Interesting things to do during colonoscopy prep?

[sazed]

In a week or so I'll be pooping my guts out and was pondering some things to do while I'm going through that. This is my 3rd so I know pretty much what to expect, the worst part I found is feeling hungry and not being able to eat anything. I've ordered some macropiper excelsum and radula marginata hopefully that will show up or I'll manage to get my hands on some cannibus, although I lost my source for that--having the munchies could suck, but if I could get past some threshold that might become unimportant, actually hash could be pretty rad. I've also got a good amount of kratom, although opioids could cause problems with the prep. Any other thoughts or suggestions? I thought about some LSA or DMTs like HWBR but don't have a sense if that would be a good or a bad thing if I'm stuck sitting on the toilet.

 

[effie]

This isn't really TDS material, not too sure what material it is but I'll try it in Basic Drug Discussion...

TDS > BDD

edit: if you're after things to help your health, rather than have some fun during the experience, let me know and I'll send this to Healthy Living...

 

[sazed]

This isn't really TDS material, not too sure what material it is but I'll try it in Basic Drug Discussion...

TDS > BDD

edit: if you're after things to help your health, rather than have some fun during the experience, let me know and I'll send this to Healthy Living...

Yeah, I'm not too sure where it belongs either. Except for regular exercise, I'm already doing a lot to be as healthy as I can be, but there are limits with Crohn's Disease, this is going to be unpleasant no two ways about it, also my guts don't take too kindly to being blown up like a balloon, which is what they do to get the scope in. Last time the cramping was so severe afterward that I ended up on Dilaudid for a couple weeks, but that could be because I had a really severe gastrointestinal candidiasis, it took two rounds of antifungal drugs to clear it up. I'm afraid that the same thing could happen again. I'd like some sort of distraction or something to make the process less horrible or at least forgettable so that I don't remember afterward how awful it was. Cannibus helps, especially if I get that body buzz going and my insides feel warm and tingly rather than like someone is stabbing me in the guts with hot pokers. If I limit how much and how often I smoke that can be good for 2-3 days with minimal cramping. The dealer I was using ended up in jail and I found that one by luck, I don't really have a clue how to go about finding another one.

 

[effie]

Hmm, it's tricky. Are we talking something to distract you for a few hours, or a few days? Do they offer you sedation for the actual procedure?

I'd say something like a benzo might be your best bet, relax you and they can be quite amnesic too which could be an advantage...

The difficulty is, things like cannabis belong in the Cannabis Discussion forum, psychs in the Psychedelic Drugs forum. But it's okay to mention them here, as you say there isn't really an ideal forum for your question - I think this one is probably best and I'm happy to bend the rules and allow discussion of any drug here

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

^Agreed.

The best bet really would be benzos IMO, and that's the reason why most doctors will at least give you the option of a Valium or Ativan before the procedure is set to begin.

 

[sazed]

I'll be under general anesthesia for the procedure and I have some Librax that I already take for episodes of cramping. It's the day of prep before, the cramping and sitting on the toilet, the cramping and breaking out in a cold sweat curled up in a ball on the floor. I guess what I want is something to not care about all that. Like some quality green.