The day before your colonoscopy you will be put on a liquid diet around lunch.  You can go to work during this.  That evening, usually after work, you begin the bowel prep.  This will keep you busy for the night so if you work graveyard shift you will want to take that shift off to be at home.  The day of the exam we request that you take the whole day off work.  Even though you will only be at our endoscopy center for center for about 2-3 hours, you will be sedated so we don’t want you driving or making any major decisions for the rest of the day.  You well feel like going home and resting.  The next day you can return to full activity.