Prep using colon hydrotherapy

I would like some feedback and advice from any who has used colon hydrotherapy as a prep for a colonoscopy. Was it successful?

A few years ago I found an advertisement for a hospital in the northeast that used colon hydrotherapy for prep. I was scheduled for a colonscopy so I called the doctor's nurse and ask if I could use colon hydrotherapy for prep and she said NO. So I drank the crap. I had a colonscopy last fall and decided I am never having another one unless I can use colon hydrotherapy for prep. The stuff I had to drink was the nastiest stuff I ever put in my mouth and I am never doing that again.

A few years ago I found an advertisement for a hospital in the northeast that used colon hydrotherapy for prep. I was scheduled for a colonscopy so I called the doctor's nurse and ask if I could use colon hydrotherapy for prep and she said NO. So I drank the crap. I had a colonscopy last fall and decided I am never having another one unless I can use colon hydrotherapy for prep. The stuff I had to drink was the nastiest stuff I ever put in my mouth and I am never doing that again.

Don’t skip out on colon screening just because you didn’t like the taste of the prep. Tell your doc of your concern and ask for an alternate prep…there are more than one available. My last prep involved drinking a lot of lemon flavored polyglycol solution. It wasn’t at all nasty, just filling and the effects didn’t last all that long.

Last couple of times for me I skipped the prescription preps and did the one with Miralax and Gatorade. Not tasty per se, but effective enough and way better than the prescription. No coaching from the doc about the prep not being sufficient.

That said, using colonics for prep is now an option many docs will sign off on of done in a hospital. I looked into it, and it was too far for me, but the equipment looked no different than typical open system colonic equipment (LIBBE, Angel of Water, etc.). I'm sure insurance won't pay for it, and more expensive than other prep alternatives.

I have a sensitive stomach and I knew I couldn’t keep the massive fluids down that were required for my first colonoscopy. To make matters worse, my copay for the prep was $75. A lot to pay for something I would throw up. A friend that has annual colonoscopies suggested the Miralax prep. So I fasted for 2 days, did Miralax and enemas. All turned out well. Three years ago, I had my second colonoscopy with a new doctor. I expressed my concerns with the required prep and he said they used a new prep that was mixed with 8 oz of water, followed by 16 more oz. of water. The taste wasn’t bad at all. It worked within 20 min.

Rigel,

I appreciate your encouragement but over the years I have had several different preps. To me they were all awful. So unless I can do a prep with enemas or a colonic, I am never doing another colonoscopy.