Hi, I would call your doctor or clinic and confirm the time you should start. It's been my experience that the instructions for when to a start liquid diet and when to start the prep are printed out on an instruction sheet. Please call your doc if you aren't sure when to start it. It's usually several hours before the procedure but I've also done two day preps so it just depends on the instructions you should have been given.

You'll start feeling an urgency to go and so stay near the bathroom. You'll be ok. The prep is not nearly as crazy as people describe it so don't psyche yourself out, stay calm and try to relax during the process.

I just had another colonoscopy this past Wednesday. rmb is right; the prep is not too bad. It is dramatic, though (almost amusing, definitely surprising)Stay near a restroom and baby wipes are a good choice. Bring in a laptop if you have one and find ways to be comfortable I watched movies and even got some sleep too. The procedure is nothing to worry about either. You'll be sedated so it is a restful, almost dreamy process. A lot of air is used in the process, so you'll feel like an Alpine horn afterward (can also be amusing). Afterward, treat yourself to a light, victory meal.

Dramatic and amusing... it's true! But I always feel really good after the prep. I personally think the worst part is the liquid diet because I find I get really shaky, headachy and sick feeling from that , probably from a mix of a little dehydration and a little low blood sugar .

The colonoscopy itself is the easiest part and you'll be so relaxed from the sedation that you won't care at that point. I know it's wrong, but I pigged out on Mexican food after my last colonoscopy in December. I was just SO HUNGRY. Then I went home and slept for 5 hours.

It's like one day where I get to live out a fantasy: great drugs, eat what I want, lay on the couch watching bad TV and then slip into a nice long nap. Heaven.

Guess it all comes down to how you look at things, ha ha!

The Gatorade miralax prep is way easier . I usually ask to do that one. From past experience I usually start the prep around:00pm the day before and have to procedure at 8:00 am.

The Gatorade miralax prep is way easier . I usually ask to do that one. From past experience I usually start the prep around 2:00pm the day before and have to procedure at 8:00 am.

Hey. I'm on the third packet now. I will have the last one at 8 am. And set off to the hospital at 11:30 am tomorrow. As I got to the second sachet I began to feel sick of the taste. So struggling on the third right bow. Going to finish this one and have a bath then bed around 10. Be glad when it's over. Also tomorrow I want knocking out so what do I say to them. I usually freak out at New things

I assume they're sedating you. In the US that's what they normally do for a colonoscopy; they give you this "twilight" sedation where you are super relaxed and in this sort of sleepy state. It's not as heavy as the sedation you have for surgery.

Did you get any paper work when they set up your procedure, like instructions, what time to be at the appt, etc? Those instructions would note if you're having sedation.

Yeah I'm to be at hospital at 12:15. The letter says I will have sedation and pain relief. But not sure how much sedation. If it's anything like diazepam then I'm sorted .

I tell my gastrointestinal doc to make sure I don't feel anything BC one time I remember some of it so now he makes sure I'm out out. It takes longer to wake up completely but well worth it. Tell them you don't want to remember or feel anything so to knock you out good. The prep is honestly the worst of it all (drinking all that crud and running to the potty a lot) but the procedure it self is super easy. Best wishes!

Don't worry about the sedation. You'll have enough. They monitor you during the procedure and will give you more as needed if you start to rouse during the procedure. Even if you sort of wake up a bit you're so out of it that it really is not that big of a deal. It has happened to me and it's not a big deal.

Try to just relax and don't get spooked by this stuff. If you're all amped up about it that makes the whole thing far more intense that it really is. You'll do fine.

How did your colonoscopy go?