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I have had 3 colonoscopies by two different doctors.
Each time a different prep, and I did not have problem swallowing any of them down. In all cases, the prep did not start until the late afternoon of the day before the procedures, which were all done in the following morning. I followed the instructions to the letter, and the docs noted "Nice prep" in their report.
No diet restrictions up until the prep. The prep cleaned my innards so well, I don't think what I ate earlier mattered.
I do not understand people having problems swallowing the prep. The hard part for me is having to make quick dashes to the bathroom. Other than that, easy peasy.
I was knocked out cold by anesthesia each time. Supposedly, Propofol must be administered by an anesthesiologist, but I did not see one in the room, so not sure what they gave me. Woke up fine, and had my wife drive me home as they demanded, but I was not at all groggy.
And I also had a sigmoidoscopy where I declined sedation and stayed fully alert. Ugh! Thank goodness it did not take long. Would be tough to go through full colonoscopy like that.
Each time a different prep, and I did not have problem swallowing any of them down. In all cases, the prep did not start until the late afternoon of the day before the procedures, which were all done in the following morning. I followed the instructions to the letter, and the docs noted "Nice prep" in their report.
No diet restrictions up until the prep. The prep cleaned my innards so well, I don't think what I ate earlier mattered.
I do not understand people having problems swallowing the prep. The hard part for me is having to make quick dashes to the bathroom. Other than that, easy peasy.
I was knocked out cold by anesthesia each time. Supposedly, Propofol must be administered by an anesthesiologist, but I did not see one in the room, so not sure what they gave me. Woke up fine, and had my wife drive me home as they demanded, but I was not at all groggy.
And I also had a sigmoidoscopy where I declined sedation and stayed fully alert. Ugh! Thank goodness it did not take long. Would be tough to go through full colonoscopy like that.
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