Hi Chris,Well I made it through the colonoscopy fine.It was not as bad as I thought it would be.As far as the prep.I had a terrible time.I did drink the first one with white grape juice and it was horrible.It did not stay down very long.But within about 1 hour it took effect as far as starting to clean me out.That was about 6:oo p.m I finally settled down about 8:30 and had to drink the 2nd dose at 9:00 which worked right away.I did go to bed at about 11:30.I went to sleep right away but woke up at 12:30 Soaked ,{Sorry to be so thorough in telling what happened but it was very upsetting to me.}Luckily I was prepared and had covered the bed with plastic.THen about 2:30 my daughter came down stairs,{she is 16}to tell me that my son was up in his room crying{he is 11}because he was so worried about me.And again I was soaked.I couldn't believe that I had gone in my sleep and had not even woken up.So I got myself all cleaned up and went to speak with my son.He totatly broke my heart.I asked him what was wrong ?Why was he so upset? I explained to him that this was only a test and it was not surgery and that I would be fine.He told me that he was afraid that I was going to be sick and never be better.Of course then we both cried are eyes out.I tried to tell him that I will be fine.And thought.MY GOD this is horrible for an 11 year old to have to think this way.But he has seen what I have been through the last year and a half it it is really tough on him to see his mother sick.If only Drs. could see what our whole families go through.Maybe it would make a difference in the way they think about thier patientes{sp}.So I did not have a very good night ,from then on I could only think of my son and what he is thinking about me and then the alarm went off at 5:30.I had to be at the hospital at 6:30 and the procedurewas suppose to be at 7:30.The nurse tried putting the I V in my right hand and said that the vein collasped so then she tried putting in the right arm.{where they usually draw blood from}She told me she thought she had it in but wasn't sure.Then she said o:k it's in and started the fluid drip.It really started to burn and I asked her .Why it was burning so much because I had never had it burn like that before.She told me that maybe the drip was going in too fast and turned it way down,but it still burned and my arm started to swell and get really hard.She told me that the nurse in the procedure room would check it when they take me down.The nurse came to get me for the procedure and said BOY that I V site does not look very good it is really red,I told her that it also really burned and was quite swollen.She took me to the procedure room and told me that the I V was not even in the vein,So they had to take that one out and start a new site Which was put in the left arm with no problem.The first nurse also had trouble putting the I V in the woman that was a head of me, So obviously she did not know how to do I V'S or was having a bad day.I did tell them that I had a terrible time with the demerol the last time I had it so I was not giving any demerol today and so far I do not feel too bad.Everything was fine as far as the colonoscopy is concerned,The Dr. told me that the colon was perfect there was absolutly nothing wrong.No polyps or anything.So the next step is to do the M R I Which is scheduled for Tuesday at 3:00. Well I am getting really sleepy right now so I am going to take a nap.I will talk to everyone later.and again thanks for all your support. "FRIENDS THAT STICK TOGETHER" PEGGY