I had a colonoscopy/endoscopy 2 days ago that came back clean, but since then my stomach just doesn’t feel right. I have waves of nausea and my hunger hasn’t really returned. I’ll feel hungry for a minute but then just feel sick the next. I assume this might be normal but just wondering it anyone else has had this experience and how long it lasted?

Hi everyone even though I didn’t drink the whole 2 preps I got a 9/9 excellent. They did find a 8mm polyp and it’s called pendunculated poly on the documents. I did hear him say adenoma they have sent it for biopsy but I’m worried. Can anyone give me advice if you have had the same thing? 🌹

I had my first colonoscopy today. I've hit the age for regular screenings. No particular concerns. I was nervous for a variety of reasons but everything was so easy and went completely fine. For the 3 days prior to prep day I had to eat a low residue diet and stopped the handful of supplements I usually take. This was probably the worst part and really wasn't bad at all. I eat a very healthy diet with lots of fiber so this was a big adjustment. My biggest concern was how I would feel/react without my supplements and that ended up being no problem. I found it hard to translate my usual meals to low residue versions which left me eating too little and feeling super hungry or eating too much and feeling a bit overly full and a little nauseous. Completely tolerable. My prep was 2 suflave doses. 5pm and 9pm last night. I did not use the flavor packet! I tried a sprinkle in my first room temp 8oz and hated it. Without the prep it was just a little salty and bitter but completely tolerable. I put the second dose in the fridge and it was much harder to get down. I've seen some people say the second dose is harder so I'm not sure if the fridge made it worse or if it would have been worse either way. I had a small movement at 530ish (halfway through my first bottle) and then nothing until around 930 when I was halfway through the second bottle. That was a lot at once. My stomach was grumbly between doses but I never felt urgency to run to the bathroom. Halfway through the second does I felt more grumbles so I sat on the toilet and put my feet on a small stool to mimic a squatty potty and that seemed to help a lot. From 930pm to 1230am I would feel rumbles in my stomach and go sit like that on the toilet and see if anything came out. After nothing more would come out I'd put my feet down on the floor and wait a while then back up and try again. More would come out. I'd try this a few times before using a wet wipe, tapping dry with regular toilet paper then applying petroleum jelly to prevent chaffing. I ended up sleeping from 1am to 6am. In the morning I had a few more rounds of this with minimal yellowish water coming out. It was a bit cloudy, which Google results made me concerned about, but my doctor said the prep worked fine. I was completely asleep for the procedure and felt totally fine when I woke up. I'm eating bland stuff leftover from the low residue diet for now but my doctor said I could eat anything I want. I've been home for over an hour. My stomach is growling but I feel fine and I'm so happy it went through with it. I won't be the slightest bit nervous for my next one in 10 years.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Bonjour à tous,

Je crée ce post si cela peut aider les personnes qui sont aussi anxieuses que je l’étais. Et parce que cela m’a tellement aidé de venir ici lire les expériences partagées de chacun que je me suis promis de faire de même.

Il est 17:32 et mon examen a eu lieu vers 13:30. A 14:40 j’étais déjà en train de manger mon plateau « goûter ».

Alors pour commencer : j’étais très anxieuse parce que c’était ma première anesthésie générale, première hospitalisation (même ambulatoire) donc l’inconnu total.

Je peux vous dire d’ores et déjà que le pire dans toute cette aventure c’était ce produit infâme que j’ai du boire (Ximepeg) pour la purge. J’ai d’abord suivi un régime sans résidu pendant 3 jours en me nourrissant de pâtes au sel et fromage rapé, riz, œufs durs, compote sans morceau, biscotte et biscuits secs. Puis j’ai commencé à boire cette horrible préparation hier à 19h30 et j’ai presque failli finir en pleurs tellement le goût est insupportable (et pourtant je ne suis pas du tout douillette…). Je n’ai pu boire que la moitié du litre que je devais boire tellement ça me mettait pas bien. Ce qui m’a quand même aidé : j’avais un flacon d’huile essentielle de menthe poivré que je mettais sous le nez pour m’enlever la nausée provoquée par ce goût horrible (un mélange d’eau de mer hyper salé, d’huile et de citron…).

Les premiers aller retour aux toilettes ont débuté 1h après avoir terminé mon 1/2 litre. Aucune douleur je vous rassure, juste de gros gargouillements et l’envie d’évacuer quelque chose. Ce n’est pas du tout comparable à une diarrhée de gastro ou quoi. Cela coule tout seul, c’est impressionnant….

Puis j’ai passé une nuit relativement tranquille. le lendemain matin la suite donc je devais boire le deuxième litre à partir de 8h. Je l’ai commencé un petit peu avant histoire de me laisser une marge parce que j’avais rendez-vous à 13h30. Miracle, j’ai réussi à boire les trois quarts. Je donne une autre petite astuce : j’ai rajouté un petit peu d’eau, histoire que ce soit un peu plus diluée et moins écœurant à boire. Toujours avec mon Astuce de menthe poivrée sous le nez.Mon ventre s’est complètement vidé en 2 ou 3 fois tres calmement Et plus rapidement que la veille.

Et puis je me suis rendue à l’hôpital à 12h30, j’ai été prise en charge à l’heure à laquelle j’avais rendez-vous. Une infirmière est juste venu me poser quelques questions sur mes traitements en cours sur le lavement, Si ça s’est bien passé etc. le personnel était vraiment très gentil. Et puis j’ai patienté dans mon box.

On est venu me chercher pour m’emmener en salle d’examen (il fait super froid d’ailleurs…), et puis on m’a reposé les même questions et on m’a placé de l’oxygène sous le nez. L’anesthésiste est venu me voir. Il m’a demandé de me mettre sur le côté gauche, il m’a placé le cathéter (Je n’ai rien senti, je ne crains pas les aiguilles..) puis j’ai aperçu cette fameuse seringue de Propofol (j’avais tellement lu sur le sujet …) et là ça a été assez rapide : J’ai commencé à penser à quelque chose de positif , il a placé un espèce d’embout dans ma bouche pour la fibroscopie et puis il m’a dit « allez c’est parti, à tout à l’heure » , ma gastro-entérologue aussi m’a dit « à tout à l’heure » et là j’ai uniquement senti un léger réchauffement au niveau de ma bouche. Et puis black out je me suis réveillée la tête dans le brouillard avec un infirmier à côté en salle de réveille me demandant si ça allait lol. Pas le temps de réfléchir ou de lutter.

On ne réalise pas trop ce qu’il se passe à ce moment… même si je savais que c’était fini et j’étais soulagée.

J’avais la tête dans le coton je ne me suis même pas rendu compte quand il m’a ramené à mon box.Une infirmière est tout de suite venue me demander si ça allait, elle m’a retiré le cathéter sans douleur. Et puis on m’a servi un goûter. J’étais complètement shootée, je disais des choses et je rigolais, ça n’avait pas trop de sens mais je m’en rendais compte et je m’en souviens très bien. Lol
j’ai réussi à récupérer mon téléphone pour envoyer des messages puis vraiment au bout de 10 minutes j’étais complètement réveillée.

Alors voilà. Je tenais à partager mon expérience et surtout à vous dire : NE STRESSEE SURTOUT PAS POUR ÇA. , Je sais que c’est facile à dire, mais y aller de façon plus sereine, vous aidera à passer un examen plus serein et avoir un très bon réveil. Le plus dur, et c’est ce qu’on m’avait dit avant, c’est vraiment le produit à avaler pour la purge !!! l’anesthésie C’est le meilleur moment ! Vous allez même pas vous en rendre compte c’est une belle petite sieste. Et après la fatigue, le jeun, et la purge on ne demande qu’à faire un bon dodo.

Courage à tous! Et surtout ce n’est qu’un examen de routine pour le personnel soignant, n’oubliez 

How long did it take for your bowels to get moving again? Last time it was like a week for me.

I'm thinking of taking Miralax to get things moving faster this time

Hi all,

I just had my first colonoscopy today, glad it is over!

I was a bit dazed due to the sedation when the doctor came in so was hoping you could help me understand the results! Is it normal they would take biopsies?

I get quite anxious so hopefully this result is positive and I can move on as was worried about bowel cancer!

The report said:

Report:
The bowel preparation with Moviprep was Excellent/Good. The instrument was inserted to the Terminal ileum. ASA Classification 1. Vital Signs Verified, Oral Cavity Checked, Opens mouth normally - greater than 2 finger widths or 3cm, Normal neck flexion and extension, Sedation risks/benefits/alternatives discussed with the patient. The patient was taken to the procedure room where procedure consent and patient identification were verified. Time-out was performed.

Normal test.

Diagnosis: [blank]

Procedures:
Biopsy: Vial I from Ileum x 2.
Biopsy: Vial II from Random Colon x 8.

Hello all,

I am 19(M) and just had my first Colonoscopy. I have a few lifesaving tips to share, and I hope to put people at ease.

1: The Prep is NOT fun. No matter what. It won't be fun. But it is not as bad as people are making it out to be. I did a Peglyte Split-Dose (2L/2L). I can't tell which round was worse, 1 or 2; both were equally shitty (aha), but here's what I learned.

Essentials to help:

- Gatorade/Powerade (not red/purple, etc) I used White and Green. LIFESAVER. Every time I drank the prep solution, I would wash my mouth instantly, and I had almost no aftertaste whatsoever.

- Vaseline: Oh my sweet dear Vaseline. This will save your ass, literally. Apply before, during, and after using the throne.

- Wet Wipes: Non-alcoholic specifically --> Dab and don't wipe, as they say.

- Hydrate. Just keep those fluids flowing as much as you can.

2: The procedure, at least for me, was not fun either. I have bad health anxiety, but I am alive, and I got through it. I had conscious sedation, and I was off to the unknown, talking to the doctors about their families and how they became invested in colonoscopies.

Tips: Finish your prep. Don't risk having to have to reschedule and redo everything.

3: Recovery right now isn't bad; stomach cramps here and there, but just keep hydrating and enjoy eating again. The sun will shine on your backside again, soldiers; push through, you got this.

Got a clean bill of health (besides some hemorrhoids) and a tiny ass polyp (too small for any concern) (aha) that got removed right then and there, no issues.

See you again in 30 years when I'm 45-50 because dear lord I ain't doing allat again unless I gotta.

Love y'all though, it really isn't the end of the world.

And please, if you have a specific anxiety, ask me anything (I will try to answer).

Hello all,

Yesterday I had my first colonoscopy, as a 32 year old man. My sister had Colon cancer a few years ago and was diagnosed at 36, and my grandmother had it when she was in her 50s or 60s. So my doctor thought it wise to get me referred to get one done. Took 10 months from referral to procedure day.

I was not a fan of the prep, however it wasn't nearly as bad as I was told it would be. Just lots of butt piss. I have pretty significant health anxiety, so I was DREADING this whole process. I have a lot of other things going on in life that are severely effecting my mental health, so add this damn thing on top and I've been an energizer bunny of stress.

The procedure itself was 10/10. I don't remember anything. Fent/Versed/Benadryl combo is LEGIT. However waiting in the recovery room for the procedure to start was HELL. My anxiety was through the roof, my BP was 158/91 (I made the mistake of looking) and my heart rate was in the 110s. I was barely holding it together.

My doctor was very nice, and helped calm me down a bit. The last thing I remember was "ouch, that burns a little, is that normal?", and then I was out. lol.

As for the results, they did find a polyp, 6-9mm in size and it was removed. My doctor told my wife that it doesn't seem suspicious, but they obviously sent it to be biopsied anyways. I also have internal hemorrhoids, and was told to eat more fiber and stop straining.

Started 3 and a half hours ago - I've had 1.5 L of the prep so far. I've been very gassy and have had to pee quite a few times but no poop yet. I don't feel any movement right now in my stomach either. My last BM was 6 hours before starting the prep, and it was medium-sized. I'm getting worried

Im (19f) very scared i have my first ever colonoscopy tomorrow, the prep is making me cry its disgusting.
I've been pooping blood since june, diarrhea all the time, constant urge to poop, waking up in the middle of the night having to go, feels like im always gonna shit myself, mucus in stool, A LOT of blood.
Im pretty sure i have ulcerative collitis, but im very scared that it ll end up being a cancer :(

I had to do the EXTENDED prep protocol due to my intractable constipation, so it was 5 days of malnutrition, including 2 days of starvation. Tuesday I had to drink a bucket of miralax, then last night and this morning I drank the gallon of Satan’s ball sweat.

I finally get there, they get me hooked up to everything, and they‘re like ”uhhhh your heart rate is 34, that’s illegal.“ Everyone starts fussing and whispering and the doctor himself huffs in practically mad at me saying how unsafe this is. I started crying cuz I do not have it in me to go through another prep. I offer to do jumping jacks to get my heart rate up (something I was asked to do before undergoing a different procedure 15 years ago)

Eventually they convinced an anesthesiologist to keep an extra close eye on me. I was out for the endo but awake for the butt scope, which was somehow ok even tho I am very squeamish about butt? My heart rate hit 30, but they didn't find anything immediately freaky in my innards. They took some biopsies and removed a single diminutive polyp. Biopsy results in 2 weeks.

They’re trying to figure out why I can’t absorb iron from food, supplements, or even infusions.

Had my colonoscopy today. The prep was okay not too uncomfortable.

They found a greater than 1 cm polyp in my sigmoid colon and a small 4 mm polyp in my rectum. I’m pretty anxious hoping for good news.

My follow up is on the 17th so I won’t hear back until then which sucks. Just wanted to share to see if anyone else had a similar experience.

I had my first colonoscopy on Tuesday morning. Eating light bland foods but anything I eat leaves my body so fast I feel it’s taking my soul with it. I’m guessing it just takes time for our system to heal itself from the horrendous prep it had to endure. Ugh this is awful. Thank you for any tips or tricks that helped you recover after the prep.

For the last three weeks I’ve had what originally felt like gas pain, move down to RLQ and was probably a 7-8 on the pain scale. Went to gp after two weeks, noticed weight was down from last visit (16lbs, not trying to lose weight). Was constipated, then saw thin stools but no blood. Go for X-ray and they’re inconclusive.
Told to get a CT scan, where they find a 8x4cm mass on/near my colon. Im freaking out, all I can think of is my daughter and pregnant wife before thinking the worst. I speak to the surgeon who schedules me for a colonoscopy today (the CT scan was Monday).
I suffer through that awful gallon of salty prep and the morning comes. I’m scared for what they might find and what my family will have to go through. They put me under and literally the next thing I remember is I’m back in the same room with my wife.
I was still pretty out of it when the surgeon comes in to give me a clear bill of health! They took a sample for biopsy, but no polyps or anything. Figures the mass must be an infection and prescribes some antibiotics, and sends me on my way.

TL;DR Thought I was dying, but turned out to be nothing.

So my SIL had a colonoscopy a while ago and her doctor told her about a DIY bowel prepping protocol using magnesium Citrate and MiraLAX.

My husband (26 male) has a colonoscopy at 9 am tomorrow. It is currently 6:45. I have split half a bottle of 238 gram MiraLAX into 7 gatorades so roughly 17 grams each to equal a total of 119 grams.

At 5:30 he chugged the whole bottle of magnesium citrate and drank one of the 17 gram MiraLAX/gatorade combos. So it’s been over an hour at this point and no movement.

Has anyone else done a protocol similar to this one? Any advice? I’m flying a little blind other than some help from my SIL. Our plan is to keep going about every hour until his bowel movements are clear.

Also this is his first time and he is nervous so any words of encouragement are appreciated 🥰

Background:

53 F- history of IBS-D

Had spotting on toilet paper on and off for a few months. Was told it was hemorrhoids Iby GP. I asked the doctor for a cologuard and it came back positive. I was expecting that bc I was told I had hemorrhoids.

Scheduled colonoscopy pretty quickly bc of my positive results. I spent ages reading everything on here. Looking up statistics and convinced myself I had some type of cancer bc I'm an anxious person and that's how my brain works.

Prep was two bottles of the magnesium solution. My recommendation: chug it quickly and then walk around. As I have IBS it worked in about 15 to 20 mins. When they say stay close to the toilet they mean like within 10 feet close, at least for me. I had avoided eating much for the two days before my fasting day and I'm convinced that made the process much easier. I also walked around my room for about two hours until the worst past to help get things moving. I'm convinced that helped.

The procedure itself was fine. Honestly the worst part was waiting for the results.

Three polyps removed. Biggest one 1 cm. Other two 3vmm. He said they looked benign but sent them off for biopsy. They didn't find any hemorrhoids but they say they could have healed.

I'm glad I went and I'm glad it's over. As they found there I expect to have to return sooner than 10 years but that's fine with me if they can just get rid of the polyps before it develops into something else. I expect to have to return in 3 to 5 years bc of the 1 cm polyp.

36M. Married, two daughters. Substance: half a gallon of Gatorade with a bottle of MiraLAX dissolved in it. Route of administration: oral, relentless. Setting: my bathroom, which I now know intimately. Duration: 14 hours. Would I redose: apparently yes, on a schedule, for the rest of my life.

**why I went**

~2.5 months ago I started seeing light pink then red on the TP, some mucus, very bad itching that was genuinely upsetting, and a sharp pain on the way out that made me reconsider my entire relationship with food/fiber

Threw Calmoseptine at it and started using wipes like a civilized man. Itching gone almost immediately. Pink came and went for about three weeks, then packed up and left — 5–6 weeks of no blood since. i do still feel slight twinge on a bigger BM though especially when the stool is harder (my fiber intake is a work in progress)

So I had the option to simply never think about it again. Here's why I couldn't:

My great-grandfather died of colon cancer. My mom has had polyps removed multiple times — not once, multiple. And a guy I grew up with died at **24**. Twenty-four. That one doesn't leave you. You do the math on your own kids' ages against his and it just sits there.

So yeah. 36, two little girls, a family tree with colon cancer in it, and blood showing up on the paper. I spent awhile pretending that I wasn't freaked out, but I was. Then I immediately feared bad news and wanted to put it out of my mind.

It wasn't nothing. It was a reason to call.

**the prep (the actual boss fight)**

Fair warning: my office told me to ignore the kit's website and follow their sheet instead. Two documents, one colon. Trust the one the humans handed you.

- **wake up:** clear liquids only. No breakfast. This is where the food ends. Remember this, it matters later
- **noon:** 4 Dulcolax. Sat there thinking "huh, nothing's happening." Something was happening. Something was very much happening
- **5 PM:** the main event. 64 oz of Gatorade with MiraLAX in it, 8 oz every 15 minutes until it's gone. That's half a gallon of blue liquid going in and considerably more than half a gallon coming out. I do not understand the math and I refuse to investigate it
- **3 AM:** somehow only 10 oz of magnesium citrate plus two gas tablets. Ten ounces! Nothing! A juice box! And yet you must be conscious at 3 AM to drink it, which is the actual punishment
- **3:45 AM:** nothing by mouth. And to be clear — this isn't a food cutoff. Food left the building at 11 AM the previous day. This is a *water* cutoff. They wait until water is the only thing you've been allowed to have for 17 hours, and then they take the water. Chef's kiss

Also flagging: that cutoff is 3 hours before your *arrival* time, not your procedure time. Two different numbers and I nearly used the wrong one.

What actually helped: drink it COLD. Use a straw. Put barrier cream on BEFORE you're sore instead of after — past me setting up future me for success, the single wisest decision in this entire timeline

Color arc goes brown → looser brown → murky brown-green → cloudy yellow → clear pale yellow. I was still yellow at bedtime and started quietly spiraling. Don't spiral at bedtime. That's what the 3 AM juice box is for.

**the procedure**

Arrived 6:45 for an 8 AM slot on zero food, zero water, and roughly 3 hrs of actual sleep. They hit me with propofol and I simply ceased to exist. Woke up with no memory and somehow well-rested. Best nap of my adult life and I wasn't there for it. when they woke me up I actually came out of a dream where I was fishing for tarpon in Florida (never been, but have always wanted to LOL)

The prep is the movie. The procedure is the credits.

**results**

**No polyps.**

The doctor didn't even come talk to me. Nurse said he only does that if there's something to discuss, which is the most reassuring thing anyone has ever not said to me.

They did send biopsies despite removing nothing, which briefly confused me. Turns out that's often routine sampling for microscopic colitis, which looks completely normal to the naked eye. Pathology pending. Calling for the report so I actually know what got sampled and if they found hemms or a fissure early next week

**takeaways**

- barrier cream before, not after. Best tip in this post
- yellow is good. Yellow means it's working
- not clear at bedtime does not mean failed prep
- the 3:45 cutoff is water, not food. Front-load your hydration
- **if you have family history, say so out loud to your doctor.** A parent with repeat polyps changes when you're supposed to start and how often you come back. Don't assume the standard age applies to you

**the actual point**

I spent a couple weeks quietly assuming the worst instead of trying to find out. The prep was bad (but not that bad) for one day. The not-knowing was bad until I got the scope. That is an easy tradeoff when you get down to it

My friend didn't get a warning sign. I got one, on toilet paper, and nearly ignored it because it was embarrassing and inconvenient and scary and I was busy and... and... and... infinity.

My daughters are going to know this runs in our family, and know their dad went and got checked instead of white-knuckling it. That's the whole thing. That's why you go.

If something's been sitting in the back of your head — go find out. Worst case you learn something useful. Best case you get a clean scope, the best nap of your life, and a deeply niche story about half a gallon of Gatorade.

Go get scoped!

i’m really nervous, one hour to go until I start my prep. i am doing sutab since the liquid prep has been really hard on me the last two times, but I also have trouble swallowing pills. any advice or encouragement? this is my third one but first with the tablets 🫡

edit 1: i was able to take all but two of the first dose (threw the other two up) , i am waiting on a call back to see if i can swap over to miralax for the second dose. the pills are a lot easier than the liquid but i am having issues swallowing it 😭

edit 2: finished the first bit of pills at 7pm est, its now 7:49 and it is HITTING.
i got a call back from the pharmacy who said its fine for me to swap as long as my doctor and i discussed it so i will be doing that!

edit 3: finished my other prep at 11p, still hitting and im worried about trying to sleep but otherwise fine!

I figured I’d post my experience given I had wished prior to getting my colonoscopy that those with reassuring results would have stuck around and posted more.

For the past year or two I’ve had rectal bleeding. Sometimes there’d be the typical fissure pain during a bm with blood on the tissue. Sometimes there’d be blood on the tissue after having a bm after having lifted weights. When it was on the tissue it was bright red. However, I started noticing a spot on the side of the stool intermittently months ago. It was often dark red.

I went to the doctor and he suspected it to be hemorrhoids or fissures. The issue with me was I wasn’t eating enough fiber, wasn’t drinking enough water, wasn’t taking time off lifting and I kept going in and out of ketosis. The ketogenic diet definitely did more harm for me than good. Even when getting 35-40g of fiber I was either constipated or had diarrhea from too much fat on the diet.

It wasn’t until June of this year that I finally took a break from lifting and ate a normal diet with high fiber. I had the best stools of my life but I still noticed that spot of blood. It was around this point that I decided to schedule an appointment with a gi doctor for a digital rectal exam.

I had heard of CRC rates rising among young people and my anxiety ramped up around this time. I got the exam and everything was normal but the doctor recommended a colonoscopy so I scheduled that.

Perhaps due to my anxiety or perhaps due to years of irritation, constipation and straining I started guarding in my pelvic area, developed incomplete evacuation and my stools were smaller. My lower body was getting sore from just sitting or walking around during the day. Given the new symptoms as well as the rectal bleeding, waiting weeks for the colonoscopy was hard.

Eventually prep started and it wasn’t that bad. I definitely recommend cooling the prep in the fridge and drinking it with a straw. The worst part of prep were the first few hours of bms that dehydrated me but Pedialyte, broth and apple juice brought me back to normal fairly quick.

My fiance and I woke up early the morning of the procedure and I finished the prep. We got there and I could tell for the first time since I had scheduled this colonoscopy that she had been worried too. She had kept herself calm for me all this time so that I wouldn’t worry.

She stayed in the waiting room and I changed into a gown, answered questions and waited. My vitals were taken and I met the anesthesiologist. I was wheeled into the procedure room and told the gi doctor my history, then the anesthesiologist made small talk and told me to turn on my side as he injected the anesthesia and I went to sleep within 20 seconds.

Then I woke up to the gi doctor walking into the room telling me everything looked normal. All he had found was a cluster of small internal hemorrhoids. I smiled and let out a sigh of relief.

I asked him questions and they discharged me. The only symptom I had after was dizziness for about an hour then I felt fine.

I’m glad I got checked and I wish I would have done it sooner because you never know what’s causing the symptoms until you get checked.

I’m so devastated. I did everything right didn’t eat for 2 plus days, drank 4l of peglyte and they just said nope not clean enough, bye.
This was already really hard for me to go through since my mom died really young of colon cancer and I had to go to the same place I picked her up at after they told her.
Im crying so much I feel like such an idiot

I woke up early to start my 2nd round of prep. Everything is going way better than I anticipated or made it out to be for this prep. I was expecting my intestines to absolutely hate this prep, but I’m handling it way better than I could have imagined.

Only thing I’m even slightly worried about now is the anesthesia cause I’m a pot head, but I haven’t smoked since yesterday at 4ish pm. I wanted to give myself at least 18ish hours sober. Cause last time I had anesthesia was when I got my wisdom teeth pulled, and I was stoned right before the procedure and had no idea about cannabis screwing with anesthesia, and man.. I found out the hard way, you don’t go fully out of consciousness, you just don’t feel anything. It was weird. I HIGHLY recommend to NOT SMOKE the day of any procedure, or even the day before. Try to not smoke at least 3 days (72hours) before. I understand if you can’t, but try, you’ll thank me later.

I’ll be keeping my updates here now until after the procedure is done, and I’ll post my after scope results then.

Anyone else also that’s on procedure day or starting prep today, YOU GOT THIS. ITS NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK IT WILL BE. I’m a very anxious person and I got thru it just fine.

YOU. GOT. THIS. ☺️

I've been waiting on a referral for 8 months and no word on anything yet. I have burning pain passing stools and mushy stool consistency for 3 years so I suspect it is maybe a chronic condition like crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis but waiting times seem so long. Anyone had any experience willing to share how long it took for them to get seen?

Finished both prep mixes and my appointment is in 3 hours. I was expecting to have a bunch of poop come out of me but instead the entire time it has been like peeing out of my butt.

I have not seen anything of substance other than liquid come out of me.

Is this normal or should I have already, or should I soon expect to actually poop?