It's that time...if you know...you know.

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SingleMaltShooter@reddit

So my first time, the doctor just told me to take this stuff the night before. Didn’t go into any detail.

I work nights. A few days prior, I was telling a coworker about how I was working the night before, and was planning on taking it before going in.

Thank GOD my coworker had already gone through this and explained to me what the consequences would be. I told my boss, who gladly gave me the night off 🙄

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Jlr1@reddit

The Propofol nap is worth every single trip to the toilet.

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RuthMaudeJameison@reddit

I wish! Every anesthesia that’s been used on me had an awful side effect. I wake up puking. Every. Single. Time. They’ve tried different kinds with me, but same thing.

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Giving_Dad_Advice@reddit

Anesthesia. The only decent sleep this insomniac gets.

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LetTime9763@reddit

Doesn't work like that for me. I don't wake up rested at all.

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paceted@reddit

Me neither - I was awake for the whole thing! The doctor said “meh, that’s how it works with some people…”

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Mindes13@reddit

"yeah, your insurance didn't cover anesthesia so we just gave you an extra dose of NyQuil"

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Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder@reddit

The last time I felt that good waking up was when I was a teenager.

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rufireproof3d@reddit

Hope your wakeup goes as well as mine did. I was happy to find out I'm married. I told my wife she was pretty. Got a lot of brownie points with that one.

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I've been under three times, two colonoscopies and an upper endoscopy. Only one time did I wake up feeling drugged, but it wore off pretty quickly. Now when I went under of oral surgery... My whole day was ruined and my wife told me I said things I still don't believe.

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nasuS_tsuJ@reddit

The last time I was prepping, I had just completed the last stage of the process, which was the dose of some pill in the evening. My husband hadn’t been feeling well that day, so I urged him to take a COVID test, which he did, and was positive. So I had to cancel my colonoscopy the next day. AFTER ALL THAT!!! Ooooyyyyy!!!

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NeverEverMaybe0_0@reddit

I recommend chasing each big glass with some clear Gatorade.

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liltinyoranges@reddit

What is clear Gatorade?

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NeverEverMaybe0_0@reddit

I forget the flavor- frost?- but it is easy to spot.

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SLyndon4@reddit

Arctic cherry

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liltinyoranges@reddit

Ohhhh the milky one? (I really stopped paying attention to new Gatorade flavors beyond red, yellow, and orange. One of my kids likes one of the windex-looking ones

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NeverEverMaybe0_0@reddit

I wouldn't call it "milky" so maybe.

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IndividualAsk4422@reddit

I highly recommend diaper rash ointment or at least Vaseline because after shooting out so much from that area, you will feel the burn! 🔥 It felt like I was farting razor blades! 😫

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Trobman7980@reddit

Have my first one coming up in less than a month! Woohoo....... not!

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Comprehensive_Sir49@reddit

Just had it done last month. Two benine polyps. See you in five years butt doctor.

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Confident-Spite-8830@reddit

Tell her to wait until her turn.

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SilverSarge19@reddit

Use a straw. It gets it passed the taste buds.

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Hyrul14n@reddit

I was awake when they started. It was absolutely horrible and I am mentally scarred.

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WendyIsCass@reddit

Oh god, I have about 8 months before I do it too

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shoghon@reddit

Colonoscopy? My doctor just has me do the poo on a stick mailing thing. Never had one. Should I insist? 53

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dalek65@reddit

Oh god. By the time i was done with that bottle I was retching

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Last_Blackfyre@reddit

Damn. I had a couple of small bottles and they didn’t taste bad. Berry flavored. Worked effectively but not overly so. Guess it’s up to the doctor what meds to give you. Worst part for me was what I could eat, or rather couldn’t eat. Wish I’d found sorbet in half gallons vs pops. Lime jello is the best, peach was great. Orange was okay. Chicken or beef broth was blah. Black tea and sugar sorta worked as a replacement for coffee. But the first thing I had after the procedure was a big DD coffee!
Best of luck.

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RCHeliguyNE@reddit

It's like drinking a gallon of someone else's spit

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No_Secret_4560@reddit

I clenched and decided to trust no facts just reading this.

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TOXicOx18951@reddit

Did mine two weeks ago. Two day prep. Day one was MiraLAX and day two was the prep solution. That’s the part I hate. I tastes like moldy laundry detergent. 🤢

At least the results were good!

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

Do these fall into the category of shitposts?

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TOXicOx18951@reddit

More like “spray paint the bowl” posts.

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flacidhock@reddit

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OreoLondon@reddit (OP)

Very much so!!!

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Strict_Weather9063@reddit

Damn golytely evil stuff.

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pparhplar@reddit

I'm guessing that the lemon flavor is key here?

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Difficult_Fold_8362@reddit

This gives all who partake that they, indeed. Are full of shit.

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keeksmann@reddit

That is the worst tasting crap ever! It’s like a combination of salt water with artificial lemon flavor. I took it as prep once, and on colonoscopies I’ve had since, I’ve done the MiraLAX prep which is painless and tasteless. I highly recommend it.

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TheDoorViking@reddit

45th birthday coming up. Just a few months left until we're all in the club.

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Gold-Perception-4467@reddit

Open up them windows, let some air into this room.

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heidi_abromowitz@reddit

I just finished my first round of SuTab about 3 hours ago. So glad they make a pill form now.

Enjoy the nap!

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dechets-de-mariage@reddit

My insurance wouldn’t cover it, and my insurance is pretty great in general. I did the miralax version instead.

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Cactusblossom_thg@reddit

Same here. But, I had a terrible experience with it (more so than the normal terrible experience). So, next time I will pay any price whatsoever to take the pill version!!

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dechets-de-mariage@reddit

Same. Actually had the paramedics at my house: worst headache of my life (what made me call) plus sweating and shivering simultaneously.

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heidi_abromowitz@reddit

I had to pay 50 bucks, but it was money well spent to not have to drink that nasty shit

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dechets-de-mariage@reddit

Oh nice, mine was going to be $200!

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NewSize1999@reddit

I'd still pay it! Just the smell of that nasty drink makes me dry heave.

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stableos@reddit

I agree! SUTAB is the shit!

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nhbeergeek@reddit

Pun intended

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SergeantBeavis@reddit

Holy Moly, they make this in pill form.. Sign me the F up…. I’ll pay out of pocket…

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wtfnevermind@reddit

I can taste that pic. And it tastes BAD. Salty and bad.

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hacksaw2174@reddit

Why does it taste so disgusting?? Last year I barely kept it down and absolutely couldn't drink all the water you're supposed to, my stomach couldn't take it. When I showed up for the test the nurse commented that there are pills you can take instead, but she doesn't know why that isn't prescribed. I will have to ask about that next time, since I need a colonoscopy every five years.

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Gimmesoamoah@reddit

You prepper you..

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Apart_Reindeer_528@reddit

GEN X, we have more interesting things to talk about than coloniscopy time, my God, I hope this isn't what we think defines us

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mommymomnyleebotts@reddit

My doctor recently said they’ve come out with pills you can take now.

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Temporary_Client7585@reddit

I ended up taking those after gagging and puking the prep out my nose on the second dose. Ugh, awful.

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Unlikely_Bid_7094@reddit

1st colonoscopy was this year. I was on the last serving the morning of the procedure and I also couldn't hold it down. Told the doc at intake. He asked if "output" had been pretty clear up to that point. I said yes, so he proceeded. Turned out fine. Said the path was cleat, and no polyps were seen.

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NoOil535@reddit

Get the wipes ready, it's going to get raw.

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Robviously-duh@reddit

coming up on my 10th anniversary for my Colon-rectal cancer diagnosis... I begged for a colonoscopy for over 2 years.. "you aren't 50 yet"... yup stage 3b.. lost most of my rectum and about 18 inches of my large intestine.. gp doctor retired quickly after that, jerk.. unfortunately I carry a diaper bag now 24/7... good on you for getting it done.. and for the record, I prefer the ducolax miralax gatorade cocktail method for my cleansings now...

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MrRemoto@reddit

I actually kind of liked it and do it every 6 months or so. Seriously, after the initial hunger pangs numb, and your entire dietary tract is empty, you feel light and a little bit energized. Stick it out another day and introduce a balanced, small dieting day 4, and it actually feels pretty good. I felt like it reset my gut bacteria, and my mood improved.

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CartoonistExisting30@reddit

That concoction is vile.

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ratherbclever@reddit

Is this the colonoscopy stuff? It's hard to drink, I did it last year. I wouldn't know, but I hear it tastes like cum. But yours has lemon, 😋

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pcpjvjc@reddit

If you have trouble with the taste of any of the preps, use a cough drop in your mouth to block it when you have to drink. I've had maybe 5 colonoscopies, and the cough drops help. Good luck to everyone who has this coming up.

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Jolly-Passenger8@reddit

I send this to my buddies the night of their prep https://youtu.be/rH8zNwzGDmk?si=aF1_z1HS4TR6Yse2

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PleasantOstrichEgg@reddit

Can you imagine that someone sat in a board room meeting trying to name this crap and some smartass was like,

"Hehe, we should call it GoLytely."

And the boss said "You SOB, I'm in."

High fives all around. Break for lunch.

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Live_Today1943@reddit

The least fitting name of all the drugs.

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Original_Study3415@reddit

The last time I had to do that, I quoted “Evolution” where Orlando jones says,” Will you get me an ice cream cone?” Duchovny says, “what flavor?” Jones replies, “It doesn’t matter, it’s for my ass.”

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nhbeergeek@reddit

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StunningBuilding383@reddit

Ahh, I'm with my people. I quote Evolution on the time. But never have I used that one.😔. I loved doing the kaw kaw when I was out with my kids shopping when they were teens. They would call back Tokey Tokey.

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MadCraftyFox@reddit

"There's no time for lube!"

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shan68ok01@reddit

"There's always time for lube!"

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elkchasermt@reddit

“Where the fuck is the lube?!?”

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nhbeergeek@reddit

Ugh. Thanks to family history, I’ve had four or five colonoscopies already. And I’m on the cusp of being a Millennial, ffs. At least the doc said I can do an OTC prep. Lemon-lime Gatorade, miralax, an OTC stool softener, and gas-x for good measure. I’ve come to loathe lemon-lime Gatorade as a result. You have my sympathy, OP.

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_THE_ABBA_@reddit

With Lemon Flavor!

WooHoo!

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ActiveEuphoric2582@reddit

No. Just no. Not again.

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Competitive_Damage23@reddit

I just had my 2nd - I hope it goes well and you get good news

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SuzIsCool@reddit

With the couple of ER visits I've had so far this year, I should be getting a free one of these. Can't wait!

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strait4bate@reddit

You can skip this and request a CT or MRI. That will catch cancer before a visual inspection, poop smear, or blood test will. Mine was caught so early, that they did surgery and removed it all. I did 6 month chemo infusions and the pills. Never lost weight, never got sick, and never lost my hair.

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elkchasermt@reddit

It is better to have the colonoscopy. A visual inspection is more definitive and a biopsy can be performed right away if needed.

Besides who wouldn’t want to challenge their sphincter control and poop water for a day.

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strait4bate@reddit

That was my think as well. But a visual wouldn't catch the cancer I had. It was in the layers of tissue and muscle that makes up the colon. Three places the size of a pencil eraser, but so flat to almost not be able to measure. By the time they got big enough to be caught visually, it most likely would have spread and became a worst case scenario. I also had no history of colorectal cancer in my family.

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elkchasermt@reddit

True enough, but that might still be too small for even imaging to identify. And it wouldn’t tell you if it’s cancer. The only way to determine if you have cancer is through a biopsy sample sent to a lab for testing.

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strait4bate@reddit

Yes. It was notice able because of the density of the developing tumor. I was in surgery that day. Everything was done on a Friday. Biopsy happened over the weekend. Appointment call to me on Monday. Results were given to me on a Tuesday in office. We started treatments the next day, chemo infusions and pills.

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elkchasermt@reddit

That’s good to hear it was caught early. I hope everything works is going well with your treatments. As you know, chemo can be rough on a person but some people handle it better if they are otherwise healthy. You didn’t say how long ago your diagnosis was, but please be well and I hope you’ve got it beat!

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strait4bate@reddit

I posted, 18 years.

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Lady_Phoenyx@reddit

I hope that you are well now! You must be so grateful that they caught it so early! They caught my uterine cancer so early, all they did was give me a hysterectomy, no chemo necessary, thank the Universe!

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strait4bate@reddit

I am. No reoccurance.

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Lady_Phoenyx@reddit

That's awesome! I hope it stays that way!

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strait4bate@reddit

Thank you.

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Lady_Phoenyx@reddit

You're very welcome! I hope that you have a great day!

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OreoLondon@reddit (OP)

Hope everything is better now!

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strait4bate@reddit

Yes, thanks. 8 years with no issues.

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starksfergie@reddit

I just had my first one yesterday, Wednesday evening was my first time ingesting it. I've had worse to drink before, it really wasn't that bad (I did use all of the lemon flavor). Whole thing was relatively easy, I think I went to the bathroom 12 times from Wednesday through Thursday afternoon and it was really not that bad. Then the actual procedure was a really awesome nap. I got drugs in the operating theatre and was likely awake for one minute, then woke up in the room where I changed my clothes, my husband actually waking me up. It didn't even take that long - if this is as bad as it gets, I will consider myself very, very lucky and move on (I did have three polyps which are all gone now). Originally they told me next time would be in 10 years, but they will let me know after checking on they polyps :) And for the record, I'm not always a negative Nancy (or Nathaniel, I suppose) but sometimes I dip into that character and he just wasn't needed for this colonoscopy :)

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Zargoza1@reddit

Vodka is a clear liquid

For informational purposes only

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TemperatureTop246@reddit

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bear45188721@reddit

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WeirdcoolWilson@reddit

“With lemon flavor” 🤢🤢🤢🤢

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LuluBelle_Jones@reddit

I thought my hubs would never gag the whole jug down -he went with lemon as well

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CadabraMist@reddit

Makes ya think twice about drinking lemonade after that.

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OreoLondon@reddit (OP)

It's just nasty any way you have it...lol

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LuluBelle_Jones@reddit

Good luck I hope it all turns out well

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SteamshipsAndTea@reddit

Make sure to weigh yourself when you're done. Then you'll know your true dry weight.

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SaltyDogBill@reddit

I thought we talked about stopping these posts.

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aylian@reddit

The Jug of Shame! (What I call it since it’s so obvious what it is when you pick it up at the pharmacy)

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gtdishboy@reddit

Thanks for the reminder, just did my procedure (first time) yesterday.

The night before was.... Unenjoyable.

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Chance-Work4911@reddit

Been doing them since I was 25 thanks to IBD

Remember how gross a shot of tequila was when we were young? Pretend it's that. Make it super ice cold (use that shiny metal shaker that we all got but never use) and slam it fast. Chase it with a lemon or lime wedge, just make sure to remove all the seeds first.

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Giving_Dad_Advice@reddit

The highlight of "With Lemon Flavor". Well shit, sign me up!

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Lady_Phoenyx@reddit

At least OP didn't have to drink the lemon ginger flavor... it was SALTY!

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Rare-Confusion-220@reddit

I (55m) don't know what it is

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Putrid-Grab2470@reddit

I did my last one the day after Labor Day, so Labor Day was when the party started.

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Thurkin@reddit

Mine wasn't that bad to drink, HOWEVER, the next visit (7 to 10 years) I'm scheduling my appointment for 3pm. I had mine at 10 a.m., so I had to wake up at 3am to drink the prep solution and stayed awake to encourage bowel movements. Ugh...

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MaximumJones@reddit

Mine was just over the counter Dulcolax and Mirilax. I don't understand doctors that still use these old prep kits that taste nasty. They are COMPLETELY unnecessary now.

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shan68ok01@reddit

What works for one won't work for everyone. I have a sluggish bowel. My first scoping I did the smaller volume liquid prep + a special diet four days prior + miralax + a pill laxative and was not "clean". The next year I personally added two days to the diet, an extra day of the laxative, and went with the giant jug of misery. I was clean enough that time that I got the go ahead to wait five years for my next one.

So no, the old ways aren't "COMPLETELY unnecessary now. "

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friskevision@reddit

In the waiting room right now waiting to go back.

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CrustyBatchOfNature@reddit

Lemon flavor? More like Lemon Lies!

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BreakfastBeerz@reddit

I got it in a powder form and mixed it with clear Gatorade, it tasted like....clear Gatorade.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

Drinking that stuff is the worst part of the whole procedure.

As for your wife, you should have done what I did and make it a date! I felt sorry for my daughter who had to drive us, but I had her drop us off and go eat breakfast somewhere nearby.

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bhmcintosh@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZDE0KKfyc

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designocoligist@reddit

They have much better prep than this now. Mine was like two small bottles, like 4oz each and a few glasses of water and I didn’t have drink down, and then blast like two gallons of salty water out of my ring piece.

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beetlejuicemayor@reddit

What was your prep called?

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designocoligist@reddit

Clenpiq

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beetlejuicemayor@reddit

After researching this I feel like this is a better prep compared to that big jug shown in this pic

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beetlejuicemayor@reddit

I’ll look into this. Thanks!

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crashin70@reddit

I'd still like to meet the sarcastic SOB who named It GoLightly...the evil bastard!

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BlownCamaro@reddit

Storytime!

Drank the prep down and waited... and waited... and waited.

Girlfriend: "So, is it working yet."

Me: "Nope."

Girlfriend: "How long since you drank it?"

Me: "I dunno. 2 hours maybe?"

Girlfriend: "Maybe you should drink more."

Me: "Can't. I drank ALL of it."

Girlfriend: "Well, we better not go anywhere. Let's just watch a movie."

Me: "Okay."

We are watching the movie and about halfway through it, I felt the need to fart. So, I did.

Me: "We've got a problem."

Girlfriend "It's still not working?"

Me. "No, it's working alright. I just crapped my pants!"

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Prestigious-Thing716@reddit

My co worker got a colonoscopy last year and they gave him pills instead of liquid. I’m not due for another on for 5 years but will definitely ask if I can do pills.

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bhmcintosh@reddit

REALLY?!?!? I'd pay real money to just down a couple of pills. They had me shotgun three bottles of magnesium citrate (grape flavor was all CVS had - ugh). Stuff was the next best thing to carbonated beach sand going down (and about a half a bottle back UP :( ). Important safety tip: Park your glutes on the can before drinking the stuff, because you will NOT have time to get from the kitchen to the bathroom!

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Prestigious-Thing716@reddit

Yeah it was the first time I ever heard of someone just taking pills so I’m hoping that’s the future of this. I have a wicked gag reflex so drinking that stuff really killed me.

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Big77Ben2@reddit

“Laughing her ass off” may be a bit of projection lol. My dr had me do the laxitive pill prep.

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IvoShandor@reddit

So .... I got in my head that 64 oz. was a gallon. I'm this many years old and never really knew that a gallon was 128 oz. Just a fact that I never bothered to learn in life. I mixed the powder with a gallon jug of water, unintentionally drinking twice as much liquid as I was supposed to. I started the process at about 6:00p, about an hour after an early dinner and then around 8:00p, it was game time. The game didn't end until 3:00a. I fell asleep knowing that I would wake myself up pissing out my ass. I pissed a gallon of liquid out my ass and not all of it into the toilet. I finally got some sleep, on top of a lawn sized trash bag I laid out on my bed.

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MyyWifeRocks@reddit

Wait - if you thought a gallon was half the size - didn’t you drink half the amount of liquid you should have? How did you go from half to double?

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IvoShandor@reddit

I thought a gallon was 64 oz. So I drank the gallon. I only needed to drink 1/2 gallon.

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MyyWifeRocks@reddit

OH SHIT!!!

It’s early here. Thanks for that explanation.

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Concentrate-Upper@reddit

🤣🤣🤣FOR THE WIN!!!! I just woke up my husband and my cat from laughing so hard and loud at this!!! Finally falling asleep on “The lawn sized trash bag” that you put on your bed set me off!! No seriously I had that kind of laugh where my stomach hurt and I almost couldn’t breathe! Thank you for this!

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Naive-Garlic2021@reddit

This is my favoritest colonoscopy prep story ever. 😄 A good endorsement for memorizing those crazy Imperial measures. 😄

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ClearArcher99@reddit

Just focus on all the good eats afterwards to refill your recently-vacated digestive tract.

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LazyOldCat@reddit

From gout meds to Norovirus, that stuff is better than anything else that’s ever given me the shits, really.

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dreaminginteal@reddit

I refer to it as "attempting to reach orbit from the privacy of one's bathroom".

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Sandnor@reddit

After a while you almost don't mind it till you at the point you really cant drink anymore and threes like 3 hours left and you have to finish it and hope you dont shit yourself on the way to get it done. Brace brace brace!

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OreoLondon@reddit (OP)

Just started round 2 so yeah...its been fun.

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BrilliantScience3038@reddit

I got Plenvu the last two times. Two 16 oz chugs. One at night then one at 3 AM. The early start is nice but 3 am is not.

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OreoLondon@reddit (OP)

I'm on round 2 of this stuff and it's like a damn water faucet now..😂

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-DethLok-@reddit

4 litres!!

Jeepers, the two times I've had the joys of preparing for anal probing (7 weeks ago and Monday this week) it was 3 days of prep with 3 litres of orange flavoured stuff the first time, not too bad. This week is was 2 litres, first of mango flavoured stuff, then of fruit punch flavoured stuff. All of them were easy to drink and didn't taste too bad.

The hardest part was the 2 days of eating bland white foods and then fasting for 24 hours on a liquid only diet.

I think I prefer my doctors methods to yours, though!

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Antique_Tap_8851@reddit

Can we stop with these damn barbaric colon prep posts? Are there not better things to talk about than some archaic, outdated procedure people still use to look at your damn ass to see if you have cancer that involves an unhealthy amount of BM?

Ugh.

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charliefoxtrot9@reddit

Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good 🎺

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troisarbres@reddit

Definitely ask your doc about Pico-Salax... either orange or cranberry. It's just 2 8oz drinks a few hours apart. I swear it's a true game changer!

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Foreign-Substance-65@reddit

Oof. Been there. Best of luck. I think the procedure itself is way easier than the prep. Godspeed 🫡

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frandor_Dude@reddit

I sure do. They make a prescription med now. It's a bunch of pills. No horrid drink.

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badgko@reddit

“Lemon flavor” doesn’t help. Just makes you hate lemon flavor.

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Juan-Quixote@reddit

Do not trust a fart.

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xCASINOx@reddit

Hated it

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YogurtclosetFair5742@reddit

With lemon flavor.

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Lady_Phoenyx@reddit

Mine was salty lemon ginger. I think that the plain lemon might be better.

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Lady_Phoenyx@reddit

You know, I got my first upper GI on the day after my 19th birthday, so that year, my "cake" was lime Jello. I would sincerely have preferred another flavor, like, maybe black cherry. 🍒 I don't remember when I got my first colonoscopy, but I was in my mid-20s. I'm sorry you're going through this, OP! Feed yourself well after the test, and make up for all the calories you missed!

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Romanmir@reddit

Mine was a couple of months ago. I was pretty cleaned out by the end of the store bought stuff.

Then I started the prescription stuff. I had had about half of it before my body violently rejected the rest. It was coming out of both ends… fortunately the tub was right there.

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AdministrativeLeg152@reddit

The lemon lime Gatorade chaser helps

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AdministrativeLeg152@reddit

He said it helped him see better

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Careless-Gazelle-247@reddit

WITH LEMON FLAVOR!

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KatJen76@reddit

You're protecting your health and moving us closer to a world without cancer. It's worth it. Generations of horrific deaths from colon cancer end with GenX.

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SamCanyon@reddit

I’m up very very soon.

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mWade7@reddit

Did that whole thing last year. Made me glad I have a bidet - even when you’re just shootin’ water in the later stages, some cool water on the ol’ nethers is nice.

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Fast_Satisfaction484@reddit

I’m pissed (or shitted) I always get stuck with that cherry flavoured horribleness. Lemon lime sounds like a treat by comparison.

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Heinz37_sauce@reddit

Cherry is not great, but it’s still better than the “unflavored” version, which really tastes like dirty seawater.

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Fast_Satisfaction484@reddit

I find that hard to believe…but I defer to your experience

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greenman5252@reddit

Oooooo hineyscope

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I_Am_Become_Air@reddit

Oof!

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Witchy-life-319@reddit

I didn’t think it was bad at all. Made it cold, drank through a straw and then in between, sucked on a pineapple life-saver to kill the taste.

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beebs44@reddit

Cleaning ths pool?

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CarisaDaGal@reddit

Don’t they do the Gatorade and miralax protocol anymore? That seems like it would be way better!

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rabidstoat@reddit

Meanwhile, I'm not even intentionally prepping but I woke up this morning feeling like I'd be cleaned out enough for a colonoscopy. This was just from food poisoning or whatever in Mexico.

Last night I was up every 15 or 20 minutes to assume my royal throne. Thank God for bidets! I still can't keep anything in me and struggle with dehydration.

Pro: had some tasty food in Mexico

Con: no propofol nap

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pullmyfinger222@reddit

I tried, I really did, but I just couldn't put even half of that jug down. Instead, I learned a whole new and different way to Roto-Rooter my bunghole. My son bought me a toilet-friendly add-on bidet for my birthday and while testing out my new toy, I leaned forward for "better coverage" and imagine my shock when it did more than just its intended purpose. My eyeballs must've bugged out of my head hardcore when water found its way deep inside of my business. That's when I got an idea. What if I just cleaned it out manually using a hands-free manner? I must've spent a good 45 minutes flushing my turd canal out over and over until there was nothing but water gushing out. Going in for the procedure, I was more than confident my new method had done its job. Turns out I was able to get a clean bill of butthole health, and I didn't even have to glug down a gallon of turds-away. It smelled like victory.... and something else.

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Phildagony@reddit

The silver lining is you will get the best sleep of your life pre/post procedure.

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rainbowroger68@reddit

At least the prep is worse than the procedure.

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SweetPotatoes998@reddit

Take the pills!!! Or the pico salax!! It's like 8oz instead

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OreoLondon@reddit (OP)

Yeah, I didn't know that was an option, first time doing this

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SweetPotatoes998@reddit

Next time will be so much easier on you!!

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Author_Dent@reddit

Thank goodness for Cologuard.

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wtfw7f@reddit

We just had an advertisement for the colonoscopy. Can we limit it to one a week.

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Another-Random-Idiot@reddit

Awwww crap!

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litefytr@reddit

Test isn't bad, prep is horrible

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Acrobatic_Ocelot_461@reddit

Mmm, lemon flavor.

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deltarefund@reddit

I kinda like prep? I love knowing I’m empty

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Crown_and_Seven@reddit

Enjoying prep as I type this!

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blacfd@reddit

🤮

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Carnephex@reddit

I hope you got a bidet seat, it helps so much.

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I-like-cake-too@reddit

Dirt water blues

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Schyznik@reddit

You too?? What a coincidence - so am I! Chugged my first round less than 3 hours ago. Have fun with the drugs and videography tomorrow!

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Adventurous-Depth984@reddit

I have to do one annually :(

First time, you really ought to do it like this… with the bucket of seawater

Subsequent preps, ask your doctor about a miralax prep, but be forewarned, you’ll never be able to casually drink your mixer again.

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feelingmyage@reddit

My first colonoscopy 7 years ago found a cancerous polyp. I’ve had many colonoscopies. Luckily surgery took care of it, although it was major surgery and involved me having an iliostomy. Thankful I never had to do chemo.

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Jmckeown2@reddit

With lemon flavor

Well that’s alright then…

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Anon_user666@reddit

The first time I had to drink the stuff I just started chugging it. I had about half of it down without taking a breath when my wife started freaking out. I had to stop and ask her what was wrong. She just said that she thought I was drinking it too fast. I was so mad because now that I stopped I couldn't get all of that crappy taste out of my mouth. I had to spend the rest of the half hour trying to get the rest down. The next time I have to do it I'm not going to let my wife in the room.

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XavierPibb@reddit

Narrator: It did not, in fact, 'golytely.'

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CADman0909@reddit

I’m allergic to that shit. Peg. The reaction almost killed me twice. Now I have to have colonoscopies without much prep. Orals, which don’t work well and a lot of fluids. Dr hates me, but it’s the only way. Lots of poop on the table.

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Impossible-Taco-769@reddit

Just request the SUTAB pills.

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IM_The_Liquor@reddit

Mine was pineapple… I’m betting the lemon taste better.

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Motozeke@reddit

I dunno, it all tastes like flavored saltwater to me.

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OreoLondon@reddit (OP)

Not much of a lemon taste at all.

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