carolyn
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Post by carolyn on Sept 3, 2013 3:30:02 GMT -5
I will discuss this at the hospital assessment check tomorrow, but has anyone had to have a colonoscopy, & if so, is the senna liquid and picolax safe? As far as I can tell senna syrup has mannitol in & not sure if I can have that. My nurse brain's gone awol & I've gone into panicky patient mode! Thanks, Carol
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Post by charlie on Sept 3, 2013 8:55:29 GMT -5
Mannitol is a sugar alcohol and does give a lot of people diarrhoea if they have a lot but should b ok in small amount in a medicine as a one off.
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Post by denverjay on Sept 3, 2013 12:20:11 GMT -5
I had a colonoscopy a couple years ago. I forget the name of the prep medicine, but most of them had a ton of sugar. The one I did find tasted horrible and I could only stomach about half.
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Post by nicoleh on Sept 3, 2013 18:30:46 GMT -5
the handout we were given by the hospital said that mannitol is converted to fructose in the liver and is not safe for HFI. safer than sorbitol as it's less well absorbed, but still not safe in anything more than small amounts. that what our official sheet said. so I guess it would depend on how much. my memory is that you take quite a lot of this stuff for a colonoscopy, yes?
other ideas for laxatives that maybe you could check with the hospital:
-Epsom salts
-normal magnesium supplements taken in large-ish quantities give most people a clear out
-pure sodium ascorbate (vitamin C powder) taken until it causes liquid diarrhoea. if you're otherwise well and don't have increased C needs due to a cold or anything, you should get a pretty decent clear out with 5-8 grams, and unlike other agents, it doesn't actually make you feel sick or give stomach cramps, and the side effects are good for you!
I would be super interested to hear if your medical team is willing to let you use any of these other ideas. My mum will need a colonoscopy in a couple of years and she has probable HFI. the last one, the stuff nearly killed her.
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Post by Tammy on Sept 3, 2013 22:10:45 GMT -5
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carolyn
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Post by carolyn on Sept 4, 2013 10:59:19 GMT -5
Thank you all. Much appreciated. They've given me senna tablets instead of the syrup. Can't say I'm looking forward to it! I wasn't very impressed by the nurse at the assessment unit. She kept referring to Fractose, & wrote the HFI problem in the 'allergies' section of the paperwork. Made no difference that I said it wasn't an allergy. She obviously had no idea where fructose is found as she advised me (for the 24hrs clear fluids only day beforehand) to 'keep my sugar levels up' by eating jelly babies & putting honey in my drinks! I'd taken in the info sheet from Food-info.net, but she didn't want to look at it. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence!
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Post by charlie on Sept 4, 2013 11:22:54 GMT -5
Oh dear, good luck. To be honest it is better if they put it in the allergy section as then it will flag up on your notes. Take your own food and drink in the Nhs have no idea how to cater for hfi diet. Hope it goes ok,
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Post by nicoleh on Sept 4, 2013 21:31:03 GMT -5
the mannitol thing on Dr Tolan's site confuses me, because it's supposedly made from fructose, which is what our hospital sheet said (it was a printout from a metabolic dietetics textbook. Wiki's article on it confuses me: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MannitolI'm glad you were given an alternative Carolyn. good luck for it. |
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Post by carolyn on Sept 7, 2013 9:27:52 GMT -5
Thanks all. x
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