Bowel Prep

It is a bit of an awful taste I agree.  I had a colonoscopy 5 months ago which was clear and nothing was found.  I got a letter and all the prep for another one at beginning of Feb.  Given that I am now a year post op and have other tests organised I am hoping they just organised all the tests at once not expecting me to have already had a colonoscopy.  Consultant wanted me to have one after chemo etc just to check bowel as I hadn't had one before (emergency op).  Have asked cancer nurse and hope she will reply saying I don't need it so soon after last one.  

Last prep was spiced up with lime juice.  Made it only slightly more tolerable.  Good luck.

Helen x

Hi Bex,

I feel ya!

I had Klean Prep the first time and it was vile. I ended up with stomach ache from having to drink 4 litres of the disgusting stuff (although I only managed 3.75 litres before giving up)

For my surgery, I asked for Piccolax (unsure of correct spelling) and that was a breeze. 1 glass full, then another about 6 hours later. And it tasted a heck of a lot better.

Good luck,

Angela

Hi Angela,

Thank you for replying

I had picolax for my first colonoscopy and I agree it was a breeze in comparison and having had others realise it was actually quite nice, the one I had before my surgery just tasted of salt!  The one I have now I haven’t had before but I have to have about 4 litres of it

x

Thank you Helen x

Hi. I can’t remember what bowel prep I had but pretty sure they said I could flavour it with squash as long as it wasn’t a dark one e.g. apple and blackberry. Might be worth asking.

Maninbath

Hi I totally agree with you  RL2374

That prep is vile the thought of it makes me gag. Yuk

i had. LAR August 21 having that prep for my colonoscopy that year 

I still haven’t had a check up colonoscopy and I’m not pushing for it. Not sure if I’ve slipped through the net but I’m not reminding them.

Good luck

Good luck with the colonoscopy Bex.  I totally agree that the prep I’ve had tasted vile.  Twice I’ve had Moviprep and remember just staring at it when I was only half way through and thinking you’ve got to be kidding me.  I alternated between that and drinking water and it certainly helped.  I can’t remember the prep I had before the surgery, it wasn’t as shall we say ‘extreme’ as the Moviprep but somehow they managed to make it taste worse…..quite the achievement but again having a bottle of water at the same time helped. 

I am on a Facebook group for people with Lynch syndrome who have a high chance of getting bowel cancer and therefore have more colonoscopies. A lot of them recommend mixing the prep with coke zero to help the taste (flat to avoid it spilling)