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Skittles

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25. same here

Mon Sep 20, 2021, 07:05 PM

Sep 2021

I was also enlisted but while I did drink coffee then, my caffeine intake greatly increased when I quit smoking! It's like I have to have a vice, LOL. And working 12 hour night shifts, it's a good one to have.

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Why does colonoscopy prep solution have to taste SOOO BADDDD?!!! [View all] TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 OP

It really is. Which one you doing? GPV Sep 2021 #1

Suprep TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #13

I've done miralax W dulcolax. Suprep what tastes so bad? GPV Sep 2021 #14

Yes, the Suprep is horribly bitter TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #20

Sounds yucky! I had to fast and prep for 3 days last fall. I had GPV Sep 2021 #24

Good luck MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #36

My doc has me doing both TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #37

It's like they want you to hurl, too. Shrike47 Sep 2021 #2

Mix it with cold Gatorade and chug it. CincyDem Sep 2021 #3

I mixed mine... rogerballard Sep 2021 #4

I think it is somewhat on purpose Still Sensible Sep 2021 #5

Interesting TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #15

Did you do the miralax? That's not bad. we can do it Sep 2021 #6

Have some ice cold Sprite ready as a chaser Freddie Sep 2021 #7

Not only tastes bad but blueinredohio Sep 2021 #8

Some people say it cures Covid. ret5hd Sep 2021 #9

Makes you wonder why the great chefs avoid Epsom salts unblock Sep 2021 #10

To keep people from purposely tasting it a second time? ... marble falls Sep 2021 #11

It doesn't if you mix it with enough cheap gin TreasonousBastard Sep 2021 #12

TB, you always have the best suggestions! smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #30

I just eat a Big Mac the night before and I am good to go. Chainfire Sep 2021 #16

The prep is bad enough gratuitous Sep 2021 #45

The Big Mac is the prep. Chainfire Sep 2021 #48

I got it, and it tastes worse than the prep gratuitous Sep 2021 #50

good pun onethatcares Sep 2021 #46

The prep doesn't bother me. it's the not being able to drink coffee the morning of that irks me Kaleva Sep 2021 #17

same Skittles Sep 2021 #19

I drink coffee from when I get up till I go to bed and I prefer it chilled or room temperature Kaleva Sep 2021 #21

same here Skittles Sep 2021 #25

I can only take sips of water in the AM TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #23

You Can Drink Coffee RobinA Sep 2021 #51

When I worked in a colonoscopy clinic years ago, we called it "swamp water". Aristus Sep 2021 #18

Margarita Mix! Thunderbeast Sep 2021 #22

If it tasted good we might just want to have the procedure over and over randr Sep 2021 #26

I asked the staff of my gastroenterologist how I was supposed to drink The Prep no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #27

Prep day is definitely worse than procedure day. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #28

why do people go for a colonoscopy when there's an alternative? Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #29

Thats what I do... Problem is that the doctor who performs the colonoscopy doesn't make $$$ mitch96 Sep 2021 #33

I looked up colonoscopy complications TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #40

GOOD! now you can make an informed decision. nt mitch96 Sep 2021 #44

Generally they want you to get an initial colonoscopy TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #34

$$$$$$$ nt Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #35

Hey, my insurance recommended it TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #38

I usually mix it w/ Fresca. smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #31

I did two major steps to prepare for my colonscopy csziggy Sep 2021 #32

to prove your commitment? Kali Sep 2021 #39

I find drinking it in a few big gulps, rather than sipping works best for me. Fla Dem Sep 2021 #41

I chug it until I am about to lose it, catch my breath and do it again. Chainfire Sep 2021 #49

Chill it in the fridge. Use a straw and LuckyCharms Sep 2021 #42

Oh no. All these years I've been shooting it right up my ass with a LuckyCharms Sep 2021 #43

well, ya did it again onethatcares Sep 2021 #47