I am scheduled to have a colonoscopy on Wenesday and can't eat tomorrow. The prep of drinking the fluid is at 7pm Tuesday evening.
Does this mean I will be up all night long in the bathroom ?
Why do I start it that late ? Wouldn't it be better to take it early morning Tuesday to clean out my system during the day ?
2007-02-26 08:31:31 · 4 answers · asked by blueslvr51 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
(1) 1.5 oz bottle of generic version of Fleet-Soda at 7pm and then (1) more 1.5 oz fluid again the following day at 5am followed by the procedure at 10 am.
I'm more worried about the actual procedure than the prep. I don't like the thought of being out of it ... one time I had anestesia (sp) to where I was knocked out and I woke up screaming and swearing in the hospital.
2007-02-26 09:08:30 · update #1
You have nothing to worry about. My job is actually assisting doctors with colonoscopys. The prep is the worst part of the procedure! I promise! And for this your not completely out. Its called conscious sedation. Where your able to hear everything that's going on but your sleeping and the best part is that you don't remember anything! The medication has a different affect on people. And the reason why they need you to to this prep is because they need to completely clean out your colon. Your colon is about as tall as you are. The scope it self is about the size of your thumb, and the scope is about 6ft long.anything else just let me know.
Good luck you'll do just fine I promise!
2007-02-26 11:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes people are up alot during the night, sometimes not. The prep is not alot of fun but the procedure is a piece of cake.
Drink it like they tell you, do the liquids and live it up. I've only done it once and the prep is pretty nasty IF you have to drink the gallon jug of stuff. Some physicians are going to a smaller bottle of prep but I don't remember the name.
I don't know all the why's and wherefores but what they are asking you to do is the norm, you will do fine, drink one glass about every 15 minutes and you will get it down just fine
I think I did the pineapple flavor and it wasn't too bad. Ask you pharmacists to suggest a flavor if you don't already know.
2007-02-26 09:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by grandmabonnie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're in for a fun night. I had one last week and I had to take a dose of the liquid at 5PM and then 3am. My appt was for 8:00am.
I went after the 5pm dose but by bedtime I was just about done going. After the 3:00 it took about an hour and then I was up and at it in the bathroom. I was still going when it was time to leave and had to stop 3 times on the way.
It differs for all people but its a safe assumption that you will need to be by the bathroom once you drink "the drink".
2007-02-26 08:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems all doctors do it differetly.
Do you have a gallon of the stuff, With luck, you won't be in the bathroom all night.
Good luck, and I hope they find nothing.
2007-02-26 08:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋