Colonoscopy Prep-NO results!!?

I have a colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow morning.  I began the prep today by following all the directions.

I had a bowel movement this morning before i started.

I took the pills at 12 noon as directed.  The directions say that you should go between 1-6hrs of taking the pills.  I went a very small amount after 6hrs.  At 6pm as directed I drank the solution.  You are supposed to start going within 1 hr of finishing the drink which i finished at 7pm, as directed.

I have NOT gone to the bathroom,  It has been 1.5hrs now.

What to do?? Anyone experience this?

Thank you

I was never given pills to take.  But i was given 2 gallons of that nasty stuff to drink in two days.  It had me going to the bathroom alot but it was mostly liquid. But I'm not regular to begin with.  How regular are you?  Maybe you are already pretty clean to begin with. 

i suffer from constipation which is why im getting it done. 

but nothing-not even just liquid "poop" coming out, like nothing at all?

i drank the entire vile thing.  I'm not having some tea and italian ices-allowed "foods".

???

thanks

hmmmm,  I don't know why then.   You could also just have a delayed reaction to it and may see some later.   I suggest telling the nurse and your doctor about you lack of bowel movements tomorrow when you go in.  The procedure is harmless and it's done before you know it.  I can't think of why you haven't really gone to the bathroom yet.

i dont know why either but thank you.

i think ill call the doctor, the drink is awful, i dont want to have done it for nothing!

I had a similar problem last fall when I was doing the prep for a colonoscopy.  I drank the stuff all day and nothing happened....until around 9pm and then it seemed to be never ending and I didn't get into bed until after midnight. 

KS- hi, how long did it take between finishing the liquid and when you started to finally go?  its been going on 3 hrs for me.

i spoke to the doctor on-call.  he told me to take 2 Dulcolax (an over the counter laxative), which i just did, and if I don't go by 4:30 am, that i need to go and pick up another gallon of the liquid w hich he called in to the pharmacy for me.  i really don't wantto have to do that!!!??

I've had two colonoscop...ies?  -pi?  I'm not sure what the plural is.  I had no problems going, and going, and going.  By the time I started the liquid, I had had a couple bms.  It took about an hour after starting the liquid and I was then totally miserable. 

I hope it works for you!  That drink is vile...

Call your doctor immediately - I was given dulcolax suppositories once (constipation problem, I actually also have a colonoscopy scheduled for next week) and I didn't poop from it so I called my college infirmary and they took me straight to the hospital.

Go to your appointment anyway... they should be able to still do the test, and they'll ask you if you have a bowel movement. They won't blame you for anything - and perhaps this will help them know a bit more about what's going on - maybe a blockage, or gastroparesis.

I once did the prep for a test, drank the stuff, nothing happened. So I took the ducolax pills I was supposed to take at bedtime - and began vomiting up endless mucus, because the pills hadn't reached my intestines, but stayed in my stomach. I had to go to the ER at midnight and get an IV of antivomiting medication, it was like the freaking exorcist. And then, at 8 am, they sent me in a shuttle to the other hospital for my test, where they didn't seem to care about the prep working.

ugh, well i wentto the Dr. they started had to abbort bc i wasn't fully emptied out so now i have to do the whole damn thing again next month, but double the dosage!

thing is, 1pm, i started to finally go.  im going to tell the doctor and maybe see if i cant take the liwuid earlier in the day bc i have a slow colon, obviously, and that if i do it earlier, maybe by the appt the next morning ill be emptied out.

i cant believe i need to do it again and DOUBLE the drink!!

I feel your pain,  that's why my doc had me drink 2 gallons and not only 1 so that we wouldn't run into that problem.  Sorry to hear it didn't go well for you.  My gastrologist also had me taking 3 to 6  tablespoons of milk of magnesia a day a few weeks before my procedure.  Ask you doc if there is anything else you can do in the weeks before your procedure to help.

ANGEL- omg!! ugh, im so sorry!    you said you drank it over the entire day the 2 gallons instead of 1 cup every 2 days?  also, i cant eat 2 days before the test instead of 1 day like this time.  didn't you starve??  how did you drink 2 gallons, this sucks!!??

I had to drink a gallon a day.   My procedure was done on a Wednesday.  From Monday at 12pm until after my procedure on wednesday I was only able to eat jello, clear chicken broth, and drink clear drinks like 7 up and ginger ale.  Itreally sucked.  i ate so much jello.  On monday  from like 2pm to 6 or 7 I had to drink the first gallon.  I tried to space it out to a cup every 20 or 30 mins until the gallon was gone.  They told me I could add Country Time Lemonade powder into it to help with the taste or add ginger ale to it.  It really  didn't help too much with the taste.  And then on Tuesday it was the same thing all over again. 

Blerg! I can't beleive they wouldn't do it!

They gave me some flavor powder to put in it - i picked lime. Just don't stop drinking - have a glass of it in your hand at all times. If you ever learned how to chug beer, that would be the time to put that skill to good use. When you absolutely can't keep drinking it, put a timer on every two minutes to remind you to take a drink.

I'm so, so sorry you have to do it all over....

MEL-yup, i picked lime and chugged, til about the last glass or 2 i was alrt, then it started coming back up but i just swallowed, so gross but i didnt want to mess it up.

ANGEL-my doctor was so vague and gave me no directions.  just that i had to do d ouble the amount of the drink, never said anything about 1 on 1 day and 1 the next.  this time i took HalfLytely, the next time its the larger dose and called GoLytlely.

i had enough ices and jello for the rest of my life, all lemon flavored which i hate bc you cant have anything red.  2 days, im going to go nuts bc im not eating i dont do anything and i just laid around the house bored out of my head, ya know??

me again-

so the effects kicked in today, about 11am and 11hrs too late.  basically all day, no matter what i eat, it goes right through me.

i'm wondering if yesterday all i had was soda, ices, and jello, and today im eating but its all going right through me, is my body absorbing anything or am i in a major calorie deficit?  should i make sure to really eat a lot the next day to make up for this?  (im not trying to lose weight)

thanks

Maybe try supplementing with an Ensure or Boost - they're high-calorie enough so that you should absorb something. But you should also call your doc. Poor you, dude!

thanks MEL!

i dont have any of those drinks but i obviously have food, lol.  i just don't know, when you keep going to the bathroom does the food that passes through leave anything behind, when it goes through so fast? 

now that i think about it, all food passes through you and you get the calories, i suppose that the speed that it passes through shouldnt matter so then yes, i am still absorbing what i eat, i think...?

Agruskin, of course, your body is going to absorb what you eat :)) I have had the exact experience and I was suffering from constipation. It is good that you go to the bathroom because when you don't, it is bad news. 

when will you go for the colonoscopy? you will be fine. trust me on this. it is way better than the barum anama test. ( spelling). I have had both.  since you go to the bathroom a lot, try to stay away from natural laxatives. e.g: prunes or prune juice. 

you need to cleanse your colon so your doctor can see what the cause of your problems:) 

good luck

SAFINA- hi, i went this morning for the colonsocopy, unfortunately, the laxative thing didnt lick in til after and they had to abort it.  im normally constipated.  i have to go back and do the test again, drink 2 gallons of the liquid, not eat 2 days...

i was just wondering if since yesterday i ate only ices+jello, today im eating but im constantly going to the bathroom so i was wondering if im now in a huge deficit or something, if the food's calories are absorbed even if it goes straight through, but i suppose they are?