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Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 28 10:04am | Replies (27)
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@vic83 this has been exactly my prep experience with two colonoscopies at Mayo in the last year. Same highest Boston Bowel Prep score. I would never eat anything the day prior, I wouldn’t want to go through full prep only to be sent home and rescheduled. I like it perfectly clean so they can see everything. Too important. Hard to imagine a Dr. allowing this. I have had many colonoscopies.
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Yes, Colonoscopies are too important to not do an excellent prep. I looked up the Boston Bowel Prep Score and 9 is the best score. I have had four previous colonoscopies (not at Mayo) and the reports only said that my prep was "good". That does not correspond to a score of 9 but lower!
As I said, I found the Mayo Prep easier because starting a low fiber diet with daily dose of MiraLAX 7 days before seemed to reduce the buildup in my colon.
And the 4-liter prep came with lemon flavoring, so it really did not taste that bad. I had to drink 12 cups day before and 4 cups day of which is doable.
And they found 3 pre-cancerous polyps (2mm, 10mm, 12mm) after 5-years from my last colonoscopy.
Actually, I find the diet before a PET scan to be harder because one must avoid sugar and carbs.