So I have always done the MiraLAX prep for my colonoscopies… and I’ve always gotten the best score for Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS).
This time, I decided to be cheeky, and instead of stopping food on Monday, I stopped on Sunday, thinking I’d help myself have an easier prep if I had less food in me. I didn’t even drink water on Monday, though.
I did my prep Tuesday night, I drank every last drop, everything was crystal clear green (Gatorade was blue). And I had massive cramping but still, clear green.
Today at my colonoscopy, he said my prep was inadequate… and he saw *most of the important stuff* but can’t sign off on me coming back in 2 yrs and wants me to do a repeat in 6 months (!!!).
He isn’t my GI, he’s just the GI at the colonoscopy center. So I’ll be able to discuss it with my GI when he gets the results.
I feel like such a loser. Has this happened to anyone else?? How could I have clear diarrhea but still failed the prep??
He said next time I have to do Golytely. But I feel like it’s just because I stupidly dehydrated myself before doing prep. Anyway I cried and apologized to him a million times… the doctor was so kind and lovely, I feel like such a failure. :(