Redundant / Tortuous Colon Colonoscopy Prep Problems

It really is so good to know I’m not alone! At this point in my life, unless I have a colon crisis, I am going to stick with Cologuard. The torture is just not worth it! Too many other health conditions (spinal fusion, two total knee replacements, internal hemorrhoids, etc) to put myself through the pain of it again. Especially after the aspiration gave me pneumonia. And my gastroenterologist passed me off to the anesthesiologist who didn’t call me back for 3 weeks! Good thing my PC was available to treat the pneumonia. Definitely have to advocate for yourself.

My doctor gave me suprep and had me take a stimulant laxative also ,colace , it worked,I was up all night, even on the way to the procedure I was nervous, but it cleaned me out,

Thank you so much.

First colonoscopy in March-said prep wasn’t good. Redid colonoscopy this week in June, said prep wasn’t good-though a little better. (7 day soft diet, extremely low fiber, 2 days all liquids). Said I need to come back this month for 3rd colonoscopy-but she’s doubling the prep I have to take. In the meantime she told me to take milk of magnesia daily, even though I have a bowel movement daily.

That seems extreme. How bad was your clear out? Nowadays they want it to be perfect. Way back when, not so much. For my most recent colonscopy, I had a less than stellar prep, also due to redundant colon. The gastro doc took an hour instead of 20 minutes to do the visual scan. I prepped for three days, I think. Do you have any problems other than a redundant colon?

This is what I did to make sure I was clean for colonoscopy this time and it worked. 3 years ago, it failed. I took laxatives days before I took the prep. Then I stopped eating all the foods they said to stop eating 6 days before and went on clear liquids for 4 days. Then did the prep. Success.

Thanks! I noted it down and will give it a try next year when I am due for my next colonoscopy.

Also, I did the Suprep.

I am keeping a list of recommended doctors across the country if anyone would like to contribute the name, location and reason for the recommendation. As we all know, there are so few practicing doctors who listen, think out of the box, keep up on research, look beyond the circle of their colleagues or institutions, are good diagnosticians, have curiosity, and can tune into the individual. I have known some in my lifetime and out of those, most have retired. I currently know a few, in their own specialty, who have a number of these traits. Please share with me and I will add them to the list. Also include doctors who may be conventional, but you can recommend for their diagnosis ability either in a specialty or general medicine. Thank you.

In addition to this, I also have colonic inertia. I had to do a Gavalyte prep for a recent test. The week before, I added a half cap of Miralax to my regular meds, starting eating low fiber a few days before, did clear liquids day before and day of prep. Easiest prep I ever did!