Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Use Gatorade (not red!) as the fluid in the prep. It will keep you from feeling sick and depleted once you're emptied out.

Vaseline prevents any burning irritation.

Eat a lemon or orange wedge after each glass. It takes away the taste, so if you hold your nose as it goes down and then eat the lemon, you never actually taste the stuff.

There's no need anymore to be scared of the results. It takes well over 5 years for a polyp to turn into cancer, so as long as you stay on top of it and have the screenings, they might find polyps but not cancer. And polyps just need to be clipped out.

You'll be fine. And frankly, for people like you and me, colonoscopies are a literal lifesaver.