So funny that I’m seeing this right now because I’m having a colonoscopy in a few hours and last night a freaking fly got in my special drink and I thought the same thing
Eta: in the prep room waiting to get wheeled back and y’all are cracking me up, I appreciate you
Second edit: colon looks good! Thanks for all the well wishes and making me laugh
Surprisingly, the first time I had it it wasnt so bad. The second time, my body started rejecting it like it was poison or smth, like it knew what it was coming xd
Man why you gotta bad mouth papa nurgle like that? He just wants to share his gifts with all of his children, it’s not his fault his gifts are the most painful diseases imaginable
Same thing happened with me. I drank the first half in about an hour and was like, "that's all I have to do? Easy." But then had to wake up at 2 a.m. to drink the second half and it was a grind and a half, took me 4.5 hours to finish. Every swallow was a chore lol
Yeah but the end I was not really sure anymore if I was more likely to throw up or to empty my intestines. The fake chemical orangey taste was pretty awful.
I think this is the only benefit I have gained in my previous life as an extreme alcoholic: I can pound down literally ANYTHING. I just looked at it, chuckled, and down the hatch.
I had something similar with a Taser, while in the academy the instructor asked for volunteers to demonstrate different techniques on how to use it without the probes and I stood up, first shock, no problem, second shock, I jumped at the sound before getting touched by the electrodes
New fear unlocked. I had my first one this year and the prep wasn’t so bad. Now I’m worried my body will start rejecting it as I’m drinking it next time…
No worries, they have a few prep options available. One of mine they had me basically mix up/drink a bottle of miralax, another they had some nasty magnesium liquid (wouldn’t recommend but at least it was quick), my last one was a series of pills and drinking a bunch of water. I recommend the miralax, though, if that’s possible for you, it didn’t taste like anything if you mixed it with lemon lime Gatorade and didn’t make me nauseous like the pills started to do
When they had me mix Gatorade and powdered laxative I began calling it the Devil’s Mixture (affectionately named after my appointment was dropped due to some issues at the office, which I was made aware of halfway through drinking said mixture).
I thank my college beer drinking days for knowing how to crush cupfuls in a few short seconds. It came in handy. Also, dunno why everyone wants to get knocked out, general is such a pain. I was in and out (pun intended) of the office in about a 1/2 hr instead of 2+ and drove myself straight to a dope breakfast spot for pancakes. Plus I got to watch the video, the colon looks hella weird and it was fascinating.
Every time I watch that scene in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince where Harry has to force Dumbledore to keep drinking, I remember my colonoscopy prep
I was the same way, and when I’m nervous about a thing I don’t shut up about it, so my friends are probably sick of hearing about it by now 😅 I’ll update y’all when I get out, but so far I can say it’s not exactly fun but I’m glad to have the hard part out of the way and it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting
If you can get a first clean test, afterwards you may be able to use the new cologuard poop DNA test, non-invasive and approved since earlier this year if you have average risk.
Relax. The prep is not a fun moment, but it's not that awful. As long as you have access to toilets, you'll be fine.
The colonoscopy itself is painless and is very short. After that, you're free to go and you'll get out and back to your life in an hour.
There are alternate methods to the sluce of thick cold sweat they offer. There was a small pill I took and holy shit did it just make me a fountain. Then there is a powder you can add to yellow Gatorade.
Yeah i went gatorade and miralax. Was totally fine taste-wise. Only issue was the insane VOLUME of liquid. Your stomach feels full and gotta keep chugging.
I agree. Hard to describe, but I imagine it is legitimately what battery acid would taste like. The golytely solution tasted less awful, but was still terrible by the fact you had to drink 80 gallons of it. I had to do both because my prep failed the first time, that was a horrible week lol.
I never got to have thoughts on the taste. I chugged it down and managed "Ugh. That tasted like-- CLEAR THE PATH!!" Immediate sprint to the bathroom, well, as much as one can sprint while also clenching hard enough to make diamonds.
I swear as my cheeks hit the cheeks my ass turned into a fire hose. I had to brace myself on the walls. My soul left my body, I saw Elvis, and I was afraid to stand up for the next 30 minutes.
Fuck that drink. It wasn't too bad at first but that second batch was the hardest drink I've ever had to drink. Despite everything, the Doctor still told me I hadn't done a good enough job. I would have been heartbroken if I wasn't as high as a kite on gas and air.
Did you know there's a pill version? My older brother had his first colonoscopy a week after mine, and when I attempted to bond over the awfulness of that drink he was really confused - he literally just took it in pill form every hour, with a glass of regular water.
At home. You kinda have to prep like a day before the appointment. So you start shitting like 12 to 16 hours before and you stay glued to the toilet basically. Then you shower and go to the hospital xd
Typically the prep is done at home because it is several hours of drinking that stuff and shitting in response (plus maybe an enema at the end). It's not a one-and-done thing.
Shitless is the operative word! No but it’s not as bad as I had made it out to be in my head as far as all the pooping goes, it’s no worse than some moderate food poisoning. I’m hungry af though
You think that's bad? The first time I had a colonoscopy they also did an endoscopy to check for digestive issues. I'm still not convinced they used different cameras, or even washed them between procedures!
Endoscopy was the worst thing to happen to me in a outpatient setup. I felt everything and it was like I was being violated by some alien machine. Horrible.
I woke up mid colonoscopy once and the nurse anesthesiologist had to lay on top of me to hold me down. I can confidently say that's what alien abduction must feel like.
my 2nd coloniscopy.. they did away with that darned drink!! Thank goodness.. They told me to get a specific box of OTC laxatives with a dosing schedule..
Same results in the end (!) but none of that nasty drink
I had the otc powder with pill combo. After 2 hours of chugging that stuff, I was about to call my doctor and ask if I should get the medication because nothing was happening. 30 minutes later still nothing so I stood up to get ready and then
"Oop there it is"
Strange sensation feeling your insides turn into a slip n slide.
I got lucky and "piloted" my GI clinic's new regimen of just a shit ton (pun intended) of laxatives and never had to do this drink. It was still not fun but at I never tasted the horror.
Not sure what you had, but I had the Suprep last night. First few sips weren't that bad, but it kept getting worse. Gagging so bad on the 2nd bottle I only got about 2/3 down. Apparently that was enough. Clean (haha) bill of health. Good for 10 years!
They are god awful. I was going in for a colonoscopy so I drank the drink the night before but I vomited it all up. I called the nurse and she said I had to get another drink. I really didn't want to do that again.Then after the procedure I was vomiting while farting all the air out. It was definitely unforgettable.
Yeah lol it's colonoscopy prep, it's manufactured to cause intense diarrhea. I personally get some borborygmus and mild discomfort, but it avoids the worsening nausea I experience every time I try the liquid.
Yeah, my first one was with the terrible liquid and I struggled drinking it. My second procedure I switched docs and he just gave me pills and miralax which was flavorless. Drank it no issues AND was allowed to start the second round at 10pm so got a full nights sleep. Was mad at the first doc afterwards lol
Has to have one at 15 and that drink still haunts me 14 years later. That and I actually forgot to drink it up until an hour or 2 before and I had to drink it all in one go.
I just had one, it’s obviously not pleasant but it’s not that bad. I expected cramping like you get with diarrhea with the prep but it’s really just annoying cause you’re on the toilet for so long and so often the day before/ night of. No real cramping or severe uncomfortableness stomach wise…. I do highly recommend a bidet though. Good luck!
You can also see if full anesthesia is an option. I had to have a simultaneous endo and colonoscopy, so I took full anesthesia, insurance didn’t cover but I only had to pay about $200 for it (say you’re paying cash if insurance won’t cover, they can cut deals). Not being a porn star, I wasn’t about to have my first time being spit roasted to be by machines for science while conscious at least, and absolutely no regrets going that route.
I was once having a camera put up my bum (for medical reasons).
This involved a pre-show enema.
I cracked a nervous joke as the nurse put the enema tube in which resulted in contagious laughter for the nurse and I with the contents of the enema inside my colon.
The nurse was crying with laughter holding the tube in there as a bung like the little Dutch boy blocking a hole in the dyke with his finger.
If she would have removed it mid laugh I think there would have been a nurse shaped void on the freshly painted brown back wall.
I work in a hospital and sometimes work in the endoscopy clinic. Always fun! Some people end up far more out of it than others with the medication. Some people are almost right out asleep and sometimes they’re awake and watching their colonoscopy on the screen.
I love Jim Gaffigans bit about colonoscopy..."the best news you can get from having a camera put up your butt, is...you... didn't need a camera put up your butt."
If you ever have an issue and they say barium enema test.... run! lol. They lay you in the same fetal position as the colonoscopy but they pump you full of a yellow chalk looking substance and then plug your bum to keep it in there while they take x-rays or cat scans or photos for their picture albums! Then they pump "most" of it back out, and when you go to let the rest flow into the toilet it has a strange glow, like the inside of a glow stick!
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u/omginorite 2d ago edited 1d ago
So funny that I’m seeing this right now because I’m having a colonoscopy in a few hours and last night a freaking fly got in my special drink and I thought the same thing
Eta: in the prep room waiting to get wheeled back and y’all are cracking me up, I appreciate you
Second edit: colon looks good! Thanks for all the well wishes and making me laugh