Make sure you are at home before you start the prep and don't make any plans. The procedure had been scheduled before DH decided he was sick and the day he got the obvious news that he was terminal (we'd already figured it out). The colonoscopy had been scheduled for the following day. The ENT who had delivered the horrible news then, of course, scheduled a meeting with the oncologist the next day, the very day I was to have colonoscopy. When I pointed that out he asked if I'd started the prep and when I told him I'd taken the first of several doses of the salty goop in his parking lot he ran down the hall and had the receptionist call the GI doc to tell him that Mrs. Brown was having such a good time with the prep she wants to reschedule so she can do it again. He did add that she (me that is) has an urgent family medical emergency. He then summarily ran us off the premises to get home before it was too late. I had to wait several weeks til DD could come here from her home 900 miles away. The 8 year old twin boys and their six year old sister and her DH were here to help. They kids were highly amused at my condition and weren't very discreet about that. DSIL was also on hand to take DH for radiation. Actually it did provide a few chuckles for everyone under what were dismal circumstances. It's been just about ten years and it does make me chuckle. Am I sick or something?