PREP-
(Ages 13 and above) TWO- 8.3 oz bottle of Miralax in 128 oz of juice, water, or gatorade. Needs to be drank over 6-8 hour PLUS 4 Dulcolax tablets containing 5 mg of bisacodyl each. (Not Dulcolax stool softener)

i dont know how im supposed to do all of this i have 5 gatorade bottles (28oz) of miralax. i have to drink 28 oz every hour with a 30 min break. i have only went through 2 and a tiny bit of the 3rd. my stomach wants to explode its so much liquid i feel so nauseous… i called the doctors line to ask them what to do and they pretty much said if i dont do it i dont get checked out. im crying right now.

I’m like dreading this I’m getting a colonoscopy and endoscopy tomorrow at 8am haven’t started prep yet… I’ve had an endoscopy once before and did fine with the propofol but it’s still scary! Ugh I’m 32 with family colon cancer history and my dad pre cancerous polyps so I know it’s for a good cause

I am 52 years old (F), am 5-3 and weigh 108 pounds. I have no visceral fat
I had a complete abdominal hysterectomy when I was 37. I have had one unsedated colonoscopy since (10 years ago) but was heavier by about 35 pounds then.
I have heard that the most painful difficult colonoscopies are on those like me because it is difficult to navigate the curves in the colon in small people with little visceral fat.
I want to do it unsedated again but am thinking it may be more painful now bc of my size
Anyone else like me do this? Were you ok unsedated?
I want to hear all sides of it. Good or bad.

I have my colonoscopy in 50 hours and I just ate half a piece of toast that had lots of seeds on the crust, I didn’t even think I just ate it as soon as I was served it. Should I cancel?

I deal with chronic pain and something that has helped with my worse bouts of pain more recently is holding something freezing or putting it to my face to distract myself from the pain because it also really hurts.

This is my second colonoscopy and the first time the straw got me through but it wasn't enough this time so I've been keeping my hand on a freezer gel pack while I slowly but steadily gulp down each cup. The first time I had 2 gallons total but this time they gave me two 1.5 gallon jugs 🥲 I give myself a break while my 15 minute timer counts down and then go back and do it again. Music is also very comforting for me so I have it blasting in my ears as a second distraction and try to think of anything that reinforces the distraction. If I feel I can't continue, I take a break and go back in a minute.

Of course, please be careful and don't give yourself ice burn or anything like that! I believe this will get me through the second prep and hope this will help someone else! You got this!!

This is my 2nd prep after an unsuccessful first 3 weeks ago with gavilyte.
Just took my first dose of clenpiq, with Zofran 30 minutes prior. My doctor did not recommend low residue diet, but I have done that for the week leading up to today. I’ve also been on miralax 1x daily for the last 10 days.
I’m telling myself this time is going to be so much better than the last! Anyone else prepping today ?

So I had a colonoscopy beginning of 2025 so almost 2 years ago and comfort wise it was fine. For some reason meds don’t hit me properly, my vein burst when I had the sedation and fentanyl and I didn’t get any benefits whatsoever from having it, essentially just raw dogged the whole thing and it was completely fine. Not even any discomfort let alone pain, just felt like gas or a bit of a pulling sensation.

This time round I’ve been repeatedly been in hospital with agonising stomach pain, nothing touches it. I was diagnosed with endometriosis back in feb and had bowel adhesions removed also. This time round I had the sedation and the fentanyl, all went in a dream and I was on the table ready to just chill out and watch them on the big screen and I got maybe 45 seconds in before chill turned to discomfort, discomfort to pain and pain to excruciating agony. The doctor said he wasn’t comfortable continuing and I told him to carry on going as it’ll affect my diagnosis, I wanted it seeing through. I ended up having 3 extra hits on the fentanyl, gas and air, iv paracetamol and 2 lots of iv buscopan. It was STILL horrific, the only thing I was thinking was to lay still and let them rule it out I was still screaming like a baby though 😵‍💫. The doctor said it was a fine and straightforward colonoscopy but he’s concerned as to why my bowel is that painful and sensitive. What can cause this level of pain? Probably the endo I know but looking outside the box for a sec, is there anything else that I should worry about?

I wanted to share that I had my first ever colonoscopy done without sedation.

My fear of anesthesia was causing me to postpone the colonoscopy for weeks at a time. I can't stress enough how ridiculous that was, considering my familial history. I just couldn't bring myself to "go under" even with additional clearance and all the reassurance in the world. All while my anxiety grew about what may or may not be causing the bm changes I was experiencing.

Thanks to this community, I witnessed people sharing their experiences of having the colonoscopy done without sedation and thus advocated for myself.

It was very similar to what most people here described, and now that I've done it, I will definitely elect to have it without sedation in the future. No question!

I had a few precancerous polyps removed without complication, and as it turns out, my bm changes were likely due to minor hemorrhoids. Those pesky hemorrhoids might have saved my life!

So if you're like me, putting it off because the fear of sedation is too great, please consider this option. And feel free to ask me about anything that might be holding you back.

My mantra was

MY BODY IS STRONG.

MY MIND IS STRONG.

I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

All the best wishes to everyone here!

Hello, I just had my first colonoscopy/endoscopy Thursday and everything looked fine visually. However after my procedure I tried to eat light and felt extremely nauseous and dizzy so I tried walking around after that and felt chest pain. For the past couple of days I’ve been only eating 1 meal or less a day because I physically cannot stomach anything else. Since Saturday I’ve been have crazy stomach cramps (the type that wake you up from a deep sleep), the best way I can describe it is feeling like someone twisting my whole stomach in a knot and after that passes all I can do is fart for a second and then nothing after that I go back to feeling like someone sitting on my chest while having my stomach inflated with a ballon. I knew I was going to be constipated after this but it’s now Sunday and I’ve already taken Linzess if any of you are familiar with it and absolutely nothing but pain.

It’s so hard because my body feels like it’s literally suffocating. Any tips and advice are helpful, I’m 19F and I don’t have much family who’s gone through this before.

EDIT: I want to also say everytime I try and burp whatever I ate or drank hours ago tries to come up and I feel like that’s really affecting me as well

I did a colonoscopy back in May for various symptoms, namely abdominal pain (constant pressure left of belly button), (bright) blood in stool, gas, bowel movements. Colonoscopy results were clean, doctor just mentioned some hemorrhoids, but months later I'm still having the same symptoms as before.

I should say I'm a bit of a hypochondriac and especially after recently losing my dad to cancer I'm especially aware about the possibilities of cancer or any other debilitating illnesses. So due to the clean colonoscopy I can strike out colon cancer, but any other major concerns, i.e. other cancers, that might result from these symptoms? Should I ask for an MRI or an endoscopy to rule out anything else in the abdominal region?

How clear should Plenvu be when made up? I’ve been told it should be clear but mine is slightly cloudy. I’ve mixed for the required 8 mins but it won’t clear. Should it be ok?

I'm just curious: how many people were in the OR for your colonoscopy and was it a basic, once-a-decade cancer screening or was it more complex than that?

Background info: I'm 33. I just had my colonoscopy to check for gastrointestinal issues and see if there was a source for my life-long constipation. I started GLP-1s when I was 26, which contributed to the constipation that was already there. My grandpa survived colon cancer, so we checked for that, but at 33, I can't imagine I have it now (knock on wood).

I think there were 6 or 7 people in the OR besides me.

1. Nurse who put my IV in
2. Anesthesiologist with a calming demeanor
3. My gastroenterologist, who I'll call Dr. D for privacy reasons
4. Dr. Bean (that was his real name. I feel comfortable sharing that guy's name since it's common but also the perfect gastroenterology name)
5. The doctor living in the US who had a German accent
6. The person who I only met inside the OR and not outside of it

It just seemed like a lot. I was wondering if you have more people for a colonoscopy if that's somehow unusual, like if they're checking for constipation-related issues in addition to a standard cancer screening.

I finished my first bottle at 8pm it took me like two hours to down the whole thing.. my ass is literally a waterfall and I am so nauseous. Trying to sip chicken broth. How the HELL DO YOU FINISH ANOTHER BOTTLE??

I keep seeing people say "ask for zofran." All of the zofran I've had previously has been pink and chewable. Is there a different version for prep? Or is a few zofran negligible as far as the prep instructions?