Yukky question -- what to make for DH who is having a colonoscopy next week?

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patbastrop

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the list of what he can eat for the next few days is chicken, fish (steamed), eggs, cheese, potatoes (no skin), no vegs, no fruits, no red meat, no grains except white bread. Tonight he ate the insides of a baked potato, sliced rotisserie chicken and apple cider. Who can live for a whole week like this?

He's going to be sick of green jello!

 
Wow, that is new?? I am old so have had three with no diet restrictions?

Just the cleansing drink and fast for 24 hours before, nothing for 12? Last one was 2007, so new one soon.
Let me think about that diet,can he have mayo or olive oil, garlic and/or onion powder or celery seeds; am thinking egg salad? Is canned tuna o.k.?
Hmmm?

 
Stuffed potatoes with cheese, etc., roasted potatoes with herbs and spices, goat cheese or cheddar

omelette, grilled cheese sandwiches, French toast, pancakes....

CHICKEN:
Casablanca Chicken (has lots of spices, such as cumin, ginger, chili powder, orange zest, etc.) (I add orange juice to this, but if he can't have it, you can leave it out).

Oven-Glazed Caribbean Chicken (has a little ketchup, garlic, ginger, coffee, rum, etc),...

Easy Orange Chicken (has fresh orange juice)

(will post any of these if he can have these ingredients).

Can he have chocolate? (just thought I'd ask) smileys/smile.gif

 
My first thought is a hot turkey sandwich over white bread with

mashed potatoes and lots of gravy, with a hot roast beef sandwich for the day after.
Spaghetti carbonara?

 
Can't help w/ the diet, that is knew to me... BUT, I found it interesting that the dr. said NO

emails, blackberry, "work" conf calls, etc for the remainder of the day. Dr said that even though dh may "feel fine" that there have been times when people say or write things they won't remember.

 
That's the versed at work..

they give you "mind-altering" substances during the procedure, one of which is an amnesiac...so you don't remember what just happened to you once the drug has worn off.

Personally, I find the concept a bit disturbing. It allows the person performing the procedure to do whatever, since you won't recall the pain and suffering later. Why can't they just be a bit more gentle?

 
I've never known anyone to have to follow that diet either, but googling shows it's standard with

some doctors. Apparently, it gives better results.

 
My doctor explained that with this sedative you can follow instructions to move slightly to make it

more comfortable or so they can see things better.

A nurse when I had my first said her son had the same stuff for some surgery, he scoffed at being driven home and having someone with him for a while and told his friend to leave. Later he did not remember leaving doctor's office or several hours when he first got home?
It has not affected me that much--seem to remember doctor talking to me about results and ride back to hotel, then a big nap.
Guess I'll find out about the diet thing in a month or so??
Nan

 
Thanks for the suggestions! I had one 5 years ago, but except for red meat and red dyes

wasn't restricted until the last 3 days before the procedure. A whole week without fruits and veggies threw me! Thanks for all your suggestions -- he is happily thinking about chicken and dumplings and french toast! The hot turkey sandwich possibility is making him feel much better about the whole thing.

I do remember not remembering a whole lot about much of anything the day and the day after, except for some really delicious naps!! I did tell the doctor that I hadn't expected for him to knock me out, and he assured me that he hadn't. It is no wonder that they keep these drugs unnamed and well removed from the public!

I MUST find out about the chocolate!

 
Agree completely, Nan. The versed didn't work on me and I turned over and whacked the

doctor on the side of her head. Maybe if she was more gentle it wouldn't have happened.

 
You mean he ONLY has to watch a diet and he doesn't have to do . . .

The whole colon-cleanse thing?!?

Believe me, he should be happy--that colon cleanse stuff is pretty, um, er, effective--my mom had to do it and if you have to use the stuff, you had better do EXACTLY what they say AND you better be near a toilet!

 
Oh, no. He HAS to do that other stuff. I already told him he was not allowed

outside of his room after he drinks the magnesium citrate!

 
They gave my mom some stuff called "Go Litely" but for her it shoulda been called. . .

go f****** heavy, go, go, GO. She had some, ah, difficulty as she has very arthritic knees!

Have him be prepared, especially if he is not all that mobile on his feet. . .

 
These responses are SO different from my experience.

Before and after my procedure was the CLEAREST my mind has been in YEARS!

I honestly think that I may be allegric to certain foods because I'm in a fog 100% of the time. But during those two days...the first when I was fasting/prep-cleanings, and the next day after the surgery were vividly clear to me and I remember how quickly I responded to everything.

It was so out of the ordinary for me that I postulated two reasons for my hightened clarity to Larry:

1. That I hadn't consumed any food that I might be allergic to or not digest. So my body wasn't putting out antigen/antibodies to deal with that.
or
2. All the blood that normally would be dedicated to digesting food in my stomach and intestinal tract got to hang out in my brain.

He returned with a third suggestion (with double entende allusions):
3. That I was thinking clearly because--for once--I wasn't full of "poop".

 
LOL! Kaiser doesn't like full colonoscopies; they break it into two procedures, neither of which

involves anesthesia, but each requires the fast and purge thing. (sigmoidoscopy and barium enema)

I found that the first time I was in a panic about not eating, and gorged on chicken stock and jello. I felt desperate and ate a hideous amount of Mexican food on the way home.

The second time I'd been through it once and relaxed--just drank a lot of water. Like Marilyn, I felt clear headed and in control. I didn't mind it at all and enjoyed the lighter feeling

Then again, perhaps my mental clarity was because the doctor convinced me that Pinot Grigio was not really a clear liquid.

 
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