I'll say that the prep was anticlimactic when I had my colonoscopy. Biggest problem was it didn't kick in when it was supposed to. I ended up staying up much later than planned and calling the emergency line because I was starting to think it wasn't going to happen.

Then it did. Not anywhere close to as bad as people had suggested. I do have a bidet, which certainly helped, but I've had a lot worse experiences from eating at the cafeteria at work.

According to my wife who had to have a colonoscopy in her 30s, it was a lot worse then. She said the prep for the most recent one was nothing.

So, don't sweat the prep.

[–] YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I had a much different experience. First, there was a restricted diet a week prior that was hard to eat around since I am vegan and the instructions were geared for non-vegans. Then a 4 day liquid-only diet. I had diarrhea for at least two days. The actual salty solution was very hard to stomach. And I used the bathroom so much that I felt extremely cold and ill, and almost didn't finish the gross salty solution because I didn't want to use the bathroom anymore or have to taste the solution and just wanted to go to sleep. I didn't have flavored prep, I know some people got gatorade by reading online, but fml my prep was hell and they found nothing, someone in the comments said theirs was 12 hours (?!). What the hell, and I had mine earlier this year too. I've had food poisoning 2 or 3 times but it was nothing like this.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Assuming you don't have some particular condition that requires a different prep, I'd wonder if your doctor just isn't keeping up with the latest medications.

[–] YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Most likely the latter. I live in a rural area and am usually restricted on the amount of doctors around. I was told every patient has to do this bland diet and then liquid diet combo at the hospital. I do think everyone should get their prep done, but I'd be lying if I said I would gladly do it again.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah that sucks.

I happen to live near a larger city, and there are a multitude of healthcare options around. Two large university health systems and multiple smaller health systems and independent hospitals all competing in the area. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a doctor here. However, I don't recommend that. You'll just piss off the doctor and reduce your options by one.

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