Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.

'Soul Purpose'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


askye - May 01, 2025 9:44:18 am PDT #7037 of 7058
Thrive to spite them

When I had my colonoscopy I got Dulcolax and Metamucil . Which worked out ok. Just drink it really cold.

Also they may tell you to mix the Gatorade in 48oz bottle. They don't make those anymore. Just get the largest and split it.

I found as well after a whole lemon and lime jello was too acidic. If you drink broth splurge for the nicer ones

Hopefully yours isn't in the afternoon like mine was. I was so ready to get it over with


meara - May 01, 2025 2:26:37 pm PDT #7038 of 7058

Open its first thing in the morning, which is great, but because of the GLP1 I am supposed to be on clear liquids the whole 24 hours before. And it also says to drink the second bottle of prep 5 hours before the procedure which…am I supposed to chug it in the middle of the night and then stay awake??


bennett - May 01, 2025 3:23:46 pm PDT #7039 of 7058

meara - I'm afraid so. Because once you chug it, you'll be up for some time. When I had mine a couple of months ago, I wasn't supposed to chug it all at once, but in certain amounts every 15 minutes. So it was chug, bathroom, chug, bathroom.... Good luck.


Jesse - May 01, 2025 4:19:37 pm PDT #7040 of 7058
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, this is why I didn't mind that the first appointment I could get was in the afternoon. I did half the prep the evening before, slept the full night, then did the second half in the morning. It was fine! And I would have taken the whole day off anyway, no matter what.


brenda m - May 01, 2025 4:57:37 pm PDT #7041 of 7058
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Three day team meeting y’all. Excuse me while I go collapse in a pile for 36 hours.


Jessica - May 02, 2025 6:43:57 am PDT #7042 of 7058
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yeah, this is why I didn't mind that the first appointment I could get was in the afternoon. I did half the prep the evening before, slept the full night, then did the second half in the morning. It was fine! And I would have taken the whole day off anyway, no matter what.

That'll be my schedule in about a month. I think there's no really GOOD option here, just varying degrees of suckitude.

Three day team meeting y’all. Excuse me while I go collapse in a pile for 36 hours.

Oh my no. That's at least two and a half days too long for a meeting.


brenda m - May 02, 2025 9:41:07 am PDT #7043 of 7058
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Even worse - it was my meeting.

It was fantastic, really. But boy is that a lot of peopling and being on. I am okay to just not talk to anyone at all for like four days. All I'm doing today is sending out thank you notes.


Calli - May 02, 2025 9:54:50 am PDT #7044 of 7058
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Yeah, I like my coworkers, but our twice-yearly, two-day meetings are a lot. Three days would be exhausting.


Trudy Booth - May 02, 2025 12:30:27 pm PDT #7045 of 7058
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I was given no options of pills and blending - just a gallon jug of evil. I know not now such decisions get made.

But honestly... it was gross, I had the trots, it was unpleasant but not the worst thing that's ever happened to me.


brenda m - May 02, 2025 12:41:02 pm PDT #7046 of 7058
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Yeah, honestly, it was built up to be much worse than it was. For me anyway.

The thick stuff is vile, but it’s a couple of minutes a couple of times. Make it as cold as you can, use a wide straw and you’ll get through it. I didn’t really get hungry while I was doing all of this so I didn’t need to worry about what to eat and not eat very much. Maybe a little Jell-O here and there but mostly water.