Day 81: And that, Jimmy, is the tale of my very first colonoscopy.

The dreaded day has come.....the cleanse!! We travelled down to Ann Arbor, because I was NOT doing this while traveling. We booked a room, and I did my cleanse at the Holiday Inn. LOL! I was starving, and that damn headache was still present. I felt awful before I even started. The solution tasted horrible, but the first 3, cups went down pretty good. Then after that I had a hard time keeping it down. It would go down, and then come back up. Then 2.5 hours in to it nothing is happening. I'm thinking, is something wrong? People said you'd be running to the bathroom. And be sitting on the toilet a lot. Hmmmm. I had just 3 more glasses to drink, and I needed some motivation, so my motivation was coffee. If I could get these gone, then I could have some coffee!! Well, I finally drank them, and got most to stay down. I had my coffee, and then holy crap!! Coffee does make you poop!!! Hahaha!!! I guess all the horrible stories you hear about colonoscopy's are not entirely true! The only horrible thing about it is drinking the solution. I have a sensitive stomach, so maybe someone that can hold their fluids down better, could do this with ease! It really wasn't bad other than drinking that horrible solution, and the not eating did suck, that was the second horrible thing. But I did have a basket full of stuff ready for this cleanse, and I stopped eating Sunday night, and started a liquid diet on Monday that was Boost, jello, and chicken broth. Tuesday I ate nothing. So I think that made the cleanse go faster.

Here's a list of things that are great to have if you are having a colonoscopy.
-clear beverages: water, gatorade-lemon lime, orange, or the white kind, Sprite/7-Up, white grape juice, coffee.

-Flushable wipes, & Clorox wipes

-Vaseline, or some kind of baby butt cream.

-Air freshener or candle

-Toilet paper....but I recommend not to use unless its some good stuff...with lotion. lol

-Magazines, your phone, something to keep you occupied, while occupied. haha!

-Pads-just a precaution! Don't ever trust that fart...or laugh....or cough. lol

-Extra underwear- just a precaution! Never know if you'll poop your pants. Might just want a whole change of clothes.

*I'm sure I was overly prepared, but I don't think that way. I try to prepare for it all. I'm an over packer anyways.*