Yay??
'Zactly. 
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVCcsGXEjqT/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
To commemorate the event.
It actually is necessary for many / most people. Your gut continues to produce secretions all along. If you do a split dose (i.e. one the night before and one the morning of) you’ll be surprised that even if you were running clear, you’re NOT clear any longer. There usually won’t be visible solids at that point, but on at least one occasion, I did have some (not much, to be fair). Studies show a split dose gives better results in general - and a longer interval between prep ending and the procedure means less good results.
If you want to hear about sadistic medical professionals: look at the ones who prescribe GoLytely and similar evil high volume preps, largely (I think) because they DO work, and the doctors can’t be bothered to look at more humane options.
Just a note of caution: When they wake you, they give you something to counteract the effect of the anesthesia. I don’t know if it’s narcan or something else, but it’s the same principle anyway. It stops the action of the anesthetic rather than clearing it from your system.
After my last surgery, it happened that the “counteractant” wore off before the anesthetic, and a couple hours after I got home I was suddenly loopy and disoriented. I managed to get to my bed and then was out like a light. This is why they don’t want you to drive. If you get stuck behind an accident bad things could happen before you make it home.
Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable will come along to explain this in proper terminology.
I had (naively) thought that all Swiss doctors switched to the lower volume prep. After talking to my hair stylist on Saturday, I found out that she did the high volume prep just two years ago. Another customer, who works in the same specialty had already recommended that the hair stylist ask for / demand the low volume prep or go to a different doctor.
The hair stylist is supposed to go back after 2 years because of what they removed last time and now she’s putting it off because of the high volume prep.
Mine was relatively uneventful…on the whole
I had my colonoscopy yesterday so I thought I would come back and answer my own question about how my recovery was. I had moderate sedation (midazolam and fentanyl) so I was awake during the procedure. The meds didn’t make me feel loopy and don’t seem to have affected my memory. I just felt calm so I didn’t care what they were doing and I didn’t feel any pain. After the procedure, they wheeled me into the recovery room and gave me crackers and water. I felt fine. I was amused to see there was a sign in the recovery room that said “Safe fart zone”. 
I didn’t need to fart, though. They offered me a wheelchair when they took me back to meet my driver in the waiting room, but I declined and was able to walk just fine. I went home, had a good dinner, and sat down on the couch to watch some TV. I fell asleep twice while watching TV which may have been a combination of the medication and the fact that I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. I decided to just go to bed early. I had some wild dreams last night. So overall, the recovery was no big deal.
This about sums it up:
Congrats on having the non-event we all expected for you.
As this seems to be the currently active colonoscopy thread…
Just got a call from one of my kid’s teachers, and they’re recommending that we opt out of standardized testing next week, because the kid is fighting all the test preparations, and will just make everything harder for the teachers and staff if they’re forced to take it. Jokes on you kid, instead of skipping the test and getting to stay home and play Minecraft, you get to hang out in the hospital while Dad gets a colonoscopy.
If I’d known the kid was going to not be in school that day, I’d have taken the 7am time slot, instead of the later one where we could do school dropoff first.
To stick with the theme of this thread, right now my biggest recovery question is if I should get my post-op breakfast at Toast, where I’ve gone the previous two times, or try Bacon Social. Any other breakfast suggestions for Highlands Ranch, Littleton, or Lakewood?
Looking forward to a big plate of Pad Thai but, the restaurant was closed.
Awwww…you blew it!!! You missed out on all the fun!
What about the donuts, chocolate chip cookies, ice cream?? And all guilt-free!!!
See my post above (#49).
The good part of a colonoscopy is that you get to be a kid on halloween. It’s a rare, once-every-five-years opportunity.
Next time, do it right!!! 
I worked on my prep day. I fast every year for Yom Kippur. A fast where i get to eat sugar-sweetened jello? I wasn’t even hungry, let alone light headed.
And after the procedure? I can get by on jello, but I’m much happier eating real food. Meats and vegetables and grains and beans and nuts. Maybe a bowl of ice cream after a real meal. 
I’m glad you enjoy your routine, but I’ll stick with mine.
Yeah, I guess it was a missed opportunity. 
Whenever I donate blood, I tell myself I need the calories to justify extra snacks.
I dunno what they gave me, but I came out of it feeling serene, in control, relaxed, and with a good feeling of agency.
Not particularly stiff or cold, only a little bit hungry. (We only get tea, crackers, and a couple of thin sandwiches).
I had a couple of polyps removed, so I’m on a 2 year schedule. I guess the standard schedule for benign polyps is slightly different here (Aus).
That sounds nice. I woke up feeling violated and with a sense that I’d nearly died. This is why i do them sober when i can.
Once again, easy recovery. After biscuits and gravy, bacon, and about 4 cups of coffee I mostly got the suprep taste out of my mouth.
When I was wheeled in, the OR was playing Billy Joel, but they changed the channel to Smashing Pumpkins. It wasn’t until I woke up in recovery that it occured to me to ask why not Butthole Surfers? I’m sure they’re hit with that joke three times a week.
If you get propofol, there really isn’t any antagonist.
If you get Versed and fentanyl, there ARE antagonists for those - though I wasn’t aware of them giving anything like that for any of my surgeries (at least, none were mentioned in the notes). It’s quite possible they wore off by the time the general anesthesia was being turned off. For a very short procedure, using antagonists / reversal agents is quite plausible.
Everything they use for a colonoscopy tends to have a fairly short half life in general.
I don’t know if they gave me any antagonists for my cataract surgery, where I did have Versed / fentanyl.
I was given an antagonist (sugammadex) for the paralytic (rocuronium) I got for my hysterectomy. I wish like hell they’d given me an antagonist for the glycopyrrollate (to dry up saliva) after that, and after the one upper endoscopy / colonoscopy where they deemed it necessary. I woke up both times with a large portion of the Sahara desert occupying my mouth. I choked when I tried to eat for several hours, the first time, and I struggled to talk, the second time. Unfortunately I don’t think one exists.
When the nurse gave me a shot of fentanyl as I was recovering from my last surgery, I’m quite sure I was not given an antagonist.
The sudden sleepiness an hour or two later seems to be pretty common - pretty sure I asked about it once here. I do NOT know the mechanism - I know I always feel pretty alert when I leave, but then I get home and crash big time. People here said that it was likely fatigue due to the body being aware of Stuff Going On, but I honestly don’t think that’s what is going on.
Hah - so very true.
Pretty sure I’ve mentioned this before but: at my last one (just over a year ago), they found ZERO polyps. Nada. this was my eleventh scope, and I’d been on an annual basis for several years. Doc said “see you in 3 years” and I ARGUED, when I saw him again a few months later. We compromised on 18 months. Which will be September or thereabouts.