I, 61, average male, 190, 6'+, decent health other than taking blood pressure medication, cholesterol breaking meds and little else recently had a colonoscopy. The preparation regimine I was directed to do included no food from 6:00 PM day one, clear liquids all day 2, 2 dukalax tabs at 8:00AM on day two, two more at 4:00PM, beginning at 4:00PM 350mg of Miralax in 4 l of water then NPO until after the procedure. Sounds simple enough but it is so dangerous that I will never do it again. By 9:30 PM day 2 I was so dehydrated that my BP dropped to 50+/30+, I was having extreme leg cramps, and seizures. I fell while trying to force abatement of a leg cramp, had a terrific bump on my head and a separated shoulder. In the ambulance and ER, over I was given 2 l of liquids intravenously. The next morning I went to the procedure (driven by someone else) even though I felt weak. My BP was 62/35 so they gave me 2 more l of liquids and it went up to 90+/60+, about average for me. This is ridiculous
2007-08-20
01:23:21
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Nightstalker1967
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