James Van Der Beek Dies at 48, Cancer

[Bobfripp]

I used the pills. If you have problems swallowing pills, you might not like this path. It's two courses of 12 large horse-sized pills. Pills do not bother me. I did them in batches of 2 at a time. Took <1 minute then I was back to work. I've heard the liquids are nasty, particularly depending on the flavor. But the pills were a piece of cake.

My recollection is that the liquid didn't taste that bad, is that you had to drink so damn much of it. I kept thinking, 'What?! I have drink another glass? ... enough!' That, and it sucks to spend the whole night on the can. Not fun, but doable.

 

[NYCBlueBlood]

My recollection is that the liquid didn't taste that bad, is that you had to drink so damn much of it. I kept thinking, 'What?! I have drink another glass? ... enough!' That, and it sucks to spend the whole night on the can. Not fun, but doable.

"it sucks to spend the whole night on the can"

Pfffffft, adult diapers for the win!

 

[theel4life]

"it sucks to spend the whole night on the can"

Pfffffft, adult diapers for the win!

 

[hedge]

Yeah, for me it wasn’t bad at all. People made the stuff you have to drink out to taste like death. I bought the generic version plus some lemon lime Gatorade mix and it basically tasted like a watered down margarita. It was almost even refreshing.

And then I was sitting on the couch, I think watching a UNC game, just had to get up to go to the bathroom maybe once every 20 minutes or so. I wasn’t glued to the toilet like people said. It wasn’t excruciating stomach feelings or whatever.

Maybe I just got lucky.

This was my experience too, more or less. Actually kinda enjoyed it. Felt like taking an internal shower, or maybe a bath where you kept draining the tub and then refilling it with fresh clean water...

 

[hedge]

 

[Bobfripp]

"it sucks to spend the whole night on the can"

Pfffffft, adult diapers for the win!

It's what Donnie does!

 

[NYCBlueBlood]

 

[aGDevil2k]

"it sucks to spend the whole night on the can"

Pfffffft, adult diapers for the win!

I was worried about shitting the bed. Literally.

Then it's all yellow water and that's just weird.

My lord the sleep afterwards though. Got some Jersey Mike's and SLEPT

 

[NYCBlueBlood]

I was worried about shitting the bed. Literally.

Then it's all yellow water and that's just weird.

My lord the sleep afterwards though. Got some Jersey Mike's and SLEPT

"I was worried about shitting the bed. Literally."

I slept in shorts just in case... something I never do. I also shot out of bed in fear like a bolt of lightning every time I woke up.

Fortuntely that was a "shot" and not a "shat"...

 

[ChathamHeel]

I have UC (in remission now) so I have had maybe 10 colonoscopies since I was 40. One thing that helps deal with the taste of the PEG drink is to suck on a slice of lemon after you drink a glass.

 

[DiehardHeelFan]

Prep wasn’t too terribly bad and the liquid didn’t really have too bad a taste. One thing that made things a world easier: a bidet

 

[Granville]

I have UC (in remission now) so I have had maybe 10 colonoscopies since I was 40. One thing that helps deal with the taste of the PEG drink is to suck on a slice of lemon after you drink a glass.

I put Crystal Light Lemon in the drink.

 

[aGDevil2k]

I put Crystal Light Lemon in the drink.

Just put the laxative in big bottles of lemon Gatorade. Drop them in the fridge.

I thought the straw recommendation was weird. But it skips most taste buds so you don't struggle.

 

[Bigs23]

RIP Mox