Colonoscopy Prep

Since I’m getting the related COVID test tomorrow, I went over the pre-procedure preparation instructions. On the day before the procedure, I can only have a clear liquid diet, and they want me to drink 8 oz of Gatorade every hour from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. First, that’s about 1.5 liters of fluid that I have to get rid of through dialysis, and Gatorade is high in electrolytes like potassium and phosphorus. I also have to mix 4 liters of the Golytely solution and drink 1/2 of it that night and 1/2 of it starting at 3:00 am the next morning. All together, I’m supposed to drink ~6 liters of fluids in the 12 hour before the procedure. They must not have considered fluid restrictions for dialysis patients in their instructions. Multiple people said the Golytely is to flush your digestive tract so none of it should be absorbed. That still leaves about 2 liters of extra fluid. I guess I have to stop drinking right after dialysis on Saturday and hopefully the rescheduled Monday session will be able to remove enough excess fluids. Having fluids in your chest cavity and not being able to breathe sucked.

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From this paper, it appears that the incident rate for colorectal cancer in Asian males is 37.8 per 100,000 people. That’s not very much at all but I haven’t had the greatest luck with health issues.