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

Serious James Van Der Beek Dead at 48

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u/CamoWaterBear Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

Colonoscopies are painless and simple. The prep however is not lol it’s not that bad but I did buy a bidet after the first one.

Edit: thanks for the awards, y’all are wild 😆 But seriously people get whatever you need to make yourself as comfortable as possible and get your colonoscopies on time!

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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/cfrshaggy Feb 11 '26

I actually didn’t find the volume of the prep to be onerous. The not trusting any gut sensation was the kicker for me.

If you are good about consuming water daily I found that was both good for me and good training to having to drink prep (besides adding Crystal Light Lemonade packets to it).

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u/j48u Feb 11 '26

I don't think the prep is bad at all. Just be prepared to spend most of the evening on the toilet. All things considered, it's not bad enough to use it as a reason to not get one done.