Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Colonoscopy tomorrow!

Good luck dnatale and Patricia A.

I had my colonoscopy last Thursday and like everyone says; the prep is the worst. My last meal was around 4:00 Wednesday morning (worked the night shift) and didn't eat again until after the procedure Thursday afternoon. Unlike most people, though. I didn't remember passing gas

although I'm sure I did or they would have kept me until I was able to.

As quick as I went to sleep, I woke up just as fast and didn't feel like I was drugged. I do remember waking up and telling my SO I was ready to go eat. He said they I had just got into recovery and according to the nurses had to wait about 45 minutes before I could leave and should eat light for the rest of the day. He said I said that I was trying to get up with the tubes still in my hand. (I WAS HUNGRY and a raw onion would have tasted good by that time)!

Anyway after I got out of there, we went and ate. I had grilled shrimp and rice. When I got home, I went shopping. It was only the next day when I found the discharge instructions between the seats in my car that said I should introduce food slowly, not drive and to lie down and take it easy for the rest of the day.

I asked him as my caregiver, why didn't he tell me about those things since I was apparently still drugged (but not enough to want to eat and shop) and he said, now get this: "Do you think I could have told YOU, as stubborn as YOU are, that you couldn't have anything solid to eat and you had to go home and rest?" What? Me stubborn?

Wonder where he gets that form? I guess the cat is out of the bag now.

Hmm��.makes me wonder if he's marriage material. If he plays his cards right I'll probably give him another chance to prove himself!

It'll be over with before you know it.

Best of luck and don't do like I did; go home and rest.

Bunkee

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