Well, it's here....and it's over

[Asiel]

Take heart Pomtzu, they're working on an easier way, some kind of pill you swallow and they don't need to get invasive and everything shows up on a scan.
I've never had it done but watched my mom , first time she did it we had to call the ambulance cause she passed out and we couldn't wake her. The second time they hospitalized her for it, the only room she really needed was the one at the foot of her bed, I don't intend on ever going that route.

[pomtzu]

Take heart Pomtzu, they're working on an easier way, some kind of pill you swallow and they don't need to get invasive and everything shows up on a scan.
I've never had it done but watched my mom , first time she did it we had to call the ambulance cause she passed out and we couldn't wake her. The second time they hospitalized her for it, the only room she really needed was the one at the foot of her bed, I don't intend on ever going that route.

But you still have to be cleaned out, and that's the worst part of it. You're in la-la land for the actual procedure.

[Queen of Poop]

Well, I just had the second dose of pico salax. So far it really hasn't been a problem. I go, but it is similar to before I started taking fiber to bulk up. So really this cleanout hasn't been any worse than the IBS they are trying to diagnose. Unless it gets "better" after this second dose, we shall see!!

[cassiesmom]

Oh, Gayle! My heart goes out to you! My dad just went through this a couple of weeks ago and it was not fun. His gastroenterologist (new to the practice) suggested afterward that he eat some yogurt to get some "good" bacteria back into his GI tract, and also to drink a lot of fluids for a couple of days afterward to reverse any dehydration from the prep and the procedure. I hope it all goes very well.

[Queen of Poop]

And so the day has come. I got thru the prep now to get thru the actual test. I'm up and ready to go. Diego made sure I was awake at 4 am. Be ever so glad when this is over and I can eat.

[Pinot's Mom]

Good luck! Everything will be fine!

[Queen of Poop]

The kind nurse gave me enough sleepy drugs that I was completely unaware of the event!! It's over and there are no bad memories of it. They took some biopsies. I see the specialist in 2 months from today for the results.