Anyone have experience with prep not working for them? I have followed the instr exactly (piro-salax) for my colonoscopy tomorrow and nothing has happened in, now, 8 1/2 hours!
Wondering if I can do something, or should wait it out....
I have cut my meds in 1/2 (pain) today, but am on a patch I can't remove as you need tapering, and I have real, chronic pain - my best days are at 5/6 and have been even with the surgery and my most recect scan (idium (sp?)) showed problems about 8 mos ago but GI was waiting it out - now wants to do the scope to see what is up.
My only other attempt at a scope was unsuccessful not due to prep (I had been prepped for a barium enema the day before and prepped again even though nothing was there for the scope - in hosp the entire time), but intense pain within a minute so he couldn't finish - they found an abscess a week later the size of a baseball with a CT and think it was either
1- the abcess pushing on the bowel
2-iv meds didn't get in (they had to replace my iv later in the day - I was hospitaized for a few days before the last attempted scope
3-loopy bowels not settled from surgery as the scope was attempted less than 5 mos post surgery
I want to have it done tomorrow as i want answers but I don't want to show up without being, uhm, *cleaned out*
suggestions?
Wondering if I can do something, or should wait it out....
I have cut my meds in 1/2 (pain) today, but am on a patch I can't remove as you need tapering, and I have real, chronic pain - my best days are at 5/6 and have been even with the surgery and my most recect scan (idium (sp?)) showed problems about 8 mos ago but GI was waiting it out - now wants to do the scope to see what is up.
My only other attempt at a scope was unsuccessful not due to prep (I had been prepped for a barium enema the day before and prepped again even though nothing was there for the scope - in hosp the entire time), but intense pain within a minute so he couldn't finish - they found an abscess a week later the size of a baseball with a CT and think it was either
1- the abcess pushing on the bowel
2-iv meds didn't get in (they had to replace my iv later in the day - I was hospitaized for a few days before the last attempted scope
3-loopy bowels not settled from surgery as the scope was attempted less than 5 mos post surgery
I want to have it done tomorrow as i want answers but I don't want to show up without being, uhm, *cleaned out*
suggestions?