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I Can't Drink This Stuff!

Chelle15

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Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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I have my colonoscopy and biopsy tomorrow, therefore I am drinking the jug of stuff to clean me out. It is horrible. Any suggestions? I don't know if I can get it down. It tastes like ocean water! Please help!

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Rachel--24 Collaborator
Rachel--24
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What do they have you drinking? I only had to drink the Fleet phosphosoda stuff...still tastes like ocean but its only a small bottle. I couldnt imagine drinking a jug of the stuff. :blink:

The tiny bottle was bad enough...

Feel bad for you. :(

Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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It says IC PEG 3350/Electrolyte SOLN KRE. They give you a little pack of flavoring, but is not so much helping! Ugh!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Just chug it and get it over with!! That's all you can do. <_<

Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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Oh, I really thought it would not be that bad. I am trying to be brave, but ick! I can't mix with anything else can I?

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Oh, drinking it is only half the fun!!! Just wait till it takes effect!! Sorry, I know it's supposed to be a support board ... I'm not good at this ;) Do like I did when my mom would make me eat sauerkraut or onions, hold your nose.

Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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Thanks! I really can't believe what a baby I am being. I have started chasing it with coke. Think that's okay?

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CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Are you allowed to have anything else after you drink it? If not, I would say it's not a good idea. Then again, it's supposed to give you d, I think the Coke will probably be history by tomorrow.

jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
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Umm, you should not have Coke because you're only allowed light colored liquids before a colonoscopy. the dark liquids stain your intestines!!

I only had to drink a 3 oz. bottle but it was every bit as nauseating!!!

You can chase it with ginger ale or sprite but no dark colors!!!

And no liquids at all after a certain point..for me it was midnight. it depends on what time your test is. if its early, like before 11, then no liquids at least 8 hours before.

Make sure you do it right or they will tell you to go home after all that with no test!!!!!!!!!!

Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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Actually they said I can drink clear liquids up until 2 hours before the procedures. Hopefully it will be okay. I am just taking a sip of coke after I drink like 5 gulps of the horrible stuff.

Really?!?!?! They told me clear liquids up to 6:45 am. Test is at 8:45. Also, I asked specifically if I could have coke, they said yes, just no red stuff. Oh God! I don't want to have to do this again!

jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
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That's cool that you can have clear liquids up until 2 hours before. I am surprised, though. Any time someone goes under drugs like that they usually don't let you do that for 8 hours prior...it's dangerous.

Hmmmmm.....interesting.

I would still stay away from the Coke. I know you are not supposed to have dark liquids in any amount.

Today is the hardest part: the test is MUCH easier than the prep. You will get some wonderful drugs and sleep all day and will feel so much better! You can do it!

If they say you can do it then that's fine. I would listen to your doctor over anything else! Consider yourself lucky! I couldn't have Coke or drink for 8 hours before of anything, not even a sip of water.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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As soon as I read the title of your topic, I knew what it was going to be about! :(

I had to drink the gallon of stuff, too. I used the orange flavoring that came with it, and wanted to gag every time I had to drink another glass.

I have no advice except to just get it down. By the last hour or two, I had to absolutely force myself. But I did it, and you will, too :)

Don't drink anymore Coke, though....

Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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Yeah, that is what I thought about the drinking 8 hours before. Maybe if I have any tomorrow it will just be a little. To be on the safe side. I am going to start with the sierra mist instead of coke. THANK YOU for the support. Did they put you all the way out? I am wondering if I will be sedated or all the way out.

jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
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You will be sedated but you won't feel or remember ANYTHING so don't worry-there's no pain involved.

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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the drinking part sucks, i used ginger ale and that helped. i also drank it with a straw---so it wouldn't touch my tongue as much. keep it cold-lots of ice-that helped me. i hate warm liquids.

i had mine just a few weeks ago and it was fine. if i hadn't known that there had been someone rootin' up there, i never would have known ;)

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Yes--If they put you out, it's a piece of cake (gluten-free, of course). I had an endo the same day, and woke up feeling fine--not sore anywhere! ;)

Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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Thank you so much for all of your continuing support on this board. It is so nice to have people who understand! :)

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Like everyone has said, the procedure itself is easy. The prep and the IV are the hardest parts.

Lymetoo Contributor
Lymetoo
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Ugh. I did that last month. But I didn't have the biopsy, so didn't have to drink the JUG.

Hang in there. The test is a :)

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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It must have to do with the doc, I did have the biopsy, but no jug, just a bottle.

Chelle15 Apprentice
Chelle15
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Thank Goodness! I am done. I did it. I still shudder just thinking about it. Anyways, just wanted to thank you for helping me through it!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Congratulations! The next few hours will be a lot of fun! :lol: Good luck with your tests tomorrow!

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Guest ~jules~
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I had my colonoscopy almost 4 months ago, I was directed to mix it with a glass of sprite, it didn't taste that bad. By the way the procedure is soo easy, painless, you'll be so doped up you won't even remember it at all. The worse thing was the liquid diet, before hand. For my liquid diet I had lots of chicken broth! Big mistake, but hey who knew then right? Good luck to you! ~jules~

jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
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Who thinks the IV is hard? I didn't feel anything more than when they take blood....just a little pinch and that was it!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Who thinks the IV is hard? I didn't feel anything more than when they take blood....just a little pinch and that was it!

I do! But I got a huge, three inch bruise last time I had blood taken!! It's hard, too!!

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