Clear me out.

[EmAitch88]

clear me out.

colonoscopy in a day and a half. prep starts tomorrow, at 6pm. super excited..........sending good thoughts to my intestines, they better be lookin good.

 

[David]

Ah, the joys of prep! Good luck

 

[EmAitch88]

haha for sure, David. i'm hoping it'll be easier for me to drink it down this time....i heard mixing it with apple juice makes it a little less.....disgusting.

does it have to be sugar free apple juice?? or do you think it could be any kind.

 

[David]

My GI had me mix mine with Gatorade (couldn't be red) which has no shortage of sugar, so I'd assume sugar-added juice is fine. ALL (real) juice of course has natural occurring sugar.

I personally don't find prep all that bad but I've always been able to chug things.

 

[Slim Johnson]

OH Poop...Pooop. POoOoOP!! Lol.

Good luck with the endoscopy! Thank goodness they knock us out for them!

 

[jenny2]

hope the prep goes ok for you. sending good thoughts your way...

 

[EmAitch88]

thanks for the support, everyone!!

David, my paperwork for the prep says to not mix it with anything that has sugar..but my GI said i can mix it with apple juice. didn't say anything about the sugar.....so yeah. that's why i was confused.

 

[David]

Ah, maybe you had a different prep than I did as I read everything real careful and nothing said that. But if your GI said apple juice is fine, I'd just go for the normal apple juice without added sugar. Sorry for probably adding to your confusion

 

[crazycanuck]

haha for sure, David. i'm hoping it'll be easier for me to drink it down this time....i heard mixing it with apple juice makes it a little less.....disgusting.

does it have to be sugar free apple juice?? or do you think it could be any kind.

I did mine with lemonade because of how strong it is. Really helped, my first prep I did no mixing and my god I almost puked out my intestines instead of well you know the other way :shifty:

Edit: Which prep are you doing? Do you have a big gallon jug to drink or two smaller bottles? or something different?

 

[Lisa]

Good luck!!! I start my prep tomorrow - will post a separate message about it!

 

[EmAitch88]

Canuck, i'm doing polyethylene glycol 3350 with electrolytes, in a big jug. i would never DARE drink it alone! haha you're crazy. for my first colonoscopy, i mixed it with Crystalite lemonade.....TERRIBLE. at least for me..

i got some apple juice, popsicles, and jello......prep starts in three hours. my poor butt hole.

 

[flowergirl]

use a straw. it helps.

 

[Emily]

YES to the straw. I did that with my last prep and it makes a world of difference.

 

[EmAitch88]

too late, didn't use a straw haha. the apple juice helped A LOT, but it made me sooooo full. colonoscopy went really well..my intestines are nice and pink instead of inflamed and red. a couple ulcers, but not too bad.

 

[Slim Johnson]

a couple ulcers (in my colon), but not too bad.

Fixed it for you..

It never ceases to amaze me, the things we (chronsies) accept as suitable.:ybatty:

Happy to hear it wasn't worse.

 

[EmAitch88]

figured people would understand that since it was a colonoscopy, Slim. but thanks.

 

[Slim Johnson]

I was more reflecting on the irony, not so much a clarification..