.