Colonoscopy Prep Is Worse Than IKEA
I'm on day three of my colonoscopy preparation. You read that right. Day three. Had this been knee surgery, I would have been in and out the same day.
This is a routine colonoscopy—the kind you're supposed to get every 10 years. Last time, the preparation was minimal: Start drinking a gallon of laxative solution at 6:00 the night before the surgery and try to finish it within two hours.
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