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Failed prep for colonoscopy: What can I do?
Digestive Health | Last Active: May 16 10:35am | Replies (156)Comment receiving replies
I am 72 with mulitiple autoimmune diseases. On Friday, I went for a colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. I failed the prep. This is the second time within 3 weeks. Because of my first failure, my doctor had me do the following:
** start a low fiber diet for 2 weeks prior
** start taking Miralax nightly for 2 weeks prior
** switched to Senokot nightly 5 days prior
** start drinking clear liquid 2 days prior
** start the prep of Golytely -3/4 starting at 4:00 the day before & the other 1/4 on the morning of colonoscopy.
I started throwing up the prep after about 3 hours after starting to drink it. Threw up the morning of. I was dizzy, weak and so dry I couldn't talk. I went to the hospital thinking they would still do the colonoscopy. They got me into the surgery room, everything hooked up, oxygen on etc AND I started to dry heave. They immediately removed everything.
So, home I went. I am still having diarrhia and nausea. I can't go through this again! I have not problem having the procedure - it's the prep.
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Is it possible you have a blockage somewhere ??? The night my bowel burst I was vomiting and wondering why nothing was coming out the other end. If I only knew.....bowel blockage that burst and sepsis. I never even felt like anything was wrong.
Mirilax and gatorade is much easier..I was able to get it down..I was unable to do the Golytely..lots of nausea..i was already so sick anyhow..ask for the mirilax and gatorade instructions. Kitty2
My heart goes out to you! I have never failed a Prep, bit it is horrible! I had emergency surgery a year ago this month due to a perforated bowel from a history if Divirticulitis. I just had my newest Colonoscopy 3 days ago. I made it through, but the Prep was horrible this time.
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I had a colonoscopy 33 years ago where I had to drink that entire gallon of stuff. I was dry heaving with every sip. It was like having one of those stomach viruses where you have diarrhea and throw up at the same time for HOURS. They found a polyp and they told me to do another colonoscopy in a year. Well I let 33 years go by bc that prep was such an awful experience. And now I have stage IV, inoperable colon cancer which has metastisized to my liver. I've learned a very hard lesson. SO my advice is to do whatever u have to do to get that colonoscopy. For my recent colonoscopy I asked for a different prep which was 2 days of liquid diet, take 6 laxative pills and then drink 2 bottles of this citrissy stuff. They were maybe 1/2 quart each. But after each one I had to drink 6 glasses of water which was worse than the citrissy stuff. I finished at 1PM (I took everything earlier than what they said so I would have more time to recuperate b4 the colonoscopy the next day). Despite finishing at 1 PM, I got violently ill 6 hours later throwing up citrissy stuff at 7PM. I will be having colon surgery soon and I'm sure I will have to clean out b4 that. I plan on begging for the pills. I will happily not eat for days b4 if that's what's needed. Anything other than drink so much of that stuff. Good luck. Please get that colonoscopy. Don't make the same mistake that I made.