just get the colonoscopy, it's really not that bad. if ya haven't had one yet, i wrote this for u (30 second read of my experience):
I will say, the drink prescribed by my own GP tasted just fine, like any electrolyte sports drink in powdered form, so I think you were unlucky there!
Mine was so bad I almost vomited it all up immediately from the taste. Would very much like your option next time.
I would also like to do it without the anesthesia next time to save $1500.
Presumably they still used a nerve block or some sort of local anasthetic on you. How was the recovery?
Recovery? The procedure left no lingering feeling at all except for a little gas; it was as if I had never had the procedure at all. The sole discomfort, when air is blown into the colon to inflate it for inspection, abated as soon as air was no longer being blown.
I intensely dislike American Healthcare. Every little damn thing is a fight.
Change doctors. If they don't listen and work with you tell them that. If you have valid reasons for requesting care and they try to convince you otherwise that isn't a good doctor.
This thread convinced me to sweep aside his bullshit and insist though, and I'm thankful for that nudge. I might not be in a few months when I'm drinking the gallon of paste, but that's a problem for future Mike :)
Although everyone’s experience varies a little - for me, the prep is quite miserable, not because of the obvious, but because I feel very dehydrated/hung over for hours during it. Conversely, a friend who has relatively regular colonoscopies doesn’t share this at all.