Ah, the prep! I've had 3 already. No nuts, low fiber, the week before, liquid/clear diet the day of the prep. At some point each time I got really cold and shivering. If I had to do 3 days of a liquid, clear, diet, I would not make it alive. With one day of prep, the IV at the hospital feels great. Re heart rate and blood pressure, I trigger all the alarms!

Someone I know proved that the cautionary "don't take important decisions" after the procedure is true: the day after, she had to call a couple of shops to cancel orders she had made and could not remember what she had ordered.

ny_biker: I've always taken a cab to the hospital (I feel absolutely anti-social after the prep) and had a friend pick me up after the procedure. The nurses can actually call someone when you are close to being released, just take a piece of paper with the name and phone.