How my Onc & Breast Cancer Just Saved My Life

Anonymous

OMG - I am sitting alone in my office LMAO hysterically! Gotta love that Dave Berry!

He is right, tho' - I had mine ( bless my onc for insisting as part of my post-chemo/turning 50 get-my-act-together instructions). You really don't know what happened as you sleep through it all. Mine was A-O-K also and it is a REALLY good feeling.

BUT, next time I WILL add vodka to my prep! (just kidding!)

Carolina59

I'm having my first colonscopy on Dec 5. I think my onc is only agreeing because I'll be 50 in Feb. I had to bring it up with him and kind of insist on it. I want to do it before the new year when my ins. deductible kicks in again. 

Anyway, he prescribed MoviPrep, which is a gallon of awfulness (and very expensive--$70+ out of pocket) from what I've read. My older sister told me how easy the prep was for her a few years ago doing the Phospho Soda. So do I call my doctor and insist on the Phopho Soda? I refuse to drink a gallon of crap when there are less sickening and just as effective methods to evacuate the colon. 

I was reading on another website that in Canada, UK and Australia they use a prep called Pico-Salax, which is supposed to be better than anything available in the US because like Phospho soda, you don't have to drink much of it, it tastes GOOD, but more importantly, it doesn't mess with electrolytes, etc. 

Well, I've just found I can order Pico-Salax from a Canadian Pharmacy, so that's what I'm going to do. Here's a link to just one of the websites where I was reading about this:

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=299613

sccruiser

Hi Otter,

 I did the fleet soda stuff and the doc said to just plug my nose and slug it down, followed with a lot of water. It worked great, and I didn't really have much taste of the salty stuff at all. Did that for the morning dose before the procedure. My two doses were scheduled for 9am the day before, and 6 am the next day.

My hubby was given the gallon of stuff instead. Our clinic has changed to that, because there were too many problems with the Fleet (most probably from not drinking enough water) that affected the liver and kidneys (salt content too concentrated). But he had a terrible time. Drinking a 8 oz glass every 15 minutes just dragged out that horrible taste for a couple of hours. But he didn't have to take anything the next morning. 

Hope all goes well on the 20th and they don't find any polyps (cuz then you can do the next one in 10 years, instead of 5).