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Hi all,,,I have been wondering about something, and I can not find anything about it. I had my pre op testing yesterday, all went well, the Upper GI made me very nauseous,,,I never actaully "lost it",,,but boy did I feel like I was gonna. Any way, I start my liquid diet this Tuesday, and from my understanding I will have to do a bowel prep. This is my question,,,Does the bowel prep just make you SIT on the toilet for hours,,,or do you also "pray to the porcelin god" when you do a bowel prep?? I have been really good with everything I have been thru up to this point,,,and I can handle a burning butt, and sitting on the toilet for hours,,,but the thought of it coming out the North end,,,,Im a bit worried about that,,,I am SEVERLY vomitphobic. thanks for any input that you can give Vee

I think most people do not vomit from the bowel prep. A few do from the experience of drinking the stuff, but it is not meant to make you sick. As for the burning butt, coat it with vaseline before hand and as you go along to help prevent that. Good luck on your upcoming surgery. Loris

hi Vee!, Loris has a great point about the vaseline. Do it BEFORE you even start. The burning was pretty bad. The bowel prep drink itself is what sort of makes you feel like you cant keep it down. DONT GET THE LEMON_GINGER KIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Just breathe deeply. I know this is but my experience was,,,,, i drank the stuff at 9am. had liquid diarrhea about 8-10 times for 2 hours. then everything quieted down. Then the next dose was 12pm. and the same thing happened. No cramps or vomiting though. by 4pm I didnt have to go anymore. GOOD LUCK TO YOU VEE!!! I will be sedning good thoughts your way willby thinsoon

HI V I KNOW OF A FEW PEOPLE WHO BUT IT WAS FROM DRINKING THE PREP SO JUST HOLD YOUR NOSE AND DO IT GOOD LUCK SWEETIE LOVE CANDY

Hi Vee!! I had to take my prep the day before surgery and start it at 10am. But being that I was having surgery 1 1/2 hour away from home, me, my mom and hubby were getting a hotel room, so I had to plan my stuff around being stuck in a car for that duration. So I took it at 10 am and by 12 noon I was on the pot. The taste is HORRIBLE and that's what makes you gag. I just plugged my nose and tried like hell to keep it down. I then was on the toilet for about 3-4 more times. By the 2nd time I was pretty much cleaned out because I didn't eat much the day before (my choice). I then did the drive to Cleveland and got checked into the room and did my 2nd round of drinking the nasty stuff. I will be honest, I only drank like 2 big gulps, because I just couldn't get it down anymore. By this time it is just a clear liquid that is coming out of your bottom. Any more questions, please feel free to email me anytime!!! Good Luck. Carmella

No you won't but it is pretty nasty and will make your stomach upset.

Thank you all so much for your input. I was so scared that I came this far and I would have to spend my last day worshipping the porcelin God. I really don't know what I would have done,,like I said, I am severly vomitphobic,,,I have not thrown up since 1985...not that I have never had a stomch bug since then,,,I have,,and I have fought tooth and nail, not to let anything come back up. I can't believe only one more day, then I start my liquid diet. Only 8 more days and a wake up,,its so hard to believe. I am so glad all my testing is over, that upper GI really did me in. My sleep study went better, as I was totally exhausted by the time I got there. She came in and put the leads on me, and told me she would be back after she hooked up the 2 other ladies that were there that night,,,,well I was sound asleep before she even got back, and I must say, I got really good "sleep" with that cpap mask,,,,granted I hated the mask,,,but I felt so refreshed the next day,,and didn't even have my daily headache.... Vee