It appears that a clear liquid diet prior to colonoscopy is unnecessary.
"It is time to follow the science and let our patients eat."
Not one of 13 RCTs found that a clear liquid diet cleaned out the colon better than a low-residue diet (that included some solids.) Pts preferred the latter!
"The diet on the day before a colonoscopy may include: cheese, eggs, 1/2
Part 2 of 2. Part 1 last night also involved four (!) Dulcolax pills. I hear it’s loads better than the traditional flushing medicine my wife had to gulp down.
Fear not - there will be no live-tooting of the colonoscopy!
My New Year's gift to you is a writeup of what I learned after having four colonoscopies last year. I’ll be honest, I mostly just got good at preparing for colonoscopies.
But this might be of interest to you, especially if you're over 45 and you're looking for new and exciting New Year's resolutions to make.
As a follow up to my colonoscopy last week, the three polyps that were removed were sent to be tested and I got a call from the hospital this afternoon to confirm that there was no sign of any cancer. Phew!
I’ll get another routine test in two years time and in the meantime I know what symptoms to watch for with my diverticular disease and can call my gp if I need to.
If you get a screening test through the post, don’t put it off!
Had another sleepless night, but that was the heat more than anything else. It feels like I’ve got trapped wind, but that’s an expected side effect of being inflated with CO2. Passed a small amount of blood from the polyp that was removed but nothing since. Expecting a follow up call from the hospital this morning.
Managed some sleep, but was awake from 4:00 with the warm weather. Just about to start the second jug of Moviprep. Drinking it with some ice in the glass and a straw, and pretending it’s a breakfast margarita