Julie, there are some procedures that turn out to be a nightmare, seems you have just been through one of them. I guess if the colonoscopy is important you will have to eventually reschedule. Maybe next time make plans for everything to be disposable to cut down on what you have to do.

I think you could consult someone about how to cope with the dehydration during the process. As it is a common test this problem must have arisen before.

Sue.

Julie,

what a nightmare. They should have kept the appt. Larry was all ready clean. Why more miralax and ducolax?

I would be hrd pressed to do that again.

Ruth

Jules: I thought about what we talked about and ran it by my co=workers. Based on your and my experience, it makes sense that the immobile, less motile stroke patient would require a more aggressive cleaning out protocol.

As you and I talked, these Docs only consider their own specialty. They do not look at the whole picture, let alone the caregiver who has to manage all this.

So you reschedule for a cooler time of year, you demand an aggressive protocol for the cleaning out and you want the appointment for the first thing in the morning. Yes, you will wait. This is, afterall, elective.

Here I am telling you to get the Cit of Mag, you make a special trip, get it and Doc orders more Miralax. For that I am so sorry. I only pray that he rested, hydrated and you both had good long naps.

You can be sure I will be writing to Bruce's GI about these very issues. Ridiculous! Best, Debbie

Jules: I thought about what we talked about and ran it by my co=workers. Based on your and my experience, it makes sense that the immobile, less motile stroke patient would require a more aggressive cleaning out protocol.

As you and I talked, these Docs only consider their own specialty. They do not look at the whole picture, let alone the caregiver who has to manage all this.

 

So you reschedule for a cooler time of year, you demand an aggressive protocol for the cleaning out and you want the appointment for the first thing in the morning. Yes, you will wait. This is, afterall, elective.

 

Here I am telling you to get the Cit of Mag, you make a special trip, get it and Doc orders more Miralax. For that I am so sorry. I only pray that he rested, hydrated and you both had good long naps.

 

You can be sure I will be writing to Bruce's GI about these very issues. Ridiculous! Best, Debbie

Debbie, I talked to the GI Dr. today. Larry suggested he take some Immodium as he was still "running" this afternoon. She said that was okay. Isn't it funny that Larry has to be his own doctor. Ha! I did mention that Larry did not have this problem before with the prep but that he had a stroke last year. She said something like "yes, that would affect his motile" (I think she said) I thought "well, you knew he had the stroke". All this work and mess and didn't get the job done. I was so mad. We did go in later and get Larry's blood tests finished for the hematologist. I hope we can get back to normal now!

Thanks again for your help.

Julie

Julie, I can't imagine! They wanted to give Dan a colonoscopy earlier this year because of his colitis. I didn't refuse but I did say really??? He's hemiplegic, can't get on and off the toilet on his own let alone hold it until he gets there. They suggested doing it as an inpatient procedure so I said go for it. It turned out that the colitis got the better of him before the colonoscopy ever became reality.

You might ask them about an inpatient procedure. It can never hurt to ask!

MJ