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I finally agreed to the colonoscopy since my gastroenterologist thinks I have inflammatory bowel disease. Since I'm a student, I booked it during the Christmas break, because I don't want all my anxiety to interfere with class. If I do have IBD the break will help me deal with the new diagnosis and start the treatment.
To make the prep more tolerable I spoke to a lady who has IBD. She gave me some really helpful tips such as using diaper cream and wipes. I'm hoping this will prevent a new fissure from developing. I also decided to use a different prep than the one that I was given. It is a split dose that doesn't require drinking copious amounts of bad tasting liquid. I'm also going to eat low residue foods three days before the test and do the complete liquid diet the day before. Hopefully all this will ease my suffering.
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Dx: Didgee Disorder
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