What Is Colonoscopy?
The colonoscopy process consists of three basic parts:
The day before the exam you will follow a clear liquid diet; otherwise the day’s activities are unrestricted.

That evening you take medication that will induce diarrhea to cleanse the colon for the next day’s exam.

The next morning you are brought to the designated facility where an IV is started and you are sedated in a monitored setting for the procedure.

The actual procedure is simply the passage of a flexible thin tube with a camera on the tip through the large intestine or colon. It inspects and potentially removes or biopsies polyps or abnormal growths.

Following the exam and a short recovery period you are discharged home with your escort and are instructed to relax the rest of the day. Typically there are no restrictions after that.