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I have to have one looking for cancer. Going for consult next week. New dr, never have been to him and not sure if he is familiar with bariatric patients, his website and his prep for them well, are things that I can't drink according to my surgeon like carbonated drinks. I see my surgeon on Thurs for a ck'up and to discuss my procedure this gastro dr and my lap band surgeon suggests drinking 2 bottles of magnesium citrate and pills, are the pills hard to swallow? and I'm sorry but the mag cit is nasty and my gag reflex is sensitive, I just know I will gag on this this stuff but the procedure has to be done. Has anyone had this done after lapband and if so what was your prep?

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I had to have a colonoscopy done and my GI Dr just had me drinking the drink thru out the day instead of in a few hours.

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thanks Traci.

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Prepare yourself and make it easier. You know the day of the colonoscopy, a day or two before procedure start eating Protein shakes at every meal. Get yourself to liquids, light Soups, this will make it better overall. The magnesium citratecan be taken 2-3 days ahead as to clean you out. When the doctor give you a laxative pills or liquids to take the day before, You will already be clean. This ensures a perfect picture and a good result. YOU definitely don't want to do this again. When I had mine done it was a big scare on my part but actually it was painless and very little discomfort. The hardest part is drinking the stuff to clean you which i poured in a glass and put in the freezer for 60 minutes to get it ice cold. The lemon lime or grape/cheery flavors are good.

Best wishes and good luck with procedure.

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thank you for the suggestions and well wishes I appreciate it.

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Was told not to drink the red colored laxitives. They could leave red residue and that can be mistaken for blood. Have had several of these joyful things done in the past, but not since my lap bad. Just drink the stuff slowly and the pills I was given were so small I had to put on my glasses to see them. I use them today if I am having a problem with bowel movements post surgery.

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well here's the deal, I went today to my lap band dr, thought for a fill, NOT! Was disappointed since I need one. I might add that he is a general surgeon also and he also performs colonoscopies and at first I had scheduled him to do this procedure but after weighing all options I really couldn't afford a bill from my hospital, him, the anesthesia person and anone else involved and be stuck with a few thousand dollars worth of bills since I'm only 47. The situation stands like this, I'm having issues, I have IBS and my OBGYN found somthing a couple of wks ago with my colon and said for me to get it ck'd out and my brother has colon cancer right now and the kind of cancer he has is hereditary and I am to be ck'd every 3 yrs, well my 3rd yr comes up this coming December so since I'm having issues I thought I'd go ahead and have it done. Now, today in my lap band dr's office, I told him that I found a gastro dr in a nearby city and he was fine with that but then I asked him for instructions as my lap band dr for prep of the procedure and he refused he said that he didn't want to step on any toes and for me to do whatever the other dr says do. Well the other dr has you drink 2 gallons of gunk which I will end up puking cause I did the last time and also drink a 2 ltr of ginger ale which is carbonated, hello, we can't drink that. I'm peeved. I'm also concerned that when I go in next week for a consultation whether or not he is going to be familiar with bariatric patients. I want to call my original gastro dr in Nashville just don't want to have to do the early morning drive to Nashville for the procedure and Nashville is an hr and half away. Makes me want to have my lap band dr do the thing and have it done here at home and pay whatever. Yes I have BCBS but I haven't met my deductible which is 2500.00. I don't know what to do.

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