Another prep question...

[corgiforlife]

I'm about to start my delicious Golytely beverage in a few hours and it says that you can stop drinking once everything is clear. do they mean like water clear or clear of food particles? last time I was going a brown liquid with nothing but I kept drinking. I'm a little confused on when it's ok to stop drinking it. I don't want to do more than I have to. Thanks in advance!

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

Hi Corgi! What I was told when I did prep is that "going clear" means that your output can be yellowish or orangeish or totally clear like water, but must contain no specks of fecal matter. I hope that helps! Good luck with the prep and the scope. Give your corgis a little pat on the head for me.

 

[corgiforlife]

yup, that helps. Thanks! The corgis have been patted

 

[Goldfish]

Hope its going ok for you Corgi. No one told me that I could stop at all and I got to drink the whole lot (YUK). Anyway best of luck.

 

[corgiforlife]

Thank you. I'm drinking it right now and it's worse than I remember

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

I think the 2nd time drinking prep is worse because you know what you're in store for. Yuck! At least you also know that prep is the hard part and it's all downhill from there.

 

[corgiforlife]

very true! someone told me to mix it with orange gatorade and that seems to be a little bit better than mixing with lemonade

 

[jesseiam2]

I posted this in a similar thread, but for your next time this could help. My GI doc allowed me to take pills instead of drinking that horrendous stuff. Its called Osmoprep. You still need to drink a lot of water, and its 24 pills spread over the day before and the morning of the colonoscopy. It was an absolutely life saver for me.

 

[corgiforlife]

ya I keep hearing about that. I will remember it for next time and mention it. Thanks!

 

[MCPayne]

Another prep method is Miralax, which is what my doctor uses. This for the most part has NO TASTE, although I can definitely tell that something's in there. This is a lot to drink, though. It's a 64 ounce Gatorade, and the 255 g. bottle of Miralax, mixed together. That may be another question next time you see your GI for a follow up.

 

[StarGirrrrl]

I found with my prep last time, that I was running clear about 2 out of 3 times, so on the safe side I took 1/2 of the last dose. Glad I did since a whole load more brown flakes came out!