Colonoscopy

Has anyone had a colonoscopy after having RNY surgery?  I was wondering how you drink all the liquid to clean yourself out if we can only take small drinks at a time, would we have to do anything different than other people?  I'm not having one yet but will probably in the next year and was just wondering about anyone's experience.

Thanks,  Holly

I had to take stool softeners for two days. The one small bottle of liquid at night and another at 4:00 in the morning. The stuff tastes gross. But it is only about 6 oz. They like to to have gatorade to keep hydrated but I can't stand the stuff so only drank water and lots of it.

Good luck

So glad someone knew - I've been wondering that myself actually. So you didn't dump or anything from the liquid?

By the second bottle I started having issues like dumping. I get the same reaction from additives in food . The sweats, racing heart etc but I also start to pass out. It was not pretty. Laying on the bathroom floor trying to figure out how to get to the toilet in time.

I am told I am good for another five years. AS far as I am concerned I am good forever LOL

Haa! No kidding!

I saw on Dr. Oz (oh gawd how I hate him, why was I even watching) the other day that there are pill forms of the liquid you can take. Apparently. I am all for that, when the occasion presents itself. I worry that I will not be able to tolerate the liquid STUFF they make you drink.

Must investigate before I have to go through this - thank you Pat.

They tell you to refrigerate the stuff it will taste better. They lie. It is so sour and gross I just kept gulping it until it was down. Pills would be awesome

And here I was worrying that it would be sickly sweet. Can it be mixed with something or at leas****ered down - panicking. LOL

No can't be mixed but is really only 2 small bottles. It is the second that is the hardest because you already know what it tastes like.

Different surgeons use different preps.  I did it once with the small bottles of pico salax  and the next time they had me use GoLightly.  I had to mix 4 sachets with water and drink it every two hours.  Way more liquid with GoLightly.  It was vanilla flavoured sal****er and you did anything but go lightly.

*laughs*

Well, can't wait then! hahaha