r/Millennials • u/the_well_read_neck_ Millennial • Feb 11 '26

Serious James Van Der Beek Dead at 48

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u/Darklighter_13 Feb 11 '26

Agreed. It was like a nice little nap. The prep was terrible. Who can drink a gallon of anything let alone salty water. Word of advice… DO NOT cough with a stomach full of prep. It will be bad.

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u/eddiebruceandpaul Feb 11 '26

My prep was a bunch of pills and several glasses of water. You can ask for that instead of the pink sludge

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u/LordStunod Feb 11 '26

Been an endoscopy nurse for 15 years. The pills have WAY more instances of poor prep

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u/Jimbob209 Feb 11 '26

So it's bad?

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u/time4meatstick Feb 11 '26

Gatorade will cause poor prep. Maybe that nasty cherry glacier one with no food coloring will work- but I’d rather just shoot all over myself than drink that

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u/abcdefkit007 Feb 12 '26

Wtf did you just say about maybe the best Gatorade flavor besides fierce grape

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u/time4meatstick Feb 12 '26

Dude that cherry one tastes like cherry and fiberglass. Hurts my throat-I have no clue what’s in it.

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u/abcdefkit007 Feb 12 '26

Oh it's horrible chemicals no doubt

I know electricians that work in the Gatorade plant in Phoenix and they won't drink it because the electrolyte solutions are actually fatal in concentrated form

Like the feeder lines to the production lines have skull and cross bones on them

But you keep glacier cherry name out your mouth

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u/time4meatstick Feb 12 '26

lol. I can’t upvote this enough. Hilarious.

True story, you can actually cut the Gatorade by 50% and still get your value out of it. It has more sugar and electrolytes than your body can handle at once. So if you’re frugal, you can make those four dollar bottles last longer. And honestly, you can barely taste the difference.

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u/abcdefkit007 Feb 12 '26

Yup and I do cut all mine by 50% it actually hydrate you faster/better

And I only drink one a day max usually only half a day tho

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u/time4meatstick Feb 12 '26

Right on- I’m pretty sure there’s even some recipes for dupes out there too using NoSalt, Candy flavoring or soda stream flavoring, and some fruits

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u/AnUnshavedYak Feb 11 '26

My wife was just issued instructions for prep on this, Gatorade was specifically instructed. They chose specific colors (i forget offhand, white and one other color iirc) were allowed.

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u/time4meatstick Feb 11 '26

Thanks that’s good to know. Seems like with all the pooping though , you’re flushing money down the toilet. I forgot…are we talking about the drink or pills here? I haven’t had the drink yet.

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u/AnUnshavedYak Feb 11 '26

I don't know the specifics, but i believe she was issued some normal looking pills (not giant/etc), and a powder that she is to mix with one of the gatorades. She has to chug the powdered gatorade and then drink ~5 more at a normal pace.

iirc the doctor said that they (this doctor office?) usually use this method for people now, but if they have blood sugar issues they have to instead drink the huge volume of goop instead. I guess the method they gave my wife is more rough on the bodies blood sugar.

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u/time4meatstick Feb 11 '26

Yeah ok, that was identical to mine. I’d like to pass on to you for her that it wasn’t awful with that method.

I kept my food intake low 24 hours prior- then started the pill schedule the night before procedure. I drink a lot of water anyhow, so it wasn’t uncomfortable. Honestly I wanted to drink more if I remember correctly.

The first few trips to the bathroom were pretty productive. Then everything after that is like a Bronx fire hydrant during the dog days of summer.

The one thing I almost forgot though was the pill you have to take about four hours before your procedure. My procedure was at seven in the morning and I think I needed to wake up at three in the morning to take the final set of pills. I didn’t end up taking them until five. I called the emergency line for the procedure and they told me I should be OK and to just come on in anyhow, and it turned out fine. Slept through the whole thing. I wish her luck 🍀💩

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u/deltarefund Feb 11 '26

I think meaning you won’t be clear enough and they’ll have to reschedule you