Quote Originally Posted by Cerveza Fria View Post
I probably should have had one already, having recently turned 54. Was going to do it, then COVID happened. I guess I should think about scheduling it. I have just heard horror stories about the prep. I had one friend who did the prep. She showed up for the Colonoscopy, and the power was out in the facility that day. She had to reschedule.

These days, many people are doing Colonoscopy and Endoscopy at the same time. I had one friend who had both at the same time. I told him to make sure they did the Endoscopy first. Because, if they did the Colonoscopy first, it might leave a shitty taste in his mouth.
A lot of people do endoscopies without knowing why they're really doing it. Unlike a colonoscopy, which has a clear and defined purpose, endoscopies are often more probing for whatever they see.

I don't believe in diagnostic endoscopy without a good reason for one. There always a small risk to things like this. For colonoscopy after 50 (or 45 with a family history), the rewards far outweigh the risk. You definitely should schedule one.

I bet if you ask your friends with prep horror stories, they will have taken SUPREP. It seems to me that SUPREP is the biggest mistake people make. For awhile there was a belief that it was more effective than Miralax/Gatorade, but studies even dating back to the 2000s have proven otherwise.

I was told that the Miralax/Gatorade doesn't taste bad at all (it basically tastes like Gatorade), and aside from the shooting diarrhea all day and the annoying clear-liquid diet the day before (plus the 4 hours of no water before the procedure), it's not that bad. However, I've heard that people with the SUPREP were eventually puking because it tasted so terrible.

The power failure thing is a super bad beat. I would be 1000% tilted if that happened to me.