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Colonoscopy after transplant: Anything I should know?

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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! ❤

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Hi @hello1234, It will be 4 years 12/7, but hopefully I will go for annual tests and biopsy mid November. I have been getting labs done every 3 months for a long time. Thankfully, I haven’t had any rejection or viruses like you have fought. However, my eGFR has remained in the 30’s. (Started out post transplant in high 20’s) I can live with it without dialysis. I have had my share of other troubles like the large polyp, surgery to remove a large mass on my stomach last year with complications, and end of May will have most of my parathyroid’s out at Mayo. We all get stuff, maybe not the same stuff. I will be thinking of you! I also decided to start an hour early to make sure it is done before leaving for the procedure if early in morning. You can do this! Make sure to drink plain water, too if you do the prep in two parts to stay hydrated. Important for you and your new kidney. TMI, but before I start prep, I use A&D Ointment, then after each time you go to protect your bottom. It helps for me at least. Take care!