<p>I just had the gatorade/Ducolax/Miralax prep and although the second set of drink at 2am made me a bit nauseous, it was nothing like friends who had different preps. I still haven’t had Gatorade again…but overall it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Limited time in bathroom and early in/early out visit. </p>
<p>I’m sorry you had such a bad reaction. I thought that would happen to me with my sensitive stomach, which was one of the reasons the doctor gave me that prep to try. </p>
<p>This is on the AOL newsfeed today:</p>
<p><a href=“Cancer Risks, Signs, Symptoms, Tests, Treatments, and More | Everyday Health”>Cancer Risks, Signs, Symptoms, Tests, Treatments, and More | Everyday Health;
<p>Very interesting.</p>
<p>DH went to his yearly follow up at MD Anderson for his stage III colon cancer (diagnosed August 2007). The tests all came out great, and his oncologist told him he’s done with him! He only needs to continue to get his colonoscopies every few years and a general yearly checkup with his regular doctor.</p>
<p>No offense to MD Anderson, but I hope to never ever have to visit that place again.</p>
<p>Please encourage your loved ones to get their colonoscopies done. As the link above states, 90% of colon cancers are curable if caught early. DH is lucky to be alive.</p>
<p>@nrdsb4 That’s amazing! Congratulations to your DH and you and your family! What a nightmare cancer is and it’s fantastic to hear about a success story. Colonoscopies are definitely not pleasant but the alternative is much worse. I continue to encourage everyone I know to get screened.</p>
<p>^^^Thank you, PinkBentley. When we got DH’s diagnosis, my very first thought was “Okay, we’re going to have about a year of hell, but we’ll get through it and things will get better from there.” I am a nurse and had a general idea of what we were looking at. It actually happened exactly that way. The first year was a hell I wouldn’t wish on anyone, but DH and our family got through it somehow, and things worked out. DH never doubted for a moment that he’d make it, and though I’m usually the darker and more pessimistic one and a pathological worrier, I believed that as well. Probably just denial working, but that saved us a lot of mental agony.</p>
<p>I am unashamedly resurrecting this 3 year old thread.
Because of my ulcerative colitis, i get to have a colonoscopy every 3 years.
Just drank the dreaded bowel prep liquid, waiting for the effects.
Looking for commiseration.</p>
<p>This prep is “new and improved” according to my GI doc…we’ll see!
It wasnt fun paying the $35 copay at the pharmacy. Wonder what the full price would have been?</p>
<p>Hope you do okay. Had one last October and got only a 2 year ticket, so I’ll be going through it again next October. </p>
<p>Just try to keep your eye on the ball-that nice meal you will have when you’re up and around!</p>
<p>I’ll commiserate with you, musicmom. I just had mine last week. I had to drink Moviprep – one liter at 6 PM and then I had to wake up at 4 AM and drink the second liter. They found polyps so I have to repeat in 3 years, too. The Moviprep was free under my insurance this time but when I had the same prep 5 years ago, I was charged $45 (same insurance - go figure). I spoke to my doctor afterwards and he said there are a couple of other preps he could prescribe that aren’t quite so bad but they’re more expensive because insurance doesn’t always cover them. The Moviprep was so awful that I’ll be glad to pay full price for something easier to tolerate. Honestly, it was like drinking lemon Pledge with a ton of salt added. @-) </p>
<p>What kind of prep are you taking that’s “new and improved”?</p>
<p>I did the Prepopik:</p>
<p>Drink 5 oz. of fizzy prep that tastes like sweet tarts. Follow with five 8 oz. clear liquids of choice over next several hours.</p>
<p>Repeat several hours later but follow with only three 8 oz. clear liquids of choice.</p>
<p>I found the prep to be pretty gentle. Because not everyone gets totally clear result, I had taken one bottle of mag citrate the day before and had eaten a low residue diet the day before the clear liquids day. Some docs will have you take a Dulcolax tablet during the middle of the night after doing the Prepopik, but that tablet gives me cramps. My prep got me very cleaned out.</p>
<p>It is expensive, but I found it to be relative painless.</p>
<p>I suppose a related question is:</p>
<p>Do(es) colonics, if performed before the colonoscopy, help the ease and results of the colonoscopy?</p>
<p>^^^^I don’t see the benefit of that. You’d still need to do the oral prep, and if you’ve done a good job at that, that’s all that’s needed.</p>
<p>Thanks, nrdsb4. Why only a two yr pass? Hopefully, nothing concerning found.</p>
<p>Patsmom, thats exactly it! Lemon pledge with a ton of salt added, YUCK. I am so nauseus.
The old bad cheap prep was miralax and ducolax.
This new expensive prep is called SUPREP bowel prep kit. Two small bottles of conc clear salty syrup that you must dilute and drink quickly, followed by much more water. I am bloated and so uncomfortable.</p>
<p>Im whining i know…been fortunate to have good reports after 30ish yrs of UC.
Looking for more of the same tomorrow.</p>
<p>^^^I had a very large polyp. VERY large. It was completely benign, so normally that would get me a three year pass. I think because it was so large, she is erring on the side of caution. I normally would buck this and get some ammo to back myself up, but after what I’ve seen my husband go through, I’ll go ahead and follow instructions this time.</p>
<p>Nrdsb4, thanks for the tip about Prepopik. I’ve just been reading about it and it sounds so much better than what I had. Looks like it costs around $95 or so and my insurance probably covers at least some of that. I’m not dreading my next colonoscopy so much now.</p>
<p>Nrdsb4, glad it was (relatively) good news. And good for you to not blow off the 2yr retest, many do.</p>
<p>@musicmom good luck with the colonoscopy!
If you guys don’t mind me asking, around how much does the procedure cost you on top of insurance? I remember when my H got one several years ago, despite insurance, there was a surprise in the bill from the anesthesiologist.</p>
<p>Try to make sure they are all in network. Colorectal guy, anesthesiologist and facility</p>
<p>Scholarme, im very fortunate. I work for a healthcare system and my employee medical plan covers colonoscopy at 100% as long as done in network.</p>
<p>Something to look into: i think screening colonoscopies might be one of the phased in procedures that must be covered under obamacare beginning in 2015. Not sure if would apply in your case or only certain plans.</p>
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<p>Isn’t the out-of-network anesthesiologist a common unpleasant surprise with medical procedures?</p>
<p><a href=“http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2014/08/13/socked-with-an-out-of-network-medical-bill”>http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2014/08/13/socked-with-an-out-of-network-medical-bill</a>
<a href=“http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/node/11042”>http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/node/11042</a>
<a href=“Health care nightmares Day 1: Patients are on their own to ensure care is covered”>http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumer/call%2012%20for%20action/2014/04/19/patients-health-care-coverage-call12/7922873/</a>
<a href=“http://www.governor.ny.gov/assets/documents/DFS%20Report.pdf”>http://www.governor.ny.gov/assets/documents/DFS%20Report.pdf</a></p>
<p>For something that can be preplanned and scheduled (e.g. colonoscopy for screening purposes), find out all of the providers, including the anesthesiologist, and verify their in-network status with your insurance company before the procedure.</p>
<p>Several years, I took something called “GoLightly” (the names they come up with lol). I don’t know if this is worse than Lemon pledge, but mine tasted like lime-flavored sweat.</p>
<p>Re the cost – if this is a routine screening, I think there shouldn’t be any charge.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.healthcare.gov/why-coverage-is-important/free-preventive-care/”>https://www.healthcare.gov/why-coverage-is-important/free-preventive-care/</a></p>