bowel preparation
"Today was my third colonoscopy; so almost a veteran.  First the good part:  this stuff is easy to use, no bad (but not good) taste, no side effects (no vomiting, headache etc), no abnormal discomfort and produced the desired results (no detail necessary) in a reasonably quick time.  The desired results were accomplished such that the doctor commented how squeaky clean my colon was.

The slight downsides: 

- the split dose required doing this whole thing twice, including getting up at 2:30am (and of course not even thinking about going back to sleep right away) for a 7:30 am appointment.

-numerous trips to the bathroom for several hours after each of the two packets of stuff and fluids.  

-out of pocket cost was $120, seems EXCESSIVE"