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Colonoscopy after transplant: Anything I should know?

Transplants | Last Active: Apr 28 12:07am | Replies (24)

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@jennifer0726

@hello1234 Hello my friend! I’ve had three colonoscopies post transplant, 11/2022, 3/2023, and 6/2023. 1st was local, last 2 at Mayo. Typically for kidney patients they want the big prep taken in two parts. My best tip I learned years ago from a nurse is to suck on hard candy before/while drinking the prep. Has given a perfect prep score and completely clean. Important for them to see everything. I eat soft food, then liquid diet in days up to test per Mayo. Mayo had the expertise to get my hard to remove big one in cecum near junction that local Dr. could not remove all. So glad I switched. They know my transplant history, too. Hope it goes well! When will you have it? ❤️

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Hi @jennifer0726 😊
It's so wonderful to hear from you! Thank you for the excellent tip regarding sucking delicious hard candy in between the awful prep liquid. That's an awesome tip! I find the prep drink to be unbearable so a tip like that is priceless. (I also try to refrigerate the liquid, but that doesn't help that much). An unrelated question....now that you are also on your 4th anniversary, how often are you going for your routine lab work? Did you move to every 3 months or are you still on monthly labs?
Thanks so much for jumping into the conversation, I love hearing from you! ❤