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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAt 8 pm, I begin the prep for my 2nd colonoscopy of the year.
I start by drinking a small bottle of some kind of stuff and then it's a clear liquid diet. The real fun starts tomorrow afternoon. Then Friday it's off to the hospital.
The part that bugs me the most is not being able to have my morning coffee the day of the procedure. Everything else doesn't bother me.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Hang in. It will be OK. Trust me. I know.
Kaleva
(36,320 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Hopefully they can figure out why I have belching, occasional vomiting, nausea, rumbling in my gut, flatulence and chronic diarrhea.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Have they checked your gall bladder and also for H.Pylori?
Those two can also cause many of your symptoms.
Kaleva
(36,320 posts)After this colonoscopy, I may be going to the VA hospital in Milwaukee.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)You need an upper GI endoscopy with a sample.
Gall bladder is another one that is not diagnosed with blood work. Not sure what tests are indicated but CT scan sounds like a good choice.
Colonoscopy only deals with what is the colon and large intestine.
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)Same time, same thing.
Do you have a pain in the lower left quadrant of you stomach?
Kaleva
(36,320 posts)Left side, just below midsection.
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)nancy1942
(635 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)and they found Barrett's Esophagus with no dysplasia. I now have a new doctor. Maybe you should suggest one of those if that's not happening. Good Luck.
bluestarone
(17,005 posts)BUT i FEEL YOUR PAIN LOL!! Good feeling when it's over! GL
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Just make sure you do not have to share bathroom access with anyone. And stock up on toilet paper before you begin.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,968 posts)Abdominal hernia perhaps? I had one for years with some of your same symptoms. Neither my doctor nor my gastroenterologist caught it. Finally the emergency room doctor discovered it when I almost died of a blocked intestine.
Anyway, good luck. I hope you are well soon.
Ohiogal
(32,030 posts)I've had two (because of my cancer history), this is his first.
Are all men such, um, well, ..... "intolerant" of these things?
Phoenix61
(17,009 posts)The prep totally sucked. Clear liquid all day Monday. Drink batch 1 at 6:00 pm. Drink batch 2 at 6:00am Tuesday. Get to the procedure place at 1:00pm. Food at 4:00. But beats the shit out of dying of colon cancer.
doc03
(35,359 posts)rurallib
(62,432 posts)I so thank my lucky stars I don't have such problems.