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<blockquote data-quote="John6185" data-source="post: 3154197" data-attributes="member: 25679"><p>It isn't as bad as some make it out to be, the hunger is one of my big problems when I have had a colonoscopy and I've had 4-5 of them so far. They take you into the area where you're going to have the procedure and have you take off all your clothes and give you one of those gowns with no back. Then you crawl on a gurney and they put a needle in your arm with saline or some such liquid. Then when it's your turn (they do several patients in a given day) they wheel you into a room and ask you what they are going to do and then they have you sign a permit and administer Versed, Benedryl and other sedatives and you get sleepy and they tell you to roll on your side and pull your knee up and you're out by then and wake up next in recovery and in a state of hunger. They'll tell you not to drive or sign any important documents for 24 hours or so and release you but...someone has to drive you home so you'll have to have your wife or a friend do this. They tell you not to eat any solid foods for x# of hours but I always stop at Whataburger or go home and the wife has something ready for me to eat. They may also tell you they took out some polyps and have sent them to pathology and will give you the results later.</p><p>I almost forgot, some doctors will "push" a certain drug to cleanse you-one costs $50 with insurance and without insurance it is over $100 Clinpeq (sp)- Golytely costs about $8 and does the job just as well. No need to spend more money than you have to spend on the deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John6185, post: 3154197, member: 25679"] It isn't as bad as some make it out to be, the hunger is one of my big problems when I have had a colonoscopy and I've had 4-5 of them so far. They take you into the area where you're going to have the procedure and have you take off all your clothes and give you one of those gowns with no back. Then you crawl on a gurney and they put a needle in your arm with saline or some such liquid. Then when it's your turn (they do several patients in a given day) they wheel you into a room and ask you what they are going to do and then they have you sign a permit and administer Versed, Benedryl and other sedatives and you get sleepy and they tell you to roll on your side and pull your knee up and you're out by then and wake up next in recovery and in a state of hunger. They'll tell you not to drive or sign any important documents for 24 hours or so and release you but...someone has to drive you home so you'll have to have your wife or a friend do this. They tell you not to eat any solid foods for x# of hours but I always stop at Whataburger or go home and the wife has something ready for me to eat. They may also tell you they took out some polyps and have sent them to pathology and will give you the results later. I almost forgot, some doctors will "push" a certain drug to cleanse you-one costs $50 with insurance and without insurance it is over $100 Clinpeq (sp)- Golytely costs about $8 and does the job just as well. No need to spend more money than you have to spend on the deal. [/QUOTE]
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