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Posted 7/12/2014 11:47 AM (GMT -5)
Obviously getting high could give me cotton mouth but I'll be downing the clear fluids like a good girl. I just want to know before I start the prep tomorrow in case I get crazy anxiety and for the chills that hopefully I won't get (but I will, I just want to put the positive twist in case the universe wants to be nice to me). Sometimes I lose my appetite and I think getting high will help me remember to eat the jello etc. Weed also helps with my joint pain and I have this horrible sense that my back legs neck etc may get sore from laying on the bathroom floor!

My body is already messing with me; Prep starts tmrw late afternoon and I already have diarrhea today (urgency soft but not watery), it's my new antibiotic for Lyme and trying to balance the acidophilus. Just thought I'd throw that in there so you may understand why I'm a nervous wreck about it. My goLytely experience 5 years ago was a nightmare (6hrs bloated pain till it worked), I'm a scared wimp!
Posted 7/12/2014 3:27 PM (GMT -5)
Hell yeah
Posted 7/12/2014 3:44 PM (GMT -5)
thanx !!!
Posted 7/12/2014 3:50 PM (GMT -5)
You might need to tell the anesthetist if you use pot in case there are any interactions the next day. I'm not anti-pot but anesthesia is nothing to screw around with. Don't withhold the information because of fear or embarrassment, hopefully you are in a legal state like CO.
Posted 7/12/2014 3:52 PM (GMT -5)
Just had one, so keep in mind you're going to be in a "waking sleep" which is quite a la la land, so mind you I wouldn't have a bunch of strong edibles when you're going to be getting the actual colonoscopy, but during the prep sure.
Posted 7/12/2014 3:54 PM (GMT -5)
And if you're eating not smoking, they tend to last longer so keep that in mind. Youll be plenty narced out during the procedure. Truthfully though you're not supposed to eat anything for quite a while as Im sure they told you, so you might need to smoke
Posted 7/12/2014 3:56 PM (GMT -5)
And relax, its not as bad as I was fearing so good luck! The prep misery is the worst part I think
Posted 7/12/2014 4:21 PM (GMT -5)
I always tell anesthesiologists, can't mess w that. Sedation doesn't usually work for me so they're using Propofol, can't mess w that or I'd be like Michael Jackson!

No edibles, just smoking a bowl since I wont be able to take Tylenol or my pain meds for herniated discs and torn shoulders. And yes, I tell the docs that I take pain meds so they know how much to give me after cause banding the rhoids too.

woe. is. the. sick.
Posted 7/12/2014 6:11 PM (GMT -5)
43 going on 65...

lol nice one.
Posted 7/13/2014 12:23 PM (GMT -5)
MJ generally slows bm's down for me so I won't be doing it before I prep next month, I also won't do it the morning of my scope cuz they'll be putting me completely asleep anyway so for me there's no need, I"ve also never eaten food on the day of my preps, generally I just do liquids for a couple days and day of prepping then there's way less pain and poop to get out....good luck AbbysLymeSux, with your prepping and scoping!!
Posted 7/15/2014 6:19 PM (GMT -5)
I survived the prep, it took 2 hours to kick in but my low residue diet for most of the week must have helped cause my tush never even got sore! once it kicked in it wasn't so bad, I actually got decent sleep and never needed all the pillows and such I had brought into the bathroom.

It's more than 24 hours later and I still have the runs. Fingers crossed it ends soon!
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