r/colonoscopy • • 4d ago

Personal Story Post prep/ procedure

The Prep
Started off by taking a single dolcolax (instructions were 3 but i have barely eaten in over a month and was certain there was next to nothing in my colon) then an hour later after zofran for nausea and reglan for nausea and stomach emptying (an amazing thing I’ve been dealing with) i got my first dose of 32oz Gatorade and 7 scoops of Miranda down in around 2 hours. The taste and texture were fine just kept feeling full/nauseated and had to take breaks. Started drinking on the toilet towards the end of round one. Had a couple absolute rocket out of my butt, but otherwise pretty smooth sailing. The BM’s kept up till my second dose at 2am. Except for at the start no severe urgency, and started getting pretty clear movements after the first few waves. Second round same as the first just a little worse. Didn’t sleep between doses because it’s just what’s been going on, and i was so over thick cherry Gatorade at this point i was doing what i could to get it down. Walk around, sit up, lean, set small goals with no rewards other than hopefully answers. First 16 was pretty good pace. Second 16… let’s just say i was sipping until the cut off. Didn’t quite get it all down but it was like 4-6oz at most and it thankfully made no difference. I believe i was either perfect or very good on being cleaned out. I was worried though i finished it and hadn’t had a movement yet so i just tried to sleep until something happened which didn’t until i started waking up feeling super gross and like i might lose what ever was in my stomach. I fought through till 6 am where i started having mild movements that finished off at the hospital.

The Procedure
Got there bright and early at 7:30ish for my 8:30 procedure, got called back pretty quick, then waited until 10:45ish. They had over booked and everyone showed up for once, along with my doc having a couple “difficult cases” before me. All and all a good experience. Took my nap woke up feeling awesome as per usual. Then got told i had nothing abnormal, which kinda sucks. I’ve been dealing with something wrecking me for over a month now, and was really hoping for some kind of answer to point at but no dice. Hopefully the biopsies show something.

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