I sent the link to my doctor friend in Virginia and replied back with this:

About 2 years ago I had my second colonoscopy. As you know, one has to drink either a half-gallon or a gallon of a powder mixed with water. The brand name is “Golightly,” but the generic name is “Dontstryfarfromthetoiletbecauseyouareabouttocrapyourbrainsout.”

Actually, it did not have that effect on me. I drank, I went and, while the effect was not explosive, I had a successful procedure. I was a little disappointed because I wanted Patty to draw a smiley face on my buttocks for the gastroenterologist, but she refused.

Late that afternoon, I went to work and, on the way, stopped by the bulk food isle at Martins and purchased two hands full of sugar free Gummies to munch on while I recovered from the lingering GI effects of the prep and procedure.

What the Go Lightly did not do, the Gummies completed. Let’s just say that I had to IMMEDIATELY abandon all thoughts of safely passing gas; my rear end had become a fire hydrant. At first I thought that the Go Lightly was FINALLY working, but then I realized it was the sorbitol in the Gummies.

I told all of my colleagues at work about it and suggested that we use a “Sugar Free Gummie Bear Prep” for those individuals who could not or would not drink Go-Lightly. I don’t know if anyone has tried it yet.

Thanks for the story; I can tell you that it is NOT an urban legend.

Heh.