Share your colonoscopy prep diet

I ate a ton of italian ice

That part is actually easy now. You now have an option for a pill form if you don’t want the cocktail!

The worst part is the first 12 hours. After that I wasn't very hungry. The nice part is that they give you a soothing drug cocktail IV and you wake up and have someone drive you home.

A clear flavored snoball and mix a pack of crystal light lemonade in the suprep for a better flavor.

24 hour prep? Your doctor sucks. I only prep from 5:30 in the evening till I fall asleep.

I have been on NPO and clear liquid diets for weeks at a time, not for prep but for other conditions. In the hospital they had lemon Italian Ice, at home I got lemon and watermelon Italian ice, probably the only thing that saved me. I would get broth from chicken noodle soup, the broth in the hospital is disgusting, and if you have ever seen it before they "cook" it is a fricking gel/goop solution.

The misery is offset by the biggest, most satisfying farts you will ever experience.

Edit: AFTER the colonoscopy. Before, those are not farts.

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Second one I have had. I plan on being dead before the next one.

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I'm now 68 and had my 2nd one in 2019 around this time and don't plan on another in my lifetime either. Both times they eliminated a few polyps and the last time they wanted me to come back in the spring of 2020 for a follow-up and I told them to go pound sand.

Jello of approved colors (I think red and purple are banned) is good. You can chew on it and have some semblance of eating, and you get a little "solid" food in your stomach.

You can sip some chicken broth too if you want hot food. Better than Bullion is good.