This would just be in the morning way before all that other stuff later on.
peppermint tea on prep day
peppermint tea on prep day
For colonoscopy prep day, a little peppermint tea (I found a tea bag at Starbucks that has peppermint, spearmint, and lemon verbena) seems nice. It isn't on any list of drinks I've seen, but I can't think of a reason it wouldn't be allowed - tea bag so no leaves, and it's not the wrong color. No caffeine.
This would just be in the morning way before all that other stuff later on.
This would just be in the morning way before all that other stuff later on.
Re: peppermint tea on prep day
oooops !sorry to be the Prep Police here
BUTT probably run it past your doc just to be sure ...
OUR preps here do allow anything CLEAR as a liquid prior to c-scope
NO solids (milk/cream) and avoid red/blue/purple colored liquids/popsicles/sports drinks /jello etc.
BUTT some docs ... maybe not so liberal ????
JMO
Cheers
CR
Caregiver x 4
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
17 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
17 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far
Re: peppermint tea on prep day
Sorry butt as a person who has had a lot of scopes, CRGuy is probably right (NO is right) on this one!!! Sorry!!
Lee
Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!
Re: peppermint tea on prep day
I was allowed to drink tea on my prep day, as long as it didn't have milk in it. Maybe different prep regimes are different, but I was also allowed to have caffeine. I ended up having a cup of herbal tea the day before and it was fine. (Now the Suprep was a different story, lol).
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy
Re: peppermint tea on prep day
Never got the tea, anyway.
The prep just started to work but I feel like it is going to be an awfully long night.
I don't recall it taking this long to work last time.
Well....things will pick up soon, I guess.
The prep just started to work but I feel like it is going to be an awfully long night.
I don't recall it taking this long to work last time.
Well....things will pick up soon, I guess.
Re: peppermint tea on prep day
Prep worked well.
Scope went well - hemorrhoids and he took out a few polyps out and he'll go over things at a future office visit.
D.
Scope went well - hemorrhoids and he took out a few polyps out and he'll go over things at a future office visit.
D.
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