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Re: COLONOSCOPY PREP'AIR'ATION COUNTDOWN » corafree

Posted by Phillipa on July 25, 2006, at 12:13:36

In reply to Re: COLONOSCOPY PREP'AIR'ATION COUNTDOWN » llrrrpp, posted by corafree on July 25, 2006, at 11:22:01

Okay here's what my instuctions were. Nothing to eat or drink after midnight. Bring daily meds with me but I did take my sythroid with a sip of water. Then go check in at the outpt surgery center. There shouldn't be a lot of paperwork except signing the consent form. Then change into a gown and they will start an IV. Slow drip. Then when on the actual table the nurse will do the vitals stuff and probably hook you up to a monitor for cardiac and blood pressure. Then the doctor tells them what meds and the amt. I was given Demerol l00mg IV with 4mgIV versed. I didn't believe he'd done a colonoscopy . No pain at all. I keep saying to him you really only did a sigmoidoscopy I know you did as once before I had a colonoscopy and the pain was horrific. You need someone to drive you there and home cause of the narcotics. That's probably why they say no narcotics. Yes call the doc and let him know what you take as you don't want to be oversedated and have a reaction. I'm sure you're not the only one in that position. I'd imagine he would cut down on the meds he gives you. Just a guess. Love Phillipa ps when I got home I konked out on the sofa face first for four hours till the meds wore off. Oh I also had to drink citrate of magnesium the night before to clean out the colon. Just make sure you do it early I think they tell you what time to start drinking it. It doesn't taste bad and I drank it all at once. didn't want to be up all night. Love Phillipa

 

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