question about pouchoscopy

Sara1986Member

I am having a pouchoscopy tomorrow morning. when i called to make The initial appt The nurse didnt even know what a pouchoscopy was. She had to call me back to Check with my gi. When she called me back about The prep for it, she told me to be on a clear liquid diet The day before, and The morning Of i have to drink a bottle Of magneisum citrate. I was looking At info about The prep online and it says to stop eating The night before At 645 pm and The morning Of to do a fleet enema. Im kind Of confused. Can someone please clarify this for me. Thank you

9/18/122:38 PM

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MegalsMember

I would double check with your actual GI doc. When I had mine, I was allowed to eat the day before, only had to take some miralax the night before and nothing to eat the morning of.

9/18/123:01 PM

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CTBarristerMember

Sara, different doctors have different preps. My prep is usually liquid diet from noon the day before until the test, with only some sips of water after Midnight and a Fleet or warm water enema the morning of. The prep you describe is not unusual, but it is important to communicate to the prep nurse that you have a J Pouch so that you do not get confused with the prep for the colonoscopy patients. Most offices have different preps for pouchoscopy and colonoscopy.

9/18/123:04 PM

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mgmt10Member

Yeah all docs are different with this. I had no prep at all for my scope. I would double check because magnesium citrate is pretty harsh for us j pouchers.

9/18/124:15 PM

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Sara1986Member

Thanks for responding back to me everyone. I appreciate it

9/19/128:37 PM

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