A big thank you and a question also

[scaredgirl]

Hi guys, i know i have posted alot and you are probably sick of me already (i hope not) but i just wanted to say thank you for all your support and help. I think I would have gone crazy with unanswered questions if it wasnt for you guys. But now i have two questions, the last two until i am diagnosed or cleared. One today i had the pain and it kinda radiated a little down into my right leg, not sure if it was because of my feet hurting from standing? Second, would it take any of the effect of the miralax away if i mix it in the morning and refrigerate it in the morning so that it is really cold when i drink it or am i better to wait until drinking time.

Please think of me while i am shitting out my intestines/

 

[skymgirl]

Hey Scaredgirl -

Not sure about the pain, sorry I can't give any answer there.

I just wrote a thread about my first colonoscopy that I had this morning. My prep was bad (I had MoviPrep which was so salty, I'm jealous of your prep!) but the procedure was no big deal and I feel pretty much back to myself now, less then 6 hours afterward.

I don't think you're going to be able to do anything to cut down on the effects of your prep - you're probably going to feel some crazy gurgling as you're being "cleaned out". But as far as nixing the taste, I've read that everything is better when it's chilled, so I would definitely recommend mixing it in the morning and chilling it in the fridge so it's cold when you need it.

Good luck, I'll be thinking of you! The prep isn't fun, but you'll get through it!

 

[fenway1971]

Please think of me while i am shitting out my intestines/

HA! That made me laugh.

Don't ever feel like you can ask too many questions. I joined and have asked a kazillion questions and vented to all here. It's a wonderful place that has give me lots of comfort and support also.

As for Miralax, I bought the blue gatorade and made sure it was chilled in the fridge. I just added the Miralax right before take off. LOL.

Too be honest, the Miralax prep is the best. When's your procedure?

 

[scaredgirl]

thursday at eight am. and get this my work wants me to come in for a meeting at four that day. year right

 

[scaredgirl]

HA! That made me laugh.

Don't ever feel like you can ask too many questions. I joined and have asked a kazillion questions and vented to all here. It's a wonderful place that has give me lots of comfort and support also.

As for Miralax, I bought the blue gatorade and made sure it was chilled in the fridge. I just added the Miralax right before take off. LOL.

Too be honest, the Miralax prep is the best. When's your procedure?

oh yeah i got the blue gatorade to

 

[skymgirl]

thursday at eight am. and get this my work wants me to come in for a meeting at four that day. year right

Woah, can you attend the meeting via conference call? I slept as soon as I got home and just woke up around 4pm! Plus you won't be able to drive, my discharge instructions said no driving/public transportation alone for 12 hours.

Blue gatorade sounds pretty delicious! I think the Miralax won't add taste, just make the gatorade thicker, which isn't awesome, but isn't the worst. I had gross stuff that tasted like lemon flavored ocean water with the sweat of every sea creature mixed into it. Bleh...

 

[scaredgirl]

Woah, can you attend the meeting via conference call? I slept as soon as I got home and just woke up around 4pm! Plus you won't be able to drive, my discharge instructions said no driving/public transportation alone for 12 hours.

Blue gatorade sounds pretty delicious! I think the Miralax won't add taste, just make the gatorade thicker, which isn't awesome, but isn't the worst. I had gross stuff that tasted like lemon flavored ocean water with the sweat of every sea creature mixed into it. Bleh...

nope but im not going either. i have my neighbor picking up my kid from school so i wont have to drive. i know im going to be so hungry from no food all day. why do we have to fast so long if we are taking a laxative and gonna shit it out anyways. i am so not looking forward to shitting my insides out tomorrow. what sucks is my hubby cant get the whole day off work but thats ok i can sleep. do they let you leave after you wake up or do i have to fart before they let me leave. is the gas really bad afterwards.

 

[skymgirl]

nope but im not going either. i have my neighbor picking up my kid from school so i wont have to drive. i know im going to be so hungry from no food all day. why do we have to fast so long if we are taking a laxative and gonna shit it out anyways. i am so not looking forward to shitting my insides out tomorrow. what sucks is my hubby cant get the whole day off work but thats ok i can sleep. do they let you leave after you wake up or do i have to fart before they let me leave. is the gas really bad afterwards.

I think the fasting is to make the laxative's work a little easier. (Less to clean out.) I had lots of stuff to drink during the day yesterday and some plain chicken broth for lunch/dinner. Usually you can have jello and popsicles, too (avoid red or purple) so that can take the edge off not eating a bit.

I was in the recovery room for about 25 minutes, the nurses said I was passing gas as I was being wheeled into the room but I don't remember! I drank some OJ, and then my husband brought the car around and I was able to get dressed and go home. I was at the hospital for probably a total of two hours from admission to going home. I felt some gurgling and have passed some gas since getting home, but nothing out of control.

You'll probably just want to sleep when you get home, so it might not be such a bad thing that your husband is going back to work! The nurses said to eat breakfast on the way home so we stopped for some food and then I just fell into bed and slept until 4! The sleeping was a nice reward!

 

[scaredgirl]

I think the fasting is to make the laxative's work a little easier. (Less to clean out.) I had lots of stuff to drink during the day yesterday and some plain chicken broth for lunch/dinner. Usually you can have jello and popsicles, too (avoid red or purple) so that can take the edge off not eating a bit.

I was in the recovery room for about 25 minutes, the nurses said I was passing gas as I was being wheeled into the room but I don't remember! I drank some OJ, and then my husband brought the car around and I was able to get dressed and go home. I was at the hospital for probably a total of two hours from admission to going home. I felt some gurgling and have passed some gas since getting home, but nothing out of control.

You'll probably just want to sleep when you get home, so it might not be such a bad thing that your husband is going back to work! The nurses said to eat breakfast on the way home so we stopped for some food and then I just fell into bed and slept until 4! The sleeping was a nice reward!

did you sleep the night of your fasting and diarrhea

 

[scaredgirl]

when i was a teen i had severe cramps, birth control solved that. but now i am thirty and for a long time when i have my cycle or close to it i start having diarrhea. i havent been diagnosed yet but i was wondering if that is a symptom of crohns.

 

[skymgirl]

did you sleep the night of your fasting and diarrhea

Not so well, honestly. I finished my last dose of the prep @ 11:30, and I was in the bathroom until 12:30am, then woke up @ 3am and was in the bathroom until 4am. It was nice to sleep for a long time this afternoon!

 

[kello82]

do they let you leave after you wake up or do i have to fart before they let me leave.

HAHA that made me laugh
sorry to laugh at your prep and scope sufferings, but the farting after the scopes is sucha funny topic.
as far as im concerned the farts come out right away for the most part. most of it will be gone before you could even had time to be dressed and outta there, so dont worry that they would keep you on account of delayed gas passing--it wont happen.
as far as mixing the prep early...i think it should be fine. what i did (i had EZ prep) was put the little bottles of prep liquid in the fridge and the gatorade, and then mixed them when it was time to drink. but they were both already cold.
if you wanna be sure, call your pharmacist! they have info like that, and can give you a sure answer that it wont change the potentcy of the prep.

I had gross stuff that tasted like lemon flavored ocean water with the sweat of every sea creature mixed into it. Bleh...

such an accurate description, good call! LMAO i had the same taste, different brand and it naaaaaaasty. the sweat of every sea creature. HAHA i didnt know that clams and lobsters sweat down there on the ocean floor

 

[prettykitty]

Second, would it take any of the effect of the miralax away if i mix it in the morning and refrigerate it in the morning so that it is really cold when i drink it or am i better to wait until drinking time.
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My instructions were to mix it in the morning and let it chill all day (I started at 4pm, after taking 4 dulcolax tabs at noon). I did not find the taste unpleasant (I used orange gatorade) -- just the incessant pooing.

I was able to sleep -- I had started drinking the miralax at 4, and was mostly done pooing around 11. I had a couple more poos in the morning (if you can call them poos -- they were really just squirts of gatorade!).

 

[My Butt Hurts]

Well, it's probably too late now cuz I guess you've already taken your drink, but I would just chill the gatorade ahead of time. The Miralax isn't flavored, so chilling it after mixed won't really help it.