Silly colonoscopy prep question
#191178 - 07/03/05 06:51 AM
|
|
|
|
Snorkie
Reged: 02/15/05
Posts: 1999
Loc: Northern Illinois, USA
|
|
|
So I get to do the prep on July 5. I'm just re-reading the instruction sheet. I'll be going the Fleet phosphosoda route.
Obviously, I can't/won't mix it with any carbonated beverages like it suggests, so I'm wondering what other clear liquid to mix it with.
I had some sort of GI test a lifetime ago when I was 16. I mixed the prep stuff with cherry 7-Up then. You know what? I never had a cherry 7-Up again. So I'm trying to decide what clear liquid I never want to have again.  
Like I said, it's silly, but if anyone has any suggestions for this wonderful cocktail, I'd appreciate it.
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
I mixed mine with Sprite. I never cared for Sprite before that, and I still don't, but it helped me get it down.
Good luck!
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
The carbonation didn't make it the prep any worse as far as you could tell? Last time I had a carbonated beverage, I got hit with bad gas the next day, so I'm real leary.
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
If you're leery of carbonated beverages because of Heather's warnings about them, I'd say go ahead and use them during the prep. The prep itself is going to annoy your gut so much that the carbonation and/or HFCS in a soft drink probably won't even register. I'm going to have to do my five-year follow-up colonoscopy later this summer and it's going to be ginger ale all the way for me.
HTH.
--------------------
[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
Try shaking the carbonation out of the sprite, I've had two and both times I have used pop, because it is sweet and will counter balance the very, very salty taste the PPS has. Hope this helps....
--------------------
IBS-D, extreme pain and cramping - GERD - lactose/dairy intolerant, OCD, Fibromyalgia
DX: w/ Multiple Sclerosis 3/10
I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me. Phil 4:13
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
I agree with the other post. You're gonna have gas anyway from the procedure, so you might as well drink something that tastes nice. A sweet soft drink does counteract the saltiness!
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
|
|
Hi!
I agree that the Diet Sprite is the route to go to counteract the unpleasant taste. I normally don't drink carbonated beverages but, in this instance, I think it is okay. Also, be grateful you don't have to drink the Go-Lytely! That was horrible-did anyone else have to do that?! The Fleet did not work well to "clean me out" so I then had to drink all four liters of the Go-Lytely with just water! That makes the Fleet soda taste like candy! 
Good luck and take care!
Print
Remind Me
Notify Moderator
|
Posts
