How to prepare for scope

I finally got through - if anybody is interested the prep was liquid diet today, 2 fleet enemas tomorrow..

The prep seems to vary in detail by doctor. I just had one about a month ago and was only told to consume clear liquids after midnight prior to the scope. I then cleaned up with a single enema in the morning.

Here's hoping for a good scope.

I'm having "a double header" later this month. My gastroenterologist will do the upper endoscopy and my colorectal surgeon will do the scope of my J-pouch. My surgeon told me to have clear liquids only the day before the procedures and a fleet enema the morning of the procedure. My gastroenterologist told me to do the same thing except he wants me to take 2 Ducolax between 2 and 4 p.m. the day before the procedures along with a clear liquid diet only the day before the procedures. He also wants me to have a fleet enema the morning of the procedures. I think the Ducolax is not necessary if I have clear liquids only the day before the procedures. I'll take one and see if I need the second.

it does vary quite a bit by doctor. My GI has me do clear liquids 24 hours before, nothing after midnight the day of the scope, and I have to take a bottle of magnesium citrate. needless to say every time I have a scope I feel like I am going to fall over from dehydration and it takes the nurses forever to hit my veins to start an IV, and normally I have monster veins…..

Some doctors tell me to do liquids. I never do. I take half a bottle of mag citrate at night and clear out before bed. I never fast.

Prep definitely differs from doc to doc. I have actually had scopes done where no prep was required. I just had a scope done last month and again, no oprep was required. I actually requested a prep because I worried that results wouldn't be reliable if I wasn't "cleaned out" completely and I'd have to have scope done again. Not that scopes are a big deal but it's a day off from work & I have to arranged a ride. After I requested a prep, doc said to just do 1 enema before bed & 1 in the morning, before I left home to have scope done.

If I arrange pouchoscopy for early in the AM I don't need to take much time off work - maybe an hour or two. I just drive myself, since I choose not to have sedation. The enema the night before probably doesn't help at all, since the pouch fills back up, but the one shortly before the procedure probably helps.