Dinner at Lime

My Colonoscopy - Day 2

6:45 a.m. -- arrived at the hospital and signed in.

7:00 a.m. -- I was called by the nurse and escorted into the room. My W kept the book I was reading as well as my other belonging...phone, picture id.

7:15 a.m. -- Got dressed in the standard hospital gown. I was able to wear my glasses. The nurse started the IV, two drops of my blood hit the floor. Another nurse took my temperature, pulse and blood pressure.

8:30 a.m. -- I am still waiting and another patient arrived before me. I should have gone to the hospital at 6:30 a.m. so I could be first. I also should have kept my book so I could read it.

8:45 a.m. -- The nurse who would administer the anesthesia arrived. She wheeled me into the pre-operating room.

9:00 a.m. -- The doctor finally arrived. He made some small talk while the nurse gave me the demerol and another med.

10:45 a.m. -- I awoke to the face of my W. She was patiently waiting for me to wake up. I received a glass of cranberry juice and was discharged.

11:00 a.m. -- I arrived home, I feel great. I'm not tired. My D made me breakfast.

My Colonoscopy - Day 1

One Week Before: No Aspirin, Advis, Motrin, Ibruprofen, Aleve, Iron, Vioxx, Celebrex or Aspirin products. I am not using any coumadin, warfarin, plavix or any other blood thinnners. Tylenol is okay.

7:00 a.m. -- One day before the procedure: clear liquids for the entire day. Clear liquids include: white cranberry and apple juice, 7 up, ginger-ale, tea, clear chicken broth without noodles and plain jello.

I started the day with a cup of tea instead of my home brewed latte. I took my blood pressure med and cholesteral drugs with a bottle of water.

10:00 a.m. -- I had another cup of hot tea.

3:00 p.m. -- I took the two 5mg Dulcolax tablets (over the counter). My W bought a box of 50 but I only needed two. After taking these tablets, I felt fine so I went downtairs to the gym.

4:50 p.m. -- Per the doctor's instructions we purchased a bottle of MiraLAX. They didn't have a 255 gram bottle, so we purchased a 17.9 oz or 5120 gram bottle. Today, I mixed 17 cap fulls into a 64 ounce bottle of lime Gatorade. I used a glass pitcher to shake and mix it and then re-poured most of the contents into the original bottle.

5:00 p.m. -- I drank the first 8oz glass of Gatorade/MiraLax. It tasted fine. Here the instructions from here:

"Drink an 8oz glass every 10-15 minutes until the solution is gone"

5:30 p.m. -- I feel like I'm back in my younger days trying to finish a 6 pack of talls.

5:55 p.m. -- It now feels like I am on vacation in Mexico.

6:30 p.m. -- It still feels like I am on vacation. I'm just finishing up the 8oz glasses.

10 p.m. -- It still feels like I am on vacation in Mexico but I have the chills, even after taking a hot shower. I understand food warms the body, so there is probably nothing I can do.

11:59 p.m. -- I should no longer eat or drink any fluids but that's not an issue because I am asleep.

1:00 a.m. -- Got up to go to the bathroom.