What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to take 25 gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but the potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from veggies, nuts, berries etc, but I guess it's not consistently enough every day. Anyone have any other natural foods that are LC that I could incorporate?
-- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories
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What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to take 25 gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but the potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from veggies, nuts, berries etc, but I guess it's not consistently enough every day. Anyone have any other natural foods that are LC that I could incorporate?
jk wrote: :: What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to :: take 25 gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any :: possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but the :: potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from :: veggies, nuts, berries etc, but I guess it's not consistently enough :: every day. Anyone have any other natural foods that are LC that I :: could incorporate? ::
Ground flax. Outside of veggies and nuts, I'm not sure what else qualifies. LC tortillas and bread make good sources, too.
:: -- :: JK Sinrod :: Sinrod Stained Glass Studios :: www.sinrodstudios.com :: Coney Island Memories :: www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories
Psyllium Husk Powder(The effective ingredient in Metamucil)
Serving Size: 1 level TBSP Amount Per Serving % Daily Value Calories 34 Total Carbohydrates 8 g 3%* Dietary Fiber 6.7 g 27%*
The carbohydrate content is mostly undigestible dietary fiber and just passes through the digestive tract. Not a bad deal. I take two servings a day, morning and evening.
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What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to take 25 gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but the potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from veggies, nuts, berries etc, but I guess it's not consistently enough every day. Anyone have any other natural foods that are LC that I could incorporate?
-- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories
I think you need to do some serious research. You might find a better plan for handling your pre-diverticuli.
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What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to take 25 gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but the potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from veggies, nuts, berries
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but I guess it's not consistently enough every day. Anyone have any other natural foods that are LC that I could incorporate?
-- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories
Psyllium Husk Powder(The effective ingredient in Metamucil)
Serving Size: 1 level TBSP Amount Per Serving % Daily Value Calories 34 Total Carbohydrates 8 g 3%* Dietary Fiber 6.7 g 27%*
The carbohydrate content is mostly undigestible dietary fiber and just passes through the digestive tract. Not a bad deal. I take two servings a day, morning and evening.
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What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to take 25 gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but the potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from veggies, nuts, berries etc, but I guess it's not consistently enough every day. Anyone have any other natural foods that are LC that I could incorporate?
-- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories
Hey jk, how difficult was the colonoscopy to go through? I'm having my first one done December 20th (Merry Christmas!) and am more than a bit apprehensive. I hate having any procedure where I'm given a general anesthetic.
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What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to take
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gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but the potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from veggies, nuts, berries etc, but I guess it's not consistently enough every day. Anyone have any
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natural foods that are LC that I could incorporate?
Hey jk, how difficult was the colonoscopy to go through? I'm having my first one done December 20th (Merry Christmas!) and am more than a bit apprehensive. I hate having any procedure where I'm given a general anesthetic.
Peter
I had the first one 5 years ago in hospital because of insurance constraints, and they removed suspicious pollups, so I needed a followup. This one was done in the docs office with an anesthesiologist there. It is such a snap, you don't know that anything happened. I asked for the lightest possible meds. I actually woke up during the exam and was watching it on the monitor until I fell back asleep. When it's over there is ZERO pain or discomfort, as if nothing happened at all.
-- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories
marengo wrote: :: "jk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message :: news:[email hidden]... ::: What a title huh? Just had a colonoscopy and my doc wants me to ::: take 25 gm of Metamucil a day for the rest of my life to avoid any ::: possible complications due to diaverticuli. All is fine now, but ::: the potential is there he says. I think I eat alot of fiber from ::: veggies, nuts, berries etc, ::: but I guess it's not consistently enough every day. Anyone have any ::: other natural foods that are LC that I could incorporate? ::: ::: -- ::: JK Sinrod ::: Sinrod Stained Glass Studios ::: www.sinrodstudios.com ::: Coney Island Memories ::: www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories ::: :: :: Hey jk, how difficult was the colonoscopy to go through? I'm having :: my first one done December 20th (Merry Christmas!) and am more than :: a bit apprehensive. I hate having any procedure where I'm given a :: general anesthetic. ::
I had one a few years back right before I found out I had diverticulosis. The worst part about the procedure is drinking this [censored] they give you - in my case it was called "Golitely" or something like that. Yeah, the idea is you keep going until you "run" litely, and I don't mean back and forth, either. They give you like a gallon of this [censored] and you have to drink a glass every 10 minutes. The taste is awful and you're so busy going that you can't keep up with the drinking schedule (but you really need to down it all).
As for going under...well, I'm on the table thinking "this [censored] ain't gonna work on me". Yeah. Then it got hard to concentrate. I remember waking up once seeing the doctor and nurse standing behind me. Next time I woke up it was over. That part was easy.
Stir it in 8-12 oz water and drink it down. Be sure to get the powder. You have to stir a bit since it tends to initially clump. (Metamucil solves that with high carbohydrate additives which I want to avoid.) I buy mine at Vitacost.com. It's very reasonably priced at that website.
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Psyllium Husk Powder(The effective ingredient in Metamucil)
Serving Size: 1 level TBSP Amount Per Serving % Daily Value Calories 34 Total Carbohydrates 8 g 3%* Dietary Fiber 6.7 g 27%*
How do you eat it daily?
-- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories
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Hey jk, how difficult was the colonoscopy to go through? I'm having my first one done December 20th (Merry Christmas!) and am more than a bit apprehensive. I hate having any procedure where I'm given a general anesthetic.
Peter
I haven't had a colonoscopy, but my husband and sister both have. They didn't have a "general anesthetic" per se, but they were pretty out of it (think twilight sleep vs. total anesthesia. It's more of a heavy sedation than anesthetic. I think your doctor will work with you, if you let her/him know about your apprehensions. They an drug you as little or as much as you want, really. If you prefer to be totally conscious with just enough drug to keep you comfortable, then you need to tell them that. And, during the procedure, if you want more sedation than you're getting, you need to speak up. Your the boss. The doctor works for you. Make your wishes be known.
All in all, from everyone I've spoken to, it's the prep that's worse than the actual procedure. I'm sure it'll go fine for you.
Lee wrote: || || All in all, from everyone I've spoken to, it's the prep || that's worse || than the actual procedure. I'm sure it'll go fine for you. || || Lee
IMHO, The prep from hell -- Diet is pretty limited starting the day before, mostly clear liquids. Then the have you drink this stuff I can not think of the name of right now. The end result is a very intense relationship with the local commode.
Hey jk, how difficult was the colonoscopy to go through?
I'm having my first on Friday (whee!) and the prep isn't as bad as it used to be, supposedly. Yes, I'm going to spend the night on the commode, but I only have to drink 8 ounces of ginger ale (yuck, and sugar) with 1 1/2 ounces of the medication, not the gallon or so it used to be. Also, I remember a friend phasing out various foods. I can't take aspirin or ibuprofen this week (although I can take Tylenol), but I don't have to limit my diet until Thursday. I can handle a 24-hour liquid diet. I have about a 1/2 gallon of chicken broth set aside for the occasion.
I'm asking for maximum anesthesia. A friend is taking off the day from work in order to drive me home, and I want to make it worth her while.
Daria 166/under 145/under 145 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04
I had one a few years back right before I found out I had diverticulosis. The worst part about the procedure is drinking this [censored] they give you -
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my case it was called "Golitely" or something like that. Yeah, the idea
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you keep going until you "run" litely, and I don't mean back and forth, either. They give you like a gallon of this [censored] and you have to drink a glass every 10 minutes. The taste is awful and you're so busy going that you can't keep up with the drinking schedule (but you really need to down
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work on me". Yeah. Then it got hard to concentrate. I remember waking up once seeing the doctor and nurse standing behind me. Next time I woke up
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was over. That part was easy.
Good news! Now you only have to drink two doses of Fleets Phospho soda. (It's awful but you can drink it all down quickly). One the night before, and one the morning of. Not nearly as bad as the old gallon of salt water! I only paid a few visits to the bathroom after each dose. Call me nuts but I wanted a really light sedation to watch it on the monitor, and not have the aftereffects of a heavy dose.
-- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios http://www.sinrodstudios.com/ Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories/
Lee wrote: || || All in all, from everyone I've spoken to, it's the prep || that's worse || than the actual procedure. I'm sure it'll go fine for you. || || Lee
IMHO, The prep from hell -- Diet is pretty limited starting the day before, mostly clear liquids. Then the have you drink this stuff I can not think of the name of right now. The end result is a very intense relationship with the local commode.
Exactly so. Important safety tip - even if you normally buy whatever is the cheapest toilet paper on sale, for this time only it's so worth it to buy a 4 pack of the good stuff.
IME the procedure itself wasn't bad at all. Versed makes me happy and I mostly remember wanting to ask what the little things that look like strawberry seeds were on the monitor, but no one seemed to be paying attention.
The prep is by far the worst part.
Martha
-- "ALPO is 99 cents a can. That's over SEVEN dog dollars!!" Revek - ASDLC
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Hey jk, how difficult was the colonoscopy to go through? I'm having my first one done December 20th (Merry Christmas!) and am more than a bit apprehensive. I hate having any procedure where I'm given a general anesthetic.
Peter
I haven't had a colonoscopy, but my husband and sister both have. They didn't have a "general anesthetic" per se, but they were pretty out of it (think twilight sleep vs. total anesthesia. It's more of a heavy sedation than anesthetic. I think your doctor will work with you, if you let her/him know about your apprehensions. They an drug you as little or as much as you want, really. If you prefer to be totally conscious with just enough drug to keep you comfortable, then you need to tell them that. And, during the procedure, if you want more sedation than you're getting, you need to speak up. Your the boss. The doctor works for you. Make your wishes be known.
All in all, from everyone I've spoken to, it's the prep that's worse than the actual procedure. I'm sure it'll go fine for you.
Lee
Larry had one. He got Versed. It is a sedative with amnesiac affects. One can follow directions and be kind of awake, but they don't remember what they said, what was asked, or any discompfort if they were sedated enough. Now the prep is, well ......... "Go Lightly" enema in a jug LOL. Make sure you have lots of magazines in the bathroom!!! It tastes better cold too. Laureen
JK@work wrote: ::: I had one a few years back right before I found out I had ::: diverticulosis. The worst part about the procedure is drinking this ::: [censored] they give you - in my case it was called "Golitely" or ::: something like that. Yeah, the idea is you keep going until you ::: "run" litely, and I don't mean back and forth, either. They give ::: you like a gallon of this [censored] and you have to drink a glass every ::: 10 minutes. The taste is awful and you're so busy going that you ::: can't keep up with the drinking schedule (but you really need to ::: down it all). ::: ::: As for going under...well, I'm on the table thinking "this [censored] ::: ain't gonna work on me". Yeah. Then it got hard to concentrate. I ::: remember waking up once seeing the doctor and nurse standing behind ::: me. Next time I woke up it was over. That part was easy. ::: ::: ::: :: :: Good news! Now you only have to drink two doses of Fleets Phospho :: soda. (It's awful but you can drink it all down quickly). One the :: night before, and one the morning of. Not nearly as bad as the old :: gallon of salt water! I only paid a few visits to the bathroom after :: each dose. Call me nuts but I wanted a really light sedation to :: watch it on the monitor, and not have the aftereffects of a heavy :: dose. ::
Personally, I was too worried about how it would feel to want to watch on a damn monitor. Now, I did ask if they had video tape 🙂.
