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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

Tazmin9
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Hello, I will be having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy on Friday.

I have been waiting a while for this so want my bowel prep to be perfect so nothing is missed/ mistaken for something. So far, I have been eating plain foods to prep for it.

My moviprep powder has not arrived so I need to go to the hospital later to pick it up. I will be having this tomorrow and I've heard lots of people say it tastes disgusting. My biggest phobia is vomiting so I hope I don't vomit.

Other than that, I just hope they find out what has been causing my symptoms and that it can be treated.

Any experience or advice welcome x

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    You actually don't need much ore or for flexible sigmoidoscopy unlike for colonoscopy. My husband walked in with the problem and they did it right there and then. It went fine. 

  • Offline in reply to lucullan

    That's good to know, thank you.

    It says on my information sheet to do full bowel prep so I'm going to try to do that to be on the safe side. I've just made the moviprep drink to drink later and I've tried a bit and it's not as bad as I thought.

    Also, sorry to read on your page that your husband has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. It must be so difficult. I hope it helps to talk to people on here who are going through similar situations.

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