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I am scheduled for a colonoscopy today and I am still pooping the morning of the colonoscopy. Is this normal? What do I do? It is normal. For piece of mind, you can wear a diaper to the surgery center.
There are 3 ways to clean out the colon before colonoscopy. Most people now use the split dose regimen for colonoscopy. It has been shown in multiple studies to be superior to the day before regimen in cleaning out the colon. In the split-dose regimen, half of the bowel cleansing agent is taken the night before the colonoscopy. The second half of the bowel cleansing agent is taken 4-5 hours before your colonoscopy.
Patients on the split-dose regimen are particularly worried about pooping the morning of the colonoscopy. If the colonoscopy is scheduled in the morning, they have to wake up in the middle of the night to take the second dose.
Still pooping morning of colonoscopy [Take Home Points]
- The less food you eat before your prep, the less you have to poop.
- Leave the worry behind. Take your bowel cleansing agent as instructed by your doctor.
- Towards the end, your poop will be clear yellow and less odorous.
- To protect yourself and reduce your fear, wear a diaper to the surgery center.
- Research showed that loperamide (Imodium) can reduce stool in the first portion of the colon (cecum). However, imodium is not routinely recommended after finishing your bowel cleansing agent.
- If you are worried about stool remaining in your colon, don’t be. The colonoscope can suction any remaining fluid or stool. Most of the time, remaining stool can be flushed with water and suctioned.
- Most surgery centers have diapers they can give you to wear after your colonoscopy.
- Never let the fear of still pooping morning of colonoscopy discourage you. Colonoscopy saves lives.
Suggested Reading
- Diarrhea after colonoscopy or no stool after colonoscopy.
- Poop. Everything you want to know but too shy to ask.
- All your colonoscopy questions answered.
- How to spot a complication after colonoscopy.
Sadly, my colonoscopy was cut short because there was still poop in the “mid-section”. I pooped on the recovery table and was not given a diaper to wear. Then pooped myself shortly after I got home. Am not pleased. I now have to go through it all again in 3 months, the next time having a 2 day cleanse.
I had the Dulcolax, then Miralax in Gatorade, then Dulcolax prep. I followed all directions. It worked 9 years ago but not this time. The only difference in prep was that this time I was given an anti-nausea medication, Ondansetron 4mg. Took one tablet one hour before Miralax.
If you have any suggestions for a better outcome, pun not intended, I would appreciate.
Read https://bowelprepguide.com/bowel-cleansing-regimen-for-patients-with-previous-inadequate-bowel-prep/
Read https://bowelprepguide.com/prep-for-colonoscopy/
Read https://bowelprepguide.com/how-to-hack-your-colonoscopy/
Good luck!
Same exact thing here. Postponement was threatened in favor of the gallon of GoLightly. If she hadn’t gone through with it, I wouldn’t have done it again. I pooped on the table afterward also when eliminating air that was instilled. By that time, I didn’t give a sh×t anymore. 😩
I am scheduled for a colonoscopy next week, my consern is drinking the gallon of golightly. I read the warning: it said that if you have kidney disease or cronic constipation it could make it worse. I am 72 years old and I have stage 3 kidney disease and cronic constipation. I drink very little water and drinking a gallon of golightly has scared me enough to cancell my colonoscopy. I need advise to decide what I will do.