# Having my first-ever CT scan tomorrow (1/20)- tips, advice?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 19, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-my-first-ever-ct-scan-tomorrow-1-20-tips-advice/777550 "2017-01-19T17:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-my-first-ever-ct-scan-tomorrow-1-20-tips-advice/777550/41 "2017-02-03T00:12:45Z")

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> [@Mama\_Zappa](#):
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> Fascinating! I had a vague idea that they might perform a fecalith-ectomy while doing the colonoscopy, it didn’t occur to me that going through the prep regimen might itself handle it. Though of course (as a veteran of 6 of them) the prep itself will cause you to excrete everything in your digestive canal and quite a lot of stuff that has never been NEAR your guts - “ooh, look, I think that was a kneecap!”.
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> If they do suggest you try it, go for the Gatorate + Miralax version. Same active primary ingredient (polyethylene glycol) as GoHeavily, far less vile from what I’ve heard.

You are hilarious! “OMG, there’s that earring I lost! And I wondered where my car keys had gotten to!” 😃

SIX colonoscopies? Have you thought of getting a hobby?

When I did my one (what a rank amateur!) colonoscopy, I probably used the GoLytely (do you think Truman Capote would have been okay with that name?) and mixed Crystal Lite lemonade in it. And most importantly, I bought something called [Boudreaux’x Butt Paste](https://www.amazon.com/Boudreauxs-Butt-Paste-Diaper-Natural/dp/B000VDR85G/ref=sr_1_6_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1486080665&sr=8-6&keywords=boudreaux+butt+paste) and applied it with a Huggies baby wipe to Ground Zero (where the sun don’t shine) EVERY TIME there was any activity Down There. Kept irritation to a minimum.

I really don’t want to have another colonoscopy. I’m willing to let you keep your title.

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