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I've had several colonoscopies, and I'm sure your doctor intends for you to drink the whole bottle. It's very salty tasting, and I had problems getting it down the first few times until I found easier ways to drink it. Here's the best ways that I've found: 1) Put the bottle in the freezer for a couple hours beforehand so that it is really really cold. You can hold your nose and take a long swig, and then have a strongly flavored chaser ready so that you can quickly take a drink to cover the taste. 2) If you've got the lemony flavored phospho-soda, try mixing it with "Simply Lemon" lemonade to help in drinking. The lemonade mixes well with the flavor of the phospho-soda, and makes it almost tolerable.

I had an appt at the St. Francis (IN) Bariatric Center last week, and have the all day seminar next week where I'll speak to a dietician, an internal med doctor, meet the surgeon, and find out all about the surgery. I'm at 39.6 BMI, so I've decided try to gain 4 pounds before the seminar on Monday, so that I'll be right at a 40 BMI. For those of you with Federal Employee Blue Cross Basic Option, how hard was it to get approved? How long was the approval process? What was required for approval? Any info is much appreciated! I'd love to be able to have surgery on spring break in March since I was already planning on being off work.