Cleaner gu exam?

I am going to be undergoing some rectal exams soon. I don't really want the doctor to find alot of matter up there. Does anyone have suggestions (like diet or something) for me to keep the poo to a minimum?

Thanks!

An enema or 2 the day before will probably do you just fine. A few quarts of warm water with salt + baking soda should flush you out and keep you "clean" for a couple days.

This is something you should be discussing with your doctor rather than opinions and suggestions found here. If the doctor wants to have the lab examine your stool there is collection process for that, otherwise when he/she is examining your rectum they are not concerned with its contents and would likely prefer to have none. However if you are undergoing tests for an inflammatory bowel condition causing diarrhea, or at the other end of the scale diagnosis of chronic constipation, the doctor may not want you to do anything that would upset the "normal" function. Before you resort to low residue diets and enemas I would suggest you obtain your doctor's blessing to do so. When the time comes they will want you to be spotless if possible, so discuss your concerns with your doctor and follow their advice.

Thanks for the replies. I'm ok! I'm going to be a simulated patient for some med students and I wanted to cut down on the embarrassment factor, that's all.

Great to hear you do not have any problems rather you are doing your part to further medical science. I'm sure everyone involved will find it to be a highly memorable event.

If you have a light lunch and skip dinner the day before, then have a Fleet enema an hour or two before your session, you should be perfectly clean for multiple digital rectal exams.

Bottoms up! 😉

Thanks DRJ, I will try that! Need to lose some weight anyway! 😃

Use a Fleet saline enema the evening before and the day of the procedure.

I would just try to have a normal bowel movement on the morning of the exam or the day before the exam...

They may want to have some stuff in the colon for stool samples...

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I'm going to be a simulated patient for some med students and I wanted to cut down on the embarrassment factor, that's all.

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Now that sounds like real fun! Can you tell us any more about your gig as a simulated patient? How did you come to sign up for this? What kinds of things are they planning on doing to you besides the rectal exams? Please tell us more.

I signed up for it because I wanted to help out and the money isn't bad. I think a lot of big cities have these programs. If you google simulated patient you can find them.

It is very interesting work. You are given a history and an illness. The student doctors have to figure out what is wrong with you. They ask about your history and then do a physical. Every thing we do is confidential so I can't get into details.

The GU exams are something else. I haven't done one of those yet. You need to be trained especially for that.

Here is an article about someone with the job:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valentina-rodriguez/medical-school----the-nut_b_523528.html

Here is another interesting link:

http://musegumbo.blogspot.com/2006/01/confessions-of-genital-teaching.html

Hope this is ok to post here. This is a list of all these kind of programs in North America:

http://www.aspeducators.org/sp-programs-around-the-world.php?areaID=1

Great links...thanks for sharing. I wish I had the guts to signup for one of those programs sometime.