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FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY
BOWEL PREPARATION
1.
Stay
on a clear liquid diet after the evening meal the day before your exam. If you have an afternoon appointment, eat
breakfast but stay on clear liquids after that until your exam.
2.
If
you have a problem with chronic constipation, you can take a laxative the night
before. Ducolax tabs or Milk of <agnesia work well.
3.
You
may take your usual medicines. If you are diabetic, eat regularly and take
your insulin.
4.
One and a half hours before the exam is scheduled, take a
FLEETS ENEMA (found at any local
pharmacy/drugstore). Follow the
instructions provided in the box.
5.
One half hour before the exam, take another
FLEETS ENEMA.
6.
The
return from the last enema should be
clear. If not, it may be necessary
to take a third enema.
CLEAR LIQUID DIET
Only these
foods are allowed - avoid all others.
Beverages - Carbonated beverages,
coffee, Kool-Aid, and tea
Desserts - Gelatin dessert
(Jello), clear popsicles
Fruit - Apple juice,
cranberry juice, and grape juice
Soups - Beef bouillon or
clear broth
Sweets - Hard candies or
sugar