What kind of bowel prep have y'all had to do?

[Who'sThere 331]

I ad to drink a 10 oz. bottle of Magnesium Citrate at noon, take four Dulcolax at 3, and now I'm supposed to drink 32 oz. of blue or clear Gatorade with 238g. of Miralax followed by 32 oz. of blue or clear Gatorade plain.

To me, that seems excessive. I haven't had to take this much stuff for colonoscopies.

I kept down almost all of the Mag. Cit. which ALWAYS makes me vomit. The dulcolax was no problem as it's a pill. Now it's time for the 14 doses of Miralax. I can't stomach it. I'm going to try it on ice with a straw. (I had to use a straw for the Mag. Cit.) I am trying to tell myself I HAVE to do this, but it's not helping.

What have y'all had to do?

[Fae 0]

I only had to drink one small bottle of something that tasted like a mixture of lemon juice/salt. They recommended two bottles, but one was quite enough. It cleared out everything and I do mean everything. 14 does of miralax? They have got to be kidding >>;;

[Who'sThere 331]

I only had to drink one small bottle of something that tasted like a mixture of lemon juice/salt. They recommended two bottles, but one was quite enough. It cleared out everything and I do mean everything. 14 does of miralax? They have got to be kidding >>;;

Yep..that lemony, salty stuff is the the magnesium citrate. Yes, they think I'll get down 14 doses of Miralax. I think they are crazy!

[luluc 6]

oh my - no such thing warranted here.

in fact my dr told me to have a great diner and nothing after midnight the day before surgery - whew......thanks to that~

[lotsabirds 0]

Only thing I had to do was not eat after midnight. That sounds like going for a colosocpy to me. Good luck.

[Who'sThere 331]

Tell me about it! I have to have those regularly because of IBS and a strong family history of intestinal problems. I've never had to do this much for those. I'm gonna try to get the rest of this Miralax down, but if I don't, I'm not gonna sweat it.

I just had an epiphany, though. Since my surgeon does both bypass and the band, I wonder if all patients get the same presurgery instructions. It seems that if I was having bypass where they were going to bypass some intestines, this would make more sense. Hmmm...

[crzytchr 3]

I didn't have to do anything!!! Jeez, you won't have to go for days after getting cleaned out from all of that!