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What's the longest time you've gone without food and/or water and how was it? (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (7 children)

About 15 years ago I got my first colonoscopy and back than the prep was just horrible.

You basically went without food the entire day before, while at the same time take these prep meds that made you shit every hour or so. Good lord it was horrible as hell. If memories serves I was allowed to drink the day before but nothing the day off.

You get dehydrated so fast and it wild how terrible that makes you feel. Add to that, the taking a shit contstantly and almost immediately you are not shitting, it is more like pissing out of your ass.

The prep you have to do now is not that intense and really isnt that big of a deal, comparatively,.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    As far as I know the fast today is the same as it ever was. Different doctors have different protocols though. One reason I have not done another colonoscapy is because of the prep but I want to find a doc that will do the prep with pills. My wife after he last is in agreement with me.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    The fast is the same but the process of making you clear your intestines is so much better, you don’t have to keep drinking that stuff that makes you shit every hour. That helps with the dehydration and the total misery of it all.

    The prep really isn’t that bad.. now.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Having done that a year ago I can confirm the process is the same, essentially you bowels are emptied out with an extreme laxative then you are asked to not drink anything but small amounts of water.

    In my case I was still running to the toilet a half hour before the procedure any time I drank anything.

    Had to get a general anasthetic because I'd tried it while awakepreviously and the pain was to much and I couldn't take it.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    15 years ago is 2011 but you made it sound like 1911.

    Besides all that, how would a doctor let you be dehydrated? If oral fluid is off the table, what stopped you from an intravenous one?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    How much the process has changed in the last 15 years it may as well have been 1911.

    Have you ever been put under a general anesthesia as part of an outpatient procedure?

    You are always dehydrated when that starts.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I don't think I've ever been fully anesthetic but I accompanied my relative for a stomach-scope a few years ago. It only involved emptying the stomach the day before and drinking a lot of water. I know the colon is a different organ but just wondering what is wrong with IV.

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