I ate scrambled eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner . I have this procedure done every 2-3 years and I was fed up. I called my doctor and he immediately said yes, you can have scrambled eggs. I know there are many more options in the low residue diet but I was fine with just the eggs . My prep was a breeze for the first time last year. People are dying because they won’t have this procedure done simply because the prep is so brutal, and thats a shame . I’m glad to see they are finally realizing this and working to change.
I eat whatever I want leading up to the procedure and the day before I eat scrambled eggs for breakfast, lunch , and dinner . I stop at 4 or 5pm and only do jello the rest of the night if I’m hungry . Then I do the prep at 8pm. If I’m being honest (and pardon my speech) this area of the medical field need to get their heads out of their asses . People are dying because in all these years they’ve done little or nothing to make the procedure approachable. They need to continue studies , not let them die out. Most of the info on this subject is already years old. They are failing us .
This really makes sense. I’m on a 3 year plan for colonoscopy. Ugh. A few days low residue eating followed by the full day of liquid is taxing. I used to be able to eat a light breakfast of scrambled eggs and white toast. This time my new doctor is saying liquid only. It is going to be a rough day. I don’t don’t fasting.
I ate 2 hardboiled eggs 12 hours before my procedure and really saved me i was so weak from fasting my mother recommended to do so and my procedure went great
I slept till 12 noon, ate 2 bananas, drank black coffee, coconut water, and 1 7up before starting my cleanse at pm, I was so full of liquid, I didn’t want food, I couldn’t even eat my jello until I had a few b.m’s.
I am so glad that I found these videos on the Low Residue Diet! I put off having my colonoscopy because the last one I did nearly killed me. I was on the 2-day cleanse and I was really sick. I was nauseous, threw up and felt very, very weak. Now I have to do another one as my Cologuard came back positive. I am praying that it is not too late. I am confident that I will be able to complete the process this time. Thank You!
Just for the record, I ate 1 cup of regular mac and cheese at a meat and three, 1 cup of mash potatoes (no skins) with brown gravy, 1 roll with 2 packets of butter at 11:00 am the day before my colonoscopy and everything came out perfect. The food I ate is called a “low residue diet” which I learned about in this video. I went to my colonoscopy the next day and my doctor said he could see everything perfect and said I was clean as a whistle! The doctor found out that I had 2 flat polyps which he removed, hemorrhoids, and diverticulitis but no cancer. Thank the lord, I was so worried for months leading up to my colonoscopy. Cancer runs in my family and so it's good to check on this kinda stuff and not avoid it. Mind you, I DID NOT tell my doctor that I followed this diet or he probably would have rescheduled me so keep it to yourself. Having the food really helped my blood sugar from crashing and feeling nauseous.
I please update this video as I think it is significant and very helpful to a certain population! I heartily support this but for different reasons. I have left side hemiparesis with spasticity from stroke. My first “traditional“ prep failed. Doctor was unwilling to change the prep so I search the Internet for alternatives and found a new doctor Got a new prep that I did two days prior to the colonoscopy, pushed fluids hard one day prior to the colonoscopy, and ate a soft/low residue diet an entire week before that first prep from the new doctor. All these “tricks“ combined Worked like a charm. I know I’m not the only person walking around out here with paralysis or spasticity issues so I really don’t understand the dearth of information about that in relation to Colonoscopy‘s in their entirety. In the end they found two precancerous polyps so I was glad for all the hard work I did.
I am so happy to see this! My gastroenterologist has me doing the low residue diet for 3 days prior and then clear liquid starts the NIGHT before at the time I drink the prep. The low residue is very easy and you aren't starving and weak. So happy to see this video! You can find this diet online but make sure it is a reputable source. The low residue diet is short-term only. It can even be used for flare-ups of various colon problems. No seeds, nuts, popcorn, whole grains, fruit with skins..etc.
@@begonia2 Thanks for letting me know. Hopefully one day down the road they will create something that works for the patient as well as the doctor better than what is currently out there.
Cscope prep advice: get a Rx for zofran from your PCP. Take one zofran hour before you take the ducolax pills or even right afterwards. the key is to have zofran working when you start drinking the first half of the prep. then take the second zofran one hour before you start the second half of the prep. That will solve any nausea problems. Also my doc told me to mix the prep powder with white grapejuice or apple juice. The 2 quart or 64 oz prep is much easier that the 4 quart prep simply because you don't have allof that volume in your stomach causing nausea.
My prep was pretty easy, I stuck to low residue foods 2 days before i was eating shells and cheese mixed with shredded boneless-skinless chicken breasts and some ice cream.. The day before i took 2 ducolax tablets.. drank a gallon of water and didn't really care for broth so i stuck to popsicles and sugar-free jello.. My prep was an 8.3oz bottle of miralax mixed with 2 28 oz bottles of white cherry sugar free powerade. I drank 8oz of that stuff every 15 minutes with a green apple jolly rancher in my cheek just in case but I didn't need the jolly rancher. My prep tasted more like the power-ade than anything. 4 hours before my procedure I drank a 10 oz bottle of magnesium citrate. That stuff was gross so I slammed it and then had a jolly rancher. The doctor told me I did a good job on my prep. I was told to have a nice nap and next thing I knew I was in the recovery room. easy peazy.
I used a easy digestive diet 3 days before and the day before I have a clear liquid diet. About noon I take 4 Dulcolax laxative tablets and about 6pm I start drinking 8 oz glasses of a 64 oz container of Gatorade mixed with an 8.3 oz container of MiraLax. This usually clears me out and I've never had a complaint from my physician.
I eat what I want 3 days before and drink only water and gatorade the day before, along with mirilax and ducolax. I've had 5 colonoscopies in the past year and never had an issue with the procedure.
ok, I just had my colonoscopy and my prep was a total non issue. I was prescribed polyethylene glycol 3350, in a 8.3 ounce bottle. This is mixed with 128 ounces of liquid. You have to drink 1/2 of it the day before then the 2md 1/2 on the day of the procedure. I mixed the 1st half with white grape juice and a teaspoon of sugar, and no lie it tasted like white grape juice. There was perhaps a 3% taste of the powder, but that contributed zero effect on the total taste. The next day I used apple juice and a teaspoon of sugar just to switch it up and that too was great. I was also prescribed 4 tiny pills to take all at one time when I began my prep which helps with the discharge. The only thing I did differently time wise, was to start my prep 3 hours earlier so that I could give myself more time to settle down so that I could get some sleep. I also started 3 hours earlier the next day as well. It turned out to be a wise decision because of the continued discharge. I only drank 3 quarts of this prep, and it was enough. My paper work suggested that by after drinking 3 quarts that most people are cleared out. I also did not consume a lot of food 2 days prior to this prep to help me with this event and that also helped big time. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
One of the most challenging things about standard prep - aside from overcoming the dread of having to choke down a gallon of disgusting liquid on a basically empty stomach - is spending the 5 previous days eating foods I normally can't or shouldn't eat, or going without. Going on a five-day spiritual retreat/fast would probably be healthier overall!
This. I'm on the last day before my colonoscopy and I can only drink liquids. I'm hangry and cranky. But at least I get to drink 'good' stuff instead of eating stuff I normally wouldn't.
Examples of foods on a low-residue/fiber diet include: White bread with no nuts or seeds. White rice. Well cooked vegetables without skin or seeds. fresh fruit like bananas, cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon. Eggs. Fish. Poultry. Dairy products.
Just had a Colonoscopy yesterday- hate the clear liquid prep called Moviprep - had to take it 1 litre the night before and again another 1 lire early the next morning of the procedure - hardly got off the toilet the whole time right up until I left for my procedure in the afternoon- was so exhausted but thankfully all went well as results good- to me, the prep was horrendous- horrible taste- makes one almost gag after a couple of glasses- they should come up with an alternative method for preparing people for this procedure here in Australia 😤
I'm in Australia. I ended up vomiting in ER uncontrolled for 12 hours after my prep. The orange solution, I was so sick. I'm trying Pico Prep this time, only 3 x 275mls of sachet, with 1 litre of water in between sachetsl, not 3 litres of sickly artificially sweetened crap. About to start. 🤞
I'm so sorry...the same exact thing happened to me (here in USA)...I couldn't stop vomiting...went to the ER...and they thought I had torn blood vessels in my neck from vomiting for so long...luckily I had not.........but it was the worst night..and of course...could not do my colonoscopy. I hope this doctor's information will help to render easier procedures that will not require that horrible prep!!!
I’ve have 4 colonoscopy in the last 2 months, I am now on a 7 day clear liquid diet it’s insane how each time is worst and worst and my vitals damn near have me dead, I’m already malnutrition, anemia and health is just horrible, all the year I turned 29, I am now 31 as a few days ago, it’s been prolonged due to first my primary doctor being so stupid and ignoring me every time, always being ignored, now I have to do this over and over because things got serious. I rather just throw in the towel, I sneak food anyways but my constipation is so severe for so long atleast 2 years, being poisened I’m always tired so freaking tired I look and feel dead people who don’t know my situation think I’m some drug addict, it’s caused me to lose my job, my soon after apartment, now I’m homeless already with social anxiety trying to prep again right now when resources are very slim, I have no family or friends why is my doctor so strict on this no food?!! It’s making it harder to push what in there out, all I do is barf and feel like I’m dieing and my heart races, I go to the hospital n they continue to say oh we’ll keep drinking it, I honestly feel I have some sort of parasites I have all the symptoms, a large “mass” ball on my top belly button that comes and goes wen u start feeling around or cleaning the white egg like stuff out of my itchy belly button, I was only having bowel movements 1 or 2 a month, every time was crying and sweats on the toilet for hours praying for the pain to ease up felt stuck large Rock hard balls of black stool, some days would be with white spider web looking stuff all over it, a lot of times with large amounts of blood, but it always feels like I have diarrhea but something is blocking it, dr and specialist ignore me every time. This is torture!!!! I can’t even be a mother at this point and my son has to suffer, he is not safe being with his dad he needs his mom
I'm so sorry you're going through this! You definitely need to find a different doctor. They are brushing you off. You obviously have something serious going on down there that needs to be addressed.
I forgot and ate toast this morning for a 2 pm colonoscopy tomorrow, it’s was at least 28 hours before I was getting my test done and the prep will clear everything out ( hopefully) but we’ll see
Please, please please! Someone please explain what a low-residue diet is. I've gotten so sick from the liquid prep and I'd love to try something a little different.
Low residue diet is mainly not eating fresh fruits and veggies, seeds, skins, nuts or seeds. White bread, mashed potatoes (no skin), lean meats and fish. I have Crohn’s disease and when I have a flareup I use the low residue diet to help me get through that. There is a lot of info online for it. I’m currently prepping for a colonoscopy/endoscopy tomorrow morning and I was looking for some information on how to help with nausea I’m having from the prep. This is my 7th colonoscopy/endoscopy in 5 years. I always end up sick from the prep. It’s like intentionally giving yourself a stomach virus. I know that your comment is 5 months ago so I hope everything went well for you.
I’ve got my colonoscopy next week. Ten years ago I had one with the nasty drinking stuff. This time I told the doctor that I can’t drink that again. They prescribed a pill form. I will still have to drink a lot of water with it and that is hard for me BUT it can’t be nearly as bad as the nasty drink they gave me the last time 🙏🏼🤞🏼 My grandfather died of colon cancer. As much as I dread the procedure, I will continue to do them. I wish more doctors would get on the low residue diet the day before!
I have been silly with the same issue my surgery is tomorrow it’s gonna be my fourth procedure in two but at a time the doctors have been doing the prep has not work and he still continue to eat time makes the clear liquid diet longer I am now up to seven days starving myself and the doctor is so Rude every time I try to mention anything he gets all mad it makes me want to just not go through with it I am barely 30 years old and my health is so shitty right now so he’s pressuring me to hurry up and get this done but won’t acknowledge that there is another way to do this other than starving myself and drinking is nasty solution!! Can you please let me know if you had another suggestion I know the comment before me said that there might be tablets you can take??
@@lemonlime1920 what part of the tablet hall and what state or country are you in because the state in town I’m in maybe it’s my health insurance but they will not let me do anything except for this liquid solution and this is the fourth time in two months it has not worked and they know that and they still pressure me to do this to my body which it does not make sense obviously your body needs food to digest and push the other stuff out they keep refusing alternatives for me and they just make me start myself for longer each time it was first only one day and it took three days no it it was up to five days this time I’m up to seven days with no food not even broth they said, and they picked the wrong time to have me do this and I have been in and out of moving from my apartment due to my health and losing my job but they said they can’t prolong it but it’s an emergency whatever’s in there they have to see so they can get it out and each time has been for nothing I cannot be cleared out in two years almost as severe constipation and impacting
I'm 54 and the only reason I'm willing to do the colonoscopy now is they came out with tablets. I had heard so many bad things about the drink I refuse to do it because I was afraid I would just throw it up. I have my procedure tomorrow and I'm doing a low residue diet up to noon today like I did yesterday. Procedure is late tomorrow morning.
@@eugenew6717 sutab. I have my colonoscopy on the 16th and that's what I'm doing. It's a lot of pills but at least you don't have to drink anything nasty. I also heard that there seems to be much less cramping with it but maybe more nausea.
I had a colonoscopy yesterday. I told my wife I refuse to do it again. And it wasn't because of the clear liquid diet. It's because of something I haven't heard people talk about online. My rectum felt like it was on fire every time I had my liquid bowel movements. And when I use toilet paper, it was brutal. I hear the term discomfort a lot. Discomfort does not explain the pain you feel from the burning rectum
Thank you for this. I'm on my last 12 hours of prep and I'm going stark raving mad from hunger. There is no amount of tea, broth or other clear liquid, that can keep the hunger at bay. I will survive this day with the dumbass diet, but next time I will insist that I can't do it because this is hell, this is worse than being sick.
I had joked about having broth for breakfast and I did use a bowl and spoon. After that, I put it in a mug since I basically drinking it. Later that night, I felt tired each time after I “emptied out”.
Good! I think I will eat something then. I was planning to starve for two days so I didn't have to drink so much prep liquid. That's the part I hate. They need to do pills and pills only.
My dr said I need to do a clear liquids diet. I'm doing it now and it sucks! Its only 8 am and I don't think I'm going to make it until the end of the day without eating....
How did you do? It's 10:30am for me and I have my appointment tomorrow, yet I'm already suffering... I've scarfed down some Jello, a bottle of water and a some chicken broth and a little bit of black coffee. I still feel very hungry.
@@YawninHaze Hope it went well for you, i am on my final 12 hour stretch and no amount of tea, broth and juice can keep the hunger at bay. I figured out that I could have honey in the tea without issue so I'm currently drinking a cup of tea that is like 50% honey just to still the hunger...
Two things, one Cologuard is problematic because it counts in most insurance companies as your “free” screen, people should not bear the cost of the colonoscopy indicated by a cologuard test. Second, listen to your patient, I have a slow digestive tract in general, even with a low residue diet I need a hard push at the beginning of my prep or I won’t clear. This has been proven twice. The second time happened because the doctor’s staff did not tell the doctor that I had questions about the prep and needed a call back. I’m sorry but “the office manager said” isn’t EVER going to be an adequate response to a patient’s questions. I would venture to say that at minimum a telephone consult, better a telehealth visit prior to colonoscopy when it’s been 5 years in between should be the standard of care. Patient condition and recent research can change a lot in 5 years, personalized prep can help adherence and successful prep a lot! “One size fits all” prep is substandard care in my opinion.
I have to be on this for 2 days (on it now) and my surgeon said I couldn’t be conscious or he wouldn’t perform it- can you be my doctor? lol I’m seriously so upset and never want to do this again and I’m in my early 30s.
I’d go to a different doctor next time! My husband wanted to be awake for it and the doctor was fine with it. They still give you stuff so you don’t feel it. That would creep me out if the doctor was that opposed. It would make me wonder why
I’m vegan. My gastroenterologist’s orders are no fiber for five days prior to the colonoscopy. No nuts, no fruits, no veggies, and no popcorn. THIS HAS LITERALLY BEEN MY DIET FOR THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. I had to postpone the first attempt to have this procedure, as I just could not do it. Tomorrow I “should” start altering my diet. I think I’ll just cancel altogether.
I’m Vegan, and gluten free. I was told I can eat potatoes peeled and cooked, carrots peeled and cooked, smooth peanut butter, white rice, peeled fruit with no seeds. Maybe I won’t starve. I’m already 20 pounds underweight. This is my first colonoscopy at age 73 due to a positive Cologuard test, no symptoms.
I would recomend to try these foods for a couple of days before a colonoscopy for vegans :) plain white pasta, white rice, well cooked skinless potato, polenta, vegetable broth. And drinks of course: water, tea, coffee, fruits juices without pulp. Greetings
Tofu, bread, bananas, honeydew and cantaloupe, potatoes, pasta, pancakes, agar instead of jello. All vegan and all low fiber/low residue. I'm sure there's more but it's been a while since I was fully plant based. You could also ask if you can do something like pea protein shakes, because those are low fiber. The reason for no peas is because of the skin.
@@judywalters309same here I thought I could skip the colonoscopy and did the cologuard instead but with my luck it came out positive and now I have to do this stupid thing anyway !!
i am on the liquid diet right now..I have a headache on my right temple area i am hungry I still have 23 hours till my appointment and havent eaten since 6pm last night it is now 1.45 pm I wish I could just eat something before I have to start the pills and drinking in just over and hour..Not enjoying the ride so far
When colonoscope moves does it feel...I did not feel anything when it was moving..is it normal ? In short did they did properly ? I was not under sedation Please reply.Thanks
Yes, they likely did it properly. My husband had one where he wasn’t under anesthesia/ asleep and watched it all on a screen. He never felt a thing either.
I’m due to have a colonoscopy dec 27 th. They made my appointment for 8:30 am. Does this mean I’m preparing two days ahead? I’m a diabetic so going 24 hours won’t be good nor 48 hours.
Mine is on the 8th, almost 2 days from now, and my appointment is at 7 in the morning. I was instructed to start drinking my prep at noon on the 7th and then finish at 8pm the same night. Then at 8pm I am supposed to take two laxative pills. Your prep shouldn't be longer than 24 hours mine is going to be maybe around 10 hours then I can hopefully get some sleep so it shouldn't be so bad. I say if ours were in the afternoon it would be much worse. Patients whose colonoscopies are scheduled in the afternoon have to split their prep and have to prep for almost 24 hours.
@@ApartDragonFruit I have mine tomorrow at 1pm. My doctor has me doing the split prep. I took half today at 4pm (plus a bottle of magnesium citrate), and I have to take the 2nd half tomo morning 4hours before my appointment. I hope all goes well with your procedure; wishing you all the best !
@@jewelsbarbie good luck with your procedure!! My prep starts in almost 4 hours and I'm so nervous. I have to take 4L of prep in a span of 8 hours and then have two strong laxative pills at 8pm. I just hope that it's enough to get me fully clean.
Hello I have a question please. Did you feel anything after your colonoscopy I did my colonoscopy 25 days a go and I still get Diarrhea and sharp pain in stomach and Hiatal hernia and right lower back pain . I wish I never did the colonoscopy I feel terrible. I went back to the doctor and he put me on pantoprazole sod DR 40 mg . I did use CLENPIQ Please let me know
I am very afraid of having pain like you experienced. I have mine tomorrow, and I am not feeling good about it. Are you still experiencing problems from your colonoscopy? Did they check to make sure you didn’t have a perforated bowel? I hope things are better for you now. I’m so sorry you had to go through this.
I've been watching a few of these videos now and I really hate all of them...!!! I was kind of hoping for some kind of play acting with somebody actually going through the procedures and discussing what's happening and what the problems are and so on, but instead you get this doctor, here on this video, just doing nothing but technobabble for the entire thing !!! and it's just turning me off to the whole thing, Im thinking of just waiting another 5 years or something, until maybe the science of colonoscopies are more refined...!
I thought there might be a different purpose, too. But don't discount what this doctor is doing here. He is making a case for other doctors to consider how to handle this in future, which in turn benefits all of us patients. That's important in my book.
I ate scrambled eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner . I have this procedure done every 2-3 years and I was fed up. I called my doctor and he immediately said yes, you can have scrambled eggs. I know there are many more options in the low residue diet but I was fine with just the eggs . My prep was a breeze for the first time last year. People are dying because they won’t have this procedure done simply because the prep is so brutal, and thats a shame . I’m glad to see they are finally realizing this and working to change.
Thanks. How many days did you have that diet before the procedure, and what did you take the day of the procedure?
@@Charlie9165 Just the day before. Eat normal stuff five days leading up to your procedure minus high fiber, leafy greens, and nuts.
I eat whatever I want leading up to the procedure and the day before I eat scrambled eggs for breakfast, lunch , and dinner . I stop at 4 or 5pm and only do jello the rest of the night if I’m hungry . Then I do the prep at 8pm. If I’m being honest (and pardon my speech) this area of the medical field need to get their heads out of their asses . People are dying because in all these years they’ve done little or nothing to make the procedure approachable. They need to continue studies , not let them die out. Most of the info on this subject is already years old. They are failing us .
Have you done this more than once, or was it a one-off? It would be a whole lot eaiser.@@marcuscollins103
This really makes sense. I’m on a 3 year plan for colonoscopy. Ugh. A few days low residue eating followed by the full day of liquid is taxing. I used to be able to eat a light breakfast of scrambled eggs and white toast. This time my new doctor is saying liquid only. It is going to be a rough day. I don’t don’t fasting.
I ate 2 hardboiled eggs 12 hours before my procedure and really saved me i was so weak from fasting my mother recommended to do so and my procedure went great
I slept till 12 noon, ate 2 bananas, drank black coffee, coconut water, and 1 7up before starting my cleanse at pm, I was so full of liquid, I didn’t want food, I couldn’t even eat my jello until I had a few b.m’s.
I am so glad that I found these videos on the Low Residue Diet! I put off having my colonoscopy because the last one I did nearly killed me. I was on the 2-day cleanse and I was really sick. I was nauseous, threw up and felt very, very weak. Now I have to do another one as my Cologuard came back positive. I am praying that it is not too late. I am confident that I will be able to complete the process this time. Thank You!
Just for the record, I ate 1 cup of regular mac and cheese at a meat and three, 1 cup of mash potatoes (no skins) with brown gravy, 1 roll with 2 packets of butter at 11:00 am the day before my colonoscopy and everything came out perfect. The food I ate is called a “low residue diet” which I learned about in this video. I went to my colonoscopy the next day and my doctor said he could see everything perfect and said I was clean as a whistle! The doctor found out that I had 2 flat polyps which he removed, hemorrhoids, and diverticulitis but no cancer. Thank the lord, I was so worried for months leading up to my colonoscopy. Cancer runs in my family and so it's good to check on this kinda stuff and not avoid it. Mind you, I DID NOT tell my doctor that I followed this diet or he probably would have rescheduled me so keep it to yourself. Having the food really helped my blood sugar from crashing and feeling nauseous.
"thank the lawd"??? WTF cancer runs in your family, don't forget to "thank the lawd" for that. I mean REALLY!!
I please update this video as I think it is significant and very helpful to a certain population!
I heartily support this but for different reasons. I have left side hemiparesis with spasticity from stroke.
My first “traditional“ prep failed. Doctor was unwilling to change the prep so I search the Internet for alternatives and found a new doctor
Got a new prep that I did two days prior to the colonoscopy, pushed fluids hard one day prior to the colonoscopy, and ate a soft/low residue diet an entire week before that first prep from the new doctor.
All these “tricks“ combined Worked like a charm. I know I’m not the only person walking around out here with paralysis or spasticity issues so I really don’t understand the dearth of information about that in relation to Colonoscopy‘s in their entirety. In the end they found two precancerous polyps so I was glad for all the hard work I did.
I am so happy to see this! My gastroenterologist has me doing the low residue diet for 3 days prior and then clear liquid starts the NIGHT before at the time I drink the prep. The low residue is very easy and you aren't starving and weak. So happy to see this video! You can find this diet online but make sure it is a reputable source. The low residue diet is short-term only. It can even be used for flare-ups of various colon problems. No seeds, nuts, popcorn, whole grains, fruit with skins..etc.
Did you have to still drink the gallon of prep?
@@iamric23 yes. However I got to have food up until the night before. Not 3 days of nothing.
@@begonia2 Thanks for letting me know. Hopefully one day down the road they will create something that works for the patient as well as the doctor better than what is currently out there.
@@iamric23 what I had didn’t taste too bad, make it cold and chug all at once. Yes, still gross!
Cscope prep advice: get a Rx for zofran from your PCP. Take one zofran hour before you take the ducolax pills or even right afterwards. the key is to have zofran working when you start drinking the first half of the prep. then take the second zofran one hour before you start the second half of the prep. That will solve any nausea problems. Also my doc told me to mix the prep powder with white grapejuice or apple juice. The 2 quart or 64 oz prep is much easier that the 4 quart prep simply because you don't have allof that volume in your stomach causing nausea.
My prep was pretty easy, I stuck to low residue foods 2 days before i was eating shells and cheese mixed with shredded boneless-skinless chicken breasts and some ice cream.. The day before i took 2 ducolax tablets.. drank a gallon of water and didn't really care for broth so i stuck to popsicles and sugar-free jello.. My prep was an 8.3oz bottle of miralax mixed with 2 28 oz bottles of white cherry sugar free powerade. I drank 8oz of that stuff every 15 minutes with a green apple jolly rancher in my cheek just in case but I didn't need the jolly rancher. My prep tasted more like the power-ade than anything. 4 hours before my procedure I drank a 10 oz bottle of magnesium citrate. That stuff was gross so I slammed it and then had a jolly rancher. The doctor told me I did a good job on my prep. I was told to have a nice nap and next thing I knew I was in the recovery room. easy peazy.
I used a easy digestive diet 3 days before and the day before I have a clear liquid diet. About noon I take 4 Dulcolax laxative tablets and about 6pm I start drinking 8 oz glasses of a 64 oz container of Gatorade mixed with an 8.3 oz container of MiraLax. This usually clears me out and I've never had a complaint from my physician.
Thanks
I eat what I want 3 days before and drink only water and gatorade the day before, along with mirilax and ducolax. I've had 5 colonoscopies in the past year and never had an issue with the procedure.
ok, I just had my colonoscopy and my prep was a total non issue. I was prescribed polyethylene glycol 3350, in a 8.3 ounce bottle. This is mixed with 128 ounces of liquid. You have to drink 1/2 of it the day before then the 2md 1/2 on the day of the procedure. I mixed the 1st half with white grape juice and a teaspoon of sugar, and no lie it tasted like white grape juice. There was perhaps a 3% taste of the powder, but that contributed zero effect on the total taste.
The next day I used apple juice and a teaspoon of sugar just to switch it up and that too was great.
I was also prescribed 4 tiny pills to take all at one time when I began my prep which helps with the discharge.
The only thing I did differently time wise, was to start my prep 3 hours earlier so that I could give myself more time to settle down so that I could get some sleep. I also started 3 hours earlier the next day as well. It turned out to be a wise decision because of the continued discharge.
I only drank 3 quarts of this prep, and it was enough. My paper work suggested that by after drinking 3 quarts that most people are cleared out. I also did not consume a lot of food 2 days prior to this prep to help me with this event and that also helped big time.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Seems to me vodka qualifies as clear liquid lol
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I saw a couple of videos where they said whether clear or not...no booze. lol
Ha I thought the same but doc said nope
One of the most challenging things about standard prep - aside from overcoming the dread of having to choke down a gallon of disgusting liquid on a basically empty stomach - is spending the 5 previous days eating foods I normally can't or shouldn't eat, or going without. Going on a five-day spiritual retreat/fast would probably be healthier overall!
This. I'm on the last day before my colonoscopy and I can only drink liquids. I'm hangry and cranky. But at least I get to drink 'good' stuff instead of eating stuff I normally wouldn't.
Very patient friendly prep vs tortuous old prep.
Examples of foods on a low-residue/fiber diet include:
White bread with no nuts or seeds.
White rice.
Well cooked vegetables without skin or seeds.
fresh fruit like bananas, cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon.
Eggs.
Fish.
Poultry.
Dairy products.
My prep days no raw fruits or veggies also no dairy!
So essentially the diet they put you on the day preceeding the actual liquid diet?
Just had a Colonoscopy yesterday- hate the clear liquid prep called Moviprep - had to take it 1 litre the night before and again another 1 lire early the next morning of the procedure - hardly got off the toilet the whole time right up until I left for my procedure in the afternoon- was so exhausted but thankfully all went well as results good- to me, the prep was horrendous- horrible taste- makes one almost gag after a couple of glasses- they should come up with an alternative method for preparing people for this procedure here in Australia 😤
I'm in Australia. I ended up vomiting in ER uncontrolled for 12 hours after my prep. The orange solution, I was so sick.
I'm trying Pico Prep this time, only 3 x 275mls of sachet, with 1 litre of water in between sachetsl, not 3 litres of sickly artificially sweetened crap. About to start. 🤞
I'm so sorry...the same exact thing happened to me (here in USA)...I couldn't stop vomiting...went to the ER...and they thought I had torn blood vessels in my neck from vomiting for so long...luckily I had not.........but it was the worst night..and of course...could not do my colonoscopy. I hope this doctor's information will help to render easier procedures that will not require that horrible prep!!!
I'm going in for a colonoscopy and had Moviprep 2 doses yesterday.
The key is to drink several beers before you start drinking the prep. It sucks all the liquid into your bowels and bam your cleaned out.
Interesting informations, but In practical term , What does a low residue diet mean? What foods are allowed and what food are to be avoided ?
Yes, I had to do it, very easy, you eat plain pasta, spaghetti, chicken, etc and eat no fruits veg, etc
I’ve have 4 colonoscopy in the last 2 months, I am now on a 7 day clear liquid diet it’s insane how each time is worst and worst and my vitals damn near have me dead, I’m already malnutrition, anemia and health is just horrible, all the year I turned 29, I am now 31 as a few days ago, it’s been prolonged due to first my primary doctor being so stupid and ignoring me every time, always being ignored, now I have to do this over and over because things got serious. I rather just throw in the towel, I sneak food anyways but my constipation is so severe for so long atleast 2 years, being poisened I’m always tired so freaking tired I look and feel dead people who don’t know my situation think I’m some drug addict, it’s caused me to lose my job, my soon after apartment, now I’m homeless already with social anxiety trying to prep again right now when resources are very slim, I have no family or friends why is my doctor so strict on this no food?!! It’s making it harder to push what in there out, all I do is barf and feel like I’m dieing and my heart races, I go to the hospital n they continue to say oh we’ll keep drinking it, I honestly feel I have some sort of parasites I have all the symptoms, a large “mass” ball on my top belly button that comes and goes wen u start feeling around or cleaning the white egg like stuff out of my itchy belly button, I was only having bowel movements 1 or 2 a month, every time was crying and sweats on the toilet for hours praying for the pain to ease up felt stuck large Rock hard balls of black stool, some days would be with white spider web looking stuff all over it, a lot of times with large amounts of blood, but it always feels like I have diarrhea but something is blocking it, dr and specialist ignore me every time. This is torture!!!! I can’t even be a mother at this point and my son has to suffer, he is not safe being with his dad he needs his mom
Why four procedures?
I'm so sorry you're going through this! You definitely need to find a different doctor. They are brushing you off. You obviously have something serious going on down there that needs to be addressed.
I forgot and ate toast this morning for a 2 pm colonoscopy tomorrow, it’s was at least 28 hours before I was getting my test done and the prep will clear everything out ( hopefully) but we’ll see
Please, please please! Someone please explain what a low-residue diet is. I've gotten so sick from the liquid prep and I'd love to try something a little different.
Low residue diet is mainly not eating fresh fruits and veggies, seeds, skins, nuts or seeds. White bread, mashed potatoes (no skin), lean meats and fish. I have Crohn’s disease and when I have a flareup I use the low residue diet to help me get through that. There is a lot of info online for it. I’m currently prepping for a colonoscopy/endoscopy tomorrow morning and I was looking for some information on how to help with nausea I’m having from the prep. This is my 7th colonoscopy/endoscopy in 5 years. I always end up sick from the prep. It’s like intentionally giving yourself a stomach virus. I know that your comment is 5 months ago so I hope everything went well for you.
I am prepping tonight and have been so sick from this liquid. Idk if I can finish!
I’ve got my colonoscopy next week. Ten years ago I had one with the nasty drinking stuff. This time I told the doctor that I can’t drink that again. They prescribed a pill form. I will still have to drink a lot of water with it and that is hard for me BUT it can’t be nearly as bad as the nasty drink they gave me the last time 🙏🏼🤞🏼 My grandfather died of colon cancer. As much as I dread the procedure, I will continue to do them. I wish more doctors would get on the low residue diet the day before!
I have been silly with the same issue my surgery is tomorrow it’s gonna be my fourth procedure in two but at a time the doctors have been doing the prep has not work and he still continue to eat time makes the clear liquid diet longer I am now up to seven days starving myself and the doctor is so Rude every time I try to mention anything he gets all mad it makes me want to just not go through with it I am barely 30 years old and my health is so shitty right now so he’s pressuring me to hurry up and get this done but won’t acknowledge that there is another way to do this other than starving myself and drinking is nasty solution!! Can you please let me know if you had another suggestion I know the comment before me said that there might be tablets you can take??
@@lemonlime1920 what part of the tablet hall and what state or country are you in because the state in town I’m in maybe it’s my health insurance but they will not let me do anything except for this liquid solution and this is the fourth time in two months it has not worked and they know that and they still pressure me to do this to my body which it does not make sense obviously your body needs food to digest and push the other stuff out they keep refusing alternatives for me and they just make me start myself for longer each time it was first only one day and it took three days no it it was up to five days this time I’m up to seven days with no food not even broth they said, and they picked the wrong time to have me do this and I have been in and out of moving from my apartment due to my health and losing my job but they said they can’t prolong it but it’s an emergency whatever’s in there they have to see so they can get it out and each time has been for nothing I cannot be cleared out in two years almost as severe constipation and impacting
I'm 54 and the only reason I'm willing to do the colonoscopy now is they came out with tablets. I had heard so many bad things about the drink I refuse to do it because I was afraid I would just throw it up. I have my procedure tomorrow and I'm doing a low residue diet up to noon today like I did yesterday. Procedure is late tomorrow morning.
Did you do the colonoscopy without the drink? If so how did it work out for you ?
What tablets
@@eugenew6717 sutab. I have my colonoscopy on the 16th and that's what I'm doing. It's a lot of pills but at least you don't have to drink anything nasty. I also heard that there seems to be much less cramping with it but maybe more nausea.
@@eugenew6717 Pez. The red ones work best.
I had a colonoscopy yesterday. I told my wife I refuse to do it again. And it wasn't because of the clear liquid diet. It's because of something I haven't heard people talk about online. My rectum felt like it was on fire every time I had my liquid bowel movements. And when I use toilet paper, it was brutal. I hear the term discomfort a lot. Discomfort does not explain the pain you feel from the burning rectum
Thank you for this. I'm on my last 12 hours of prep and I'm going stark raving mad from hunger. There is no amount of tea, broth or other clear liquid, that can keep the hunger at bay. I will survive this day with the dumbass diet, but next time I will insist that I can't do it because this is hell, this is worse than being sick.
I had joked about having broth for breakfast and I did use a bowl and spoon. After that, I put it in a mug since I basically drinking it. Later that night, I felt tired each time after I “emptied out”.
Good! I think I will eat something then. I was planning to starve for two days so I didn't have to drink so much prep liquid. That's the part I hate. They need to do pills and pills only.
This is exciting!
I’m on a clear liquid diet starting 2 days before! I can tell you I WILL NOT EVER DO THIS AGAIN.
Its not hard
My dr said I need to do a clear liquids diet. I'm doing it now and it sucks! Its only 8 am and I don't think I'm going to make it until the end of the day without eating....
How did you do? It's 10:30am for me and I have my appointment tomorrow, yet I'm already suffering... I've scarfed down some Jello, a bottle of water and a some chicken broth and a little bit of black coffee. I still feel very hungry.
@@YawninHaze Hope it went well for you, i am on my final 12 hour stretch and no amount of tea, broth and juice can keep the hunger at bay. I figured out that I could have honey in the tea without issue so I'm currently drinking a cup of tea that is like 50% honey just to still the hunger...
Two things, one Cologuard is problematic because it counts in most insurance companies as your “free” screen, people should not bear the cost of the colonoscopy indicated by a cologuard test. Second, listen to your patient, I have a slow digestive tract in general, even with a low residue diet I need a hard push at the beginning of my prep or I won’t clear. This has been proven twice. The second time happened because the doctor’s staff did not tell the doctor that I had questions about the prep and needed a call back. I’m sorry but “the office manager said” isn’t EVER going to be an adequate response to a patient’s questions.
I would venture to say that at minimum a telephone consult, better a telehealth visit prior to colonoscopy when it’s been 5 years in between should be the standard of care. Patient condition and recent research can change a lot in 5 years, personalized prep can help adherence and successful prep a lot! “One size fits all” prep is substandard care in my opinion.
I think I'm going to try to find a compromise for mine and go track down protein water tomorrow.
Isopure was the one my dietitian recommended.
And the low-residue diet you spoke about consists of ......? I’ll wait ..........
I am peeing out my butt with no food for nearly 48 hours.
I don’t mind crapping my guts out. I don’t like getting knocked out and having a camera stuck in my butt…lol
Lucky You. Here in my country they are doing it while You are awake.
I have to be on this for 2 days (on it now) and my surgeon said I couldn’t be conscious or he wouldn’t perform it- can you be my doctor? lol I’m seriously so upset and never want to do this again and I’m in my early 30s.
I’d go to a different doctor next time! My husband wanted to be awake for it and the doctor was fine with it. They still give you stuff so you don’t feel it. That would creep me out if the doctor was that opposed. It would make me wonder why
I’m vegan. My gastroenterologist’s orders are no fiber for five days prior to the colonoscopy. No nuts, no fruits, no veggies, and no popcorn. THIS HAS LITERALLY BEEN MY DIET FOR THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. I had to postpone the first attempt to have this procedure, as I just could not do it. Tomorrow I “should” start altering my diet. I think I’ll just cancel altogether.
I’m Vegan, and gluten free. I was told I can eat potatoes peeled and cooked, carrots peeled and cooked, smooth peanut butter, white rice, peeled fruit with no seeds. Maybe I won’t starve. I’m already 20 pounds underweight. This is my first colonoscopy at age 73 due to a positive Cologuard test, no symptoms.
I would recomend to try these foods for a couple of days before a colonoscopy for vegans :) plain white pasta, white rice, well cooked skinless potato, polenta, vegetable broth. And drinks of course: water, tea, coffee, fruits juices without pulp. Greetings
Tofu, bread, bananas, honeydew and cantaloupe, potatoes, pasta, pancakes, agar instead of jello. All vegan and all low fiber/low residue. I'm sure there's more but it's been a while since I was fully plant based. You could also ask if you can do something like pea protein shakes, because those are low fiber. The reason for no peas is because of the skin.
It’s no one else’s fault you’ve decided to destroy your health, genius….👌🤡
@@judywalters309same here I thought I could skip the colonoscopy and did the cologuard instead but with my luck it came out positive and now I have to do this stupid thing anyway !!
i am on the liquid diet right now..I have a headache on my right temple area i am hungry I still have 23 hours till my appointment and havent eaten since 6pm last night it is now 1.45 pm I wish I could just eat something before I have to start the pills and drinking in just over and hour..Not enjoying the ride so far
Today is the stay of my prep... Not looking forward to it. How did everything go? Hope all is well.
When colonoscope moves does it feel...I did not feel anything when it was moving..is it normal ?
In short did they did properly ?
I was not under sedation
Please reply.Thanks
Yes, they likely did it properly. My husband had one where he wasn’t under anesthesia/ asleep and watched it all on a screen. He never felt a thing either.
I had the dulcolax, miralax/Gatorade prep, halfway through was throwing up and feeling terrible!
I just finished my last dose of this prep this AM before my procedure...I agree...I'm MISERABLE right now!!!
I’m due to have a colonoscopy dec 27 th. They made my appointment for 8:30 am. Does this mean I’m preparing two days ahead? I’m a diabetic so going 24 hours won’t be good nor 48 hours.
Mine is on the 8th, almost 2 days from now, and my appointment is at 7 in the morning. I was instructed to start drinking my prep at noon on the 7th and then finish at 8pm the same night. Then at 8pm I am supposed to take two laxative pills. Your prep shouldn't be longer than 24 hours mine is going to be maybe around 10 hours then I can hopefully get some sleep so it shouldn't be so bad. I say if ours were in the afternoon it would be much worse. Patients whose colonoscopies are scheduled in the afternoon have to split their prep and have to prep for almost 24 hours.
@@ApartDragonFruit I have mine tomorrow at 1pm. My doctor has me doing the split prep. I took half today at 4pm (plus a bottle of magnesium citrate), and I have to take the 2nd half tomo morning 4hours before my appointment. I hope all goes well with your procedure; wishing you all the best !
@@jewelsbarbie good luck with your procedure!! My prep starts in almost 4 hours and I'm so nervous. I have to take 4L of prep in a span of 8 hours and then have two strong laxative pills at 8pm. I just hope that it's enough to get me fully clean.
Hello I have a question please. Did you feel anything after your colonoscopy I did my colonoscopy 25 days a go and I still get Diarrhea and sharp pain in stomach and Hiatal hernia and right lower back pain . I wish I never did the colonoscopy I feel terrible. I went back to the doctor and he put me on pantoprazole sod DR 40 mg . I did use CLENPIQ Please let me know
I am very afraid of having pain like you experienced. I have mine tomorrow, and I am not feeling good about it. Are you still experiencing problems from your colonoscopy? Did they check to make sure you didn’t have a perforated bowel? I hope things are better for you now. I’m so sorry you had to go through this.
@jewelsbarbie how did yours go? How you feeling ? Mines next month. I'm terrified 😮
Helpful!
I've been watching a few of these videos now and I really hate all of them...!!! I was kind of hoping for some kind of play acting with somebody actually going through the procedures and discussing what's happening and what the problems are and so on, but instead you get this doctor, here on this video, just doing nothing but technobabble for the entire thing !!! and it's just turning me off to the whole thing, Im thinking of just waiting another 5 years or something, until maybe the science of colonoscopies are more refined...!
I thought there might be a different purpose, too. But don't discount what this doctor is doing here. He is making a case for other doctors to consider how to handle this in future, which in turn benefits all of us patients. That's important in my book.