Low fibre vegetarian diet 7 days before colonoscopy/gastroscopy?

[HeathisWealth]

White carbs, eggs, cheese, butter, processed cereals, milk, well cooked carrots and strained tomatoes (but staining?).

This is my idea of food hell.

White bread egg/cheese sarnies?

Pasta with butter and cheese?

Usual diet is rich in fruit, berries, seeds and nuts with my yoghurt, veggies (skin on!), beans, pulses, salads, seeds and nuts- and wholemeal, brown and whole grain.

Please can I ask for your help with better ideas as honestly, if I didn't need one before, I'll definitely need one with that diet!

Well it's all done. Great job on the cleanse- it was trouble free. Thanks all for your advice and ideas.

I checked the paperwork again and it was 5 days but I did 7 low fibre. Thurs and Fri I really limited what I ate. Used Picolax and the cleanse was without drama. Picolax only needs 150ml water and tastes quite pleasant so that wasn't an issue. As I'd limited what I ate, the result of the Picolax wasnt too bad. Started about 5 hours after the fist dose. 2 loo trips and then I slept until the second dose. Took the second dose - 2 loo trips and that was that. As per advice, I had water wipes and vaseline ready- didn't need either.

I had sedation. I can't really remember the gastroscopy, but I do remember the colonoscopy. Saw 1 diverticular cave and that was pretty much it.

Told everything was normal.

Still no idea why the FIT test was positive but 2 months of worry can be laid to bed now.

Thank you all again for your time and support. Sending good health wishes to anyone in the folds of worry as I have been.

The sad fact is, there isn't a lot. I understand how dull and frustrating it is - I had to do this, and I normally eat loads of veg and have a high fibre diet, but it isn't for long.

The bowel needs to empty, especially if they're going higher up. It's not the worst test in the world by any means - I'd much rather have that than the house-brick down the throat they laughingly call 'a small camera.' Even so, it's not one you'd really want to repeat unless you had to. Just bear it for a few days. It will be worth it in the long run.

Thanks for the update, OP. Good news on the whole. I hope you will be on the mend now.