HOW ABOUT THAT GOLYTELY--YUCK

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Drank a gallon of that stuff a few days ago for my routine colonoscopy ( I have the procedure every 3 years 'cause of family history of polyps and cancer). My previous preps were easy-Mirolax and Gatorade. But this stuff was like drinking old engine oil laced with road salt:eek: Am I the only one that doesn't enjoy this stuff ??;)
 
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GO-LYTELY TIP.

Find yourself a poker game, cuz you are gonna have a royal flush. G.L. is kid stuff compared to the evac-you-kwik kits we used to dispense, 2-4 bisacodyl tablets/ the gallon of golytely/ and a citrate of magnesia (liquid nitro) chaser. To answer your ? NO I've never had anyone say how much they enjoyed the experience.
 
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For my colonoscopies, I've always been told to take four Dulcolax tablets and and whole bottle of Miralax powder mixed with clear Gatorade. Cleans you out like brand new pipes. My doctor has also told me I can drink beer during the cleanout process. Phone charged up, iPad on a little table next to the terlet, and it's not a bad evening. If I get told I have to drink something else, time for a new doctor . . .
 
Pretty sure Goly created enough force to get air between the cheek and seat. Tasted like extreme black licorice mixed with week old black coffee.
 
I spoke with a nurse that assists on colonoscopies before my first one. Told me regardless of what elixir the doctor gave me, to do two things:

Drink lots of Gatorade with it. You loss a lot of fluids (duh!) and don't want to be dehydrated.

Get some A and D ointment and smear a generous portion around the exit portal and cheeks. Jump in the shower if needed to rinse off any offending fluids, and reapply ointment regularly. Apparently monkey butt was a common problem she saw.

Seemed to work. I was not dehydrated the next day. Plus she got a chuckle out of my white pastey cheeks. :p
 
Taste terrible and doesn't work, or as the VA Doc said in his middle eastern accent "your preps were no good." Never been told that with the Dulcolax/Miralax combo.
 
GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE USING THE CORRECT MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY.

Bugkiller99 said:
I spoke with a nurse that assists on colonoscopies before my first one. Told me regardless of what elixir the doctor gave me, to do two things:

Drink lots of Gatorade with it. You loss a lot of fluids (duh!) and don't want to be dehydrated.

Get some A and D ointment and smear a generous portion around the exit portal and cheeks. Jump in the shower if needed to rinse off any offending fluids, and reapply ointment regularly. Apparently monkey butt was a common problem she saw.

Like painting, the prep work is the worst. AFTER: Being encouraged to dispel gas, how great is that? :)
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Our docs use a script that is nothing more than Salt, baking soda, potassium chloride and optional lemon flavoring. You mix it up with water to a four quart line in the jug it comes in and have to drink 8 oz. every ten minutes till it's gone. Doesn't taste bad, just real salty. Makes a decent whiskey sour.
 
for everyone who are due...

the Dulcolax/Miralax/Gatorade cocktail is the most pleasant one to use... I recommend the green tropical Gatorade as my mixer... no red/blue/purple colors allowed...

IF YOU ARE DUE GET IT DONE... PERIOD

I am currently working on becoming a Colon/Rectal Cancer survivor... it is something that can be avoided or minimized if it is caught in the early stages... my (now fired) doctor insisted I didn't need one since I was not 50 yet... even though I had symptoms... I really hate him for putting me thru what the last 2 years have been...

GET IT DONE...
 
I have to go for one every 5 years, my last one at 65 was clean and green. Drinking the clean out prep is the only bad part about about it. Still have a little over 3 years left till the next one, and ya'll had to remind me about it. It's better being safe than sorry.
 
I was told to chill it to make it less awful. As noted above, nothing in the nature of red or blue colors (makes the pics too hard to see). I mixed in a blend of crystal lite lemonade mix and some lemon-lime (IIRC) Gatorade, and it wasn't too bad. Not great, but not as bad as it could have been. Chilled it over night in its own bottle, then made the blend in a gallon jug in the morning.

Make sure that you have a bathroom to yourself and that family needs to understand that they cannot go into it for any reason or any length of time once you start the prep. (If you have been through this, you know what I mean - if there is the slightest indication that you need to head for the pot, you are bordering on too late.) Have plenty of comfort related stuff, because you may chafe yourself as a collateral consequence of the number of times you have to empty before you are done.

The process is not dignified, but can be made less uncomfortable, and a couple of members here have experienced the far worse consequences of failing to do so.
 
This hasn't been mentioned yet, but it also really helps to go on a "low yield diet" the week before they shove that camera up your innards. Grilled fish, eggs, ramen noodles and the like. Makes the prep more bearable, and if you skip the fish the last couple days, reminds you of when you were in college . . .
 
I don't remember what the powdered cleanser was, but the mix I used was Wal Mart/ Sam's (bought at Wal Mart) grapefruit flavored soda in the 2 liter bottle. I didn't bother with the exact science of how much powder to how much flavored liquid. One pouch of powder to Two liters of liquid worked. Don't forget the family size jug of Vaseline.

During the cleanse you need lubrication / water proofing on the exit passage including the cheeks. Multiple showers during this period is also good. Rinsing is much less irritating than wiping. After the cleanse is done you need the soothing balm of A&D ointment.

Happiness is truly dry flatulence. Drink to good health.
 
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