Preparing for your Colonoscopy- Standard Golytely Preparation 

Do you get adominal pain?

@@misharas317 Don't use regular sugar drinks. You want a sports type drink that has lots of sodium (and hopefully potassium) in it. It's dangerous just drinking flavored water (water toxemia.)

How was it 😅

Was everything good?

@alternateName600 I hope there alright 😬

Eat a burrito

Mine is on Monday. I am stressed out because I have lupus and am prone to getting lightheaded. How did you do? Do you have any tips?

Hope it went well. Mine is this week and I’m scared

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My GI doc had to biopsy all the years of swallowed gum.

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OMG that's so funny!! 😂😂

Afterward I felt guilty about eating normal and dirtying it up again.

Happens to the best of us

Wear a diaper.

Don't believe this nonsense in this video. It's not complicated. You just mix and drink the stuff the day before. Drink a cup every 3 minutes or so. It will clean you out for the probe the next day.

That’s what my directions say !

Same , it's not 3 hrs 😅

Yes

My Dr won't let me do it that way, I have to drink all the 🤢 gross stuff , idk why 🤬

I used the SuTabs weeks ago. It barely worked for me, so they stopped the colonoscopy early. Now I have to redo it , using the liquid this time. 😐

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Not when the camera grazes your g spot 🥵

It sounds terrible. I have my first one next week. I’m watching videos and reading things. The papers my dr sent with the drink says I have to drink 8 oz every 10 min until entire jug is done. There are certain things if said stay away from eating for 2 days. Some videos I’m watching says stop eating certain things for 5 days before. I’m wondering if it all depends on how well you digest things. I’m going to start 5 days before by not eating fruits and veggies , beans , nuts etc and just eat very bland things like chicken and rice , broths , jello. Sucks

@@ccalexander1924the procedure itself is nothing,it’s just the prep, that drink is the hardest part, be prepared because that drink is absolutely vile, you just gotta plug your nose and down the hatch. Like I said the actual procedure is nothing,

@@lylesommers5018plugging my nose did nothing. My tastebuds were throwing up.

Absolutely not don't risk it just green jello please

Same ☠️

Are you getting checked for ulcerative colitis or crohns?

My doctor told me since I'm younger I cannot have miralax prep but gavilyte g

Golytely is murder. Bloody gross.

@@jayneo2693 well I have to suffer than because I have to do it wish me luck next week 🥺

Gatorade has electrolytes, but water doesn't. If you were just taking water, I think you would need to figure out a different way to get electrolytes. For example, I make my own with salt, potassium etc for my own daily hydration needs, so maybe there are alternatives to gatorade. Coconut water and broths have some electrolytes in them, for example. I don't know what is required for colonoscopy prep though, so you should ask your doctor about this. You will be losing a lot of electrolytes and not having the right amount and ratio of electrolytes during this process could potentially make you feel ill and give you dehydration complications I imagine. (saying this as someone that just deals with dehydration issues, not medical advice)

What's the difference? Does it taste better?

@@novelist99 yes, mixed with Lemon-Lime Gatorade :)

The instructions on my paper say 5

I was told you don’t have to, but doing a low residue diet is easier on your tummy when you do tje prep.

Clear fluids ok … butnothing at all, not even a sip of water three hours before. That’s cause they’re going to sedate you, and they don’t want you to aspirate liquid into your lungs. I’m going to go without sedation, they told me I can, but I bet they’re not going to like it because they want patients to just lay there like a brick.

No liquids whatsoever six hours before your procedure.

Some of the facilities have gone to this split routine because mucous secretions continue to be made after you stop drinking the swill and MAY occlude the visuals of your intestinal lining. If you split the dose less time for this buildup. Unfortunately this can mean getting up on the middle of the night to start the second portion if your appointment is early in the morning since you have to gag it down AND finish up a few hours hours before then. At least you’ll nap through the procedure!

Thanks Sue, it wasn’t that bad, not in a hurry to do it again though haha! The nap was nice. Haha

Well, my problem with it is just the sheer volume of what you have to drink. It could be something I like ordinarily like lemonade for example, but that amount of anything to drink is just difficult. In order to make things easier I eating a lot less food in the days leading up to the procedure. (Less input, less output!). Once I’ve reached the half way point things are pretty cleared out. My 6th colonoscopy is coming up later this week, lucky me!

@@suebell5870 6? That is a lot of naps! Hope all goes well for you. I agree, way to much to drink at one time. The taste was not that bad, just the amount was tough. Good luck to you Sue.

@@therustyduck5400 Thanks. Family history of colon cancer (grandmother) and polyps found on every scope. Got the jug today, cheers!

Rather not take that chance tho lol

None says that. I've had 3. Will have 4th next month. Don't want to have to repeat bcs they can't see clearly

It’s not nonsense to maintain your electrolytes. It can help to prevent weakness and fainting which is especially important for elderly and medically fragile patients.

I'm seriously screwed because I don't consume any of that crap, but I can't go a whole day without eating, I get nauseous, lightheaded, and dizzy. I don't think I can do this procedure.

@@pugernoufer you can eat that “crap” for a day. It won’t kill you. Colorectal cancer, on the other hand, can kill you if not detected early enough via colonoscopy.

@@RachelJane101 "electrolytes": a pinch of sea salt in your water with a bit of lemon juice

@@redrustyhill2 That’s inadequate for elderly/medically fragile.

hey! how did it go?

@@crikkit9299 onl;y scheduled 9 days from now

What about rice

@@Samiscool114 You can eat rice?

Yes. Actually you CAN go without eating for several hours.

I think it's more about the fiber in them...as that takes longer to break down -- you may be able to eat "low fiber" fruits and veg (no skins, seeds, red colour) if those exist?

I'm doing my prep today for tomorrows procedure. I haven't eaten since dinner at 5:30 yesterday. 😅

Only if they let you in the kitchen.