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Freddie

(9,232 posts)
8. This is the latest recommendation
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 05:16 PM
Oct 2019

Eat very light and low-fiber 2 days before, then clear liquids/jello/broth 1 day before.
My husband has Crohns and has to have a colonoscopy every other year (used to be annual) so he knows the drill well and it doesn’t bother him much. And all the foods we think of as healthy like kale and bran (high fiber) he can’t eat any time. He can have well-cooked veggies like broccoli and green beans, iceberg lettuce, and sometimes tomatoes. He’s lucky as many Crohns patients can’t even have those.

Vodka is a clear liquid. Just saying.... Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #1
I had a kidney removed and that is what I have to avoid all of the time katmondoo Oct 2019 #2
Don't get me wrong. I love rice. Goodheart Oct 2019 #6
"Instead I'm eating white rice with butter. " mitch96 Oct 2019 #3
Well, except that today I'm eating the sort of stuff that contributes to cancer. Goodheart Oct 2019 #4
I think I was unnecessarily proud OriginalGeek Oct 2019 #10
I was given pics of my insides. Clean as a whistle. Kaleva Oct 2019 #12
I keep asking for video that I can forward to friends Major Nikon Oct 2019 #14
Quite a while back a friend out on a video of his colonoscopy panader0 Oct 2019 #18
I plan to have an asshole so clean he can picnic inside there if he so wishes. Goodheart Oct 2019 #16
That's exactly why I stick a garden hose up my ass Major Nikon Oct 2019 #13
When is your procedure? Freddie Oct 2019 #5
Day after tomorrow. Tomorrow will be even worse! Goodheart Oct 2019 #7
This is the latest recommendation Freddie Oct 2019 #8
Crohn's is a bitch, I know. Goodheart Oct 2019 #15
Clear cherry gatoraide helped me. And clear broth. applegrove Oct 2019 #9
I've had 3 in less then a year. Prep isn't much of a deal for me anymore. Kaleva Oct 2019 #11
I'm wondering now if an occasional prep WITHOUT a colonoscopy is a good thing? Goodheart Oct 2019 #22
According to this Mayo Clinic article, it's not recommended Kaleva Oct 2019 #23
I spent a lot of time worrying about my procedure. Dagstead Bumwood Oct 2019 #17
I Don't Know RobinA Oct 2019 #19
Pizza! Goodheart Oct 2019 #21
I have one scheduled next week Gothmog Oct 2019 #20
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