Posts Tagged: stuff



Posts Tagged ‘stuff’

How does barium sulfate taste compared to the halflytley stuff they give you for a colonoscopy?

I had crohns disease, and I had already had the colonoscopy, and I now need an Upper GI series via barium swallow. The liquid I drank to clear my system before the colonoscopy was disgusting, and I barely was able to drink it all without throwing up. I am now nervous about the barium, and [...]

Colonoscopy preparation – how does that stuff clean you out so much???

During my colonoscopy preparation, I did the fasting and took the laxatives no problem, but drinking that 2 gallon mixture was horrible. How does all that liquid that you drink end up coming out through your colon and not just making you urinate, like when you drink a regular glass of water???