The prep is defiantly the hardest part of a colonoscope. I suggest you go buy some extra soft toilet paper(I bought charmin ultra soft last time) it really is a big butt saver!!!:ylol2: Trust me, when you are going 346954986 once the prep kicks in, having a rough toilet paper is NOT fun. Starts to feel like sandpaper.:ywow:
I never heard of that prep, the first 3 times I did the golytely prep. 2 of them I had a NG tube put it(a whole nother' experiance in itself) and the other time I did have to drink it. Name couldnt be any more false. Its no go "lightly" its more like go "HEAVILY".
I cannot remember for the life of me what the pills for the prep I did for a scope a few years ago. You didnt have to drink anything, it was a pill prep. You had to take a ton of (horse sized) pills every 20 minutes or so(and you had a ton of pills to take) with a full glass of water. After you had to drink like a liter of ginger ail. I wasnt able to do this, I was way to sick by the end of the prep. It didnt hurt anything though. It was one of my easiar preps, as I dont do good with drinking nasty stuff. It was very easy at first, but after an hour or 2, I started to get so bloated from drinking so much water and the pills felt like they got bigger and harder to swallow each time. I wanted to do this prep again for my most recent scope, but apparently the hospital I go to won't do this anymore because it caused a few people to go into kidney failure. Gee..that would have been niced to know 4 years ago!
My most recent scope I had a month ago I did the halflytely with bisacodyl tablets. This wasnt the hardest, but sure wasn't fun. But the prep never is.:redface:
Maybe call your doctor and ask what flavor packs you can mix in with the prep. You have to stay away from any red, I know that, but I would call just to make sure its ok to do that. I would also put the prep in the fridge to cool. It helps for it to be cold, at least I found it did.
and I can't imagine having to be awake during a scope! Take that back. I don't have to imagine, because I would downright refuse to do the scope without any sedation.
The last two times I was sedated with propofal, other times I dont remember, but besides one scope(another story) I dont remember a thing from any of my scopes. Thats how I prefer it! No interest in seeing the screen while they are doing it, I can see the pictures when I wake up.:ylol2:
Good luck! Let us know how it goes!!