GoLYTELY - the prep to move what doesn't want to move.
They should change the name. GoLYTELY is misleading.
Without this dreaded prep, a colonoscopy is like driving the long and winding roads to Hana in the dark with one headlight.
I will not tell you what it tastes like, but I will say it does not get any better each time taken.
The prep is also used to prepare one for the worst. You have to be able to take down the prep but also the bad news that may come after.
Go on and get it over with.
Radiation and chemotherapy are up to the patient to be patient.
The actual procedure of a colonoscopy is not so bad.
Doctors see the inside of you through a flexible fiber-optic tube with a camera.
Recently, I was partially awake. I saw what was what on the monitor.
The part that many fear is getting the results - good or bad.
After given my diagnosis, I just said to my doctor, "Thank you."
I live with it. I can laugh about it and go on.
After my second and ending recently with my sixth procedure, when I was told each time all clear. No polyps and no return.
One word of advice. Once you tasted GoLYTELY, your taste for sodas should stop. GoLYTELY or go soda?
Think of it as punishment when you drink soda.
Drink water daily and you may GoLYTELY once and, believe me, once is enough.
Michael Matoi
Kahului
