Let's talk poop

[jjinWA 511]

You would think with all the medical advancements made in recent years that they could come up with something that tastes better then the crap you have to drink now as part of the prep for colonoscopy. It is truly dreadful. I have had 3 colonoscopies in the past 10 yeas because they found a polyp in my first test. Other two .. No polyps. Now have to go back in 5 years. I pray they have something better by then!

Constipation has become my middle name. I have to take Benifiber daily. It works fairly well, but I certainly do not poop daily anymore. Ha. I am more like every third day now. Since my surgery was June 17th I am still eating only about 800 daily calories. As time goes on I expect that will get better and I will get more regular. In any case, mine float some days and others, not so much. :-)

[OhSoNique 84]

I use to work in the GI dept and had to send out the pre op instructions and talk to the patients and all that, so when I went for mines a few yrs at 24 I thought it would be easy breezy but omgosh I mixed the stuff in a bottle of gallon apple juice and me and the toilet was besties that whole day and night and they wanted me to do two fleets in the morning but I didn't cuz I was like what else is left in there?! Lol But people with crohens n other GI problems have to do this a lot But you will be fine!

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

I hear every body , Sandy you are so right , I had to do it a couple years back , luckily at the time I had a apartment that had 2 bathrooms , so I told the kids they were to only use 1 ,because the other one was reserved just for me for 2 days , because I had to keep talking a shower & hand wash my clothes , I hope I will never have to do that again , but then again I guess it's our age people Lol.

[Lela Clark 41]

Badista, I wanted to thank you for mentioning your squatty potty. I got one this weekend and already love it. Thank you