In-office colonic before colonoscopy

Has anyone been to a dr where you were given a colonic in the office before a colonoscopy or is this never done?

The GI clinic where I had my last colonoscopy now has an adjacent office where one can get something like a colonic in place of drinking the awful prep. But you still have to take laxatives and modify the diet for a couple of days before. I asked my doctor if I could do that the next time instead of the liquid prep since I all but pass out drinking the SurePrep. But he said no, because I tend to be constipated and that prep doesn’t work as well. Time to switch doctors!

My GI doctor recommended a "Wash Out" prior to my colonoscopy last year. I agreed and it was done at a separate part of the building within the Dr's clinic. The Dr. commented after the procedure that she was surprised at how clean the colon was. The colonic was an open one, not my favorite, as I prefer the closed system, but it turned out ok.

Yes. Some years ago, I was given two Fleets before a colonoscopy.

I have done colonics as the cleansing method for two colonoscopies. The first was a private provider and I went two times prior to the procedure. My doctor gave the cleansing a B-.

The second time, my most recent, the doctor offered a "hydrocleanse" as an option to the usual nasty laxative stuff. It was done at the medical office in Philadelphia. They used an open system, not my favorite, I think the closed system is more thorough. It took about 45 minutes or so and they had my use the toilet but not flush it. It was decided that I needed additional cleanout time which was fine by me.

After that, I was taken into the procedure room. For my last two colonoscopies I opted not to have any sedation. This time the doctor took his time getting past the sigmoid colon and it was not painful at all. Wish I could say the same for getting past the bend into the transverse colon and the one to the descending colon but it wasn't too awful. Nice to just get up and drive home afterwards. I would definite recommend skipping the sedation.