Do you really have to drink the entire 2 liters of Half Lytely before a colonoscopy?!


Question: Do you really have to drink the entire 2 liters of Half Lytely before a colonoscopy.?
I have a colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow and I am in the process of "prepping" by drinking this awful Half Lytely stuff. It literally tastes like sweat, it's horrible. I have drank about 3/4 of it and honestly don't know if I can drink the rest. I am starting to gag and choke on it.

Does anyone know if it is 100% necessary to drink the entire thing.? Sorry, I know it's not the nicest subject!Health Question & Answer


Answers:
Yes ! they didn't tell you to drink it just to be mean. They want your colon to be completely cleaned out so that even a slight sigh of anything remaining won't be mistaken for a polyp or cancer. Then you would have to go in for diagnostic surgery.Plus believe me the Dr who does that surgery will be glad there is nothing yucky in your colon that he has to deal with or bypass to get the results he wants . Good luck and believe me , the procedure is a painless and over quick. they gave me some drugs , and I woke up in recovery. Not nearly as bad as I imagined.Health Question & Answer

If you cannot finish the entire 4 liters of Go-Lytely: you need to take 1 ? oz of Fleet phospho-soda the evening before the procedure. This must then be repeated the morning of the procedure at 6:00a.m. Fleet phospho-soda is available from any pharmacy without prescription. It needs to be mixed with half a glass (4 oz) of water. Once you have drunk this follow it with at least 5 glasses (8 oz) of any clear liquid, within the next hour. Note: do not use Fleet phospho-soda if you have diabetes, kidney, liver or heart failure.

To make it easier to palate, here are a few suggestions:

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Suck on a lemon or lime wedge after each glass.
(This will significantly decrease the nausea, which is caused by smelling and tasting the go-lytely.)
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Chill the Go-lytely/Nu-lytely before drinking.
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Add lemon or lime flavored Crystal Light to the Go/Nu-lytelyHealth Question & Answer

I know the stuff is aweful, I had one before. If you don't drink it, you will have a bad prep for the test and the doctor won't be able to see the bowel lining because of stool. So it would be a waste of time to have the test done and not do the prep correctly. Good luckHealth Question & Answer

Yes, it is absolutely necessary!

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drink it...Health Question & Answer



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