"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> I haven't a clue what 'prep' you folks are talking about. You take
> some medicine to help clean you out, you fast, you go to the doctor.
> Get on a table, nurse gives you a shot, turns you on your side. Then
> nothing. You wake up, everything thing is over. That was the biggest
> non-event of my life.
> Janet US

It's not that simple. The prep part can take days. When my friend recently
had hers, she was put on a special diet for three days prior. I would have
assumed that given my slowed digestion, I would have been put on that diet
but I was not. I think she was not to eat any dairy or protein and only
easily digested things in small portions.

Then comes the liquid diet for 24 hours before. The only food coloring you
can have is yellow. So if you eat Jell-O, it has to be yellow. You can
basically have that, broth and any clear liquids you choose, up until a
certain point.

The laxative part will vary. My friend took different products than I did.
I had one pill at some point. Then I had to drink some liquid stuff. It
was actually a powdered laxative mixed with liquid but I had to take the
whole bottle at once. Then the morning before the prep, I had to drink a
different liquid stuff. And I had to have something with electrolytes in it
as well.

I was not given any kind of shot. I did have an I.V. though.

So really for at least 24 hours prior, you need to be at home. You couldn't
really go to work and do this prep because it involves using the toilet many
times and at some points you'll be stuck there for an hour or more. You
could also get weak from lack of food.

Then afterwards, you do wake up but everything is not over. You can feel
quite gassy and unwell for another 24 hours or more. People often have an
endoscopy as well and that can cause a sore throat. The meds that they give
you can make you go all goofy. You are not allowed to drive for 12 hours
after and you are supposed to take it easy for the next 24 or so hours and
drink plenty of fluids.