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NEWBusiness Plans rebuilt — nine plans, each with scope, timeline, price and a dated status, including what is not built yet.Sep 24✦ NEWNew Jersey, New Jerusalem — Trenton Psychiatric Hospital rebuilt as the Kingdom of Heaven, walled inside hell. Two films and a press kit.Sep 24✦ NEWThe Scarlet Beast Lab is open — eight projects in conscious technology that does not overclaim, all of them public.Sep 24✦ NEWAI Welfare & Honesty Policy adopted — how our AIs describe themselves, and AI-made work labelled as AI-made.Sep 24✦ NEWFree Consciousness-Claims Audit — every claim about sentience or brainwaves checked against the evidence.Sep 24✦ NEWStartup Frameworks are for sale — buy a launch-ready business, not a slide deck.Sep 04✦ NEWTech’s Tinder — a swipe-to-match deal engine for hardware buyers and sellers — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 04✦ NEWSignal — the creators network for the people who build the machines (formerly networkedin) — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 03✦ NEWScarlet Beast Poker is packaged for acquisition — platform, native apps, the Hiss AI and the public API.Sep 03✦ NEWFree technical audit — one call, no pitch, a written findings list you keep either way.Aug 28✦ LIVEGROWL — the crypto and forex exchange, plus an algorithmic bot marketplace.Aug 26✦ LIVEHiss — production poker AI: deep reinforcement learning, computer vision, real-time inference.Aug 22✦ NEWPerformance engineering — measurable TTFB, LCP and CLS gains on enterprise traffic.Aug 18✦ NEWAdobe Commerce and Shopify Plus modernization — migrations that ship without downtime.Aug 05✦ NEWThe technology stack is published — what we run, why we chose it, what it costs.Aug 01✦ NEWBusiness Plans rebuilt — nine plans, each with scope, timeline, price and a dated status, including what is not built yet.Sep 24✦ NEWNew Jersey, New Jerusalem — Trenton Psychiatric Hospital rebuilt as the Kingdom of Heaven, walled inside hell. Two films and a press kit.Sep 24✦ NEWThe Scarlet Beast Lab is open — eight projects in conscious technology that does not overclaim, all of them public.Sep 24✦ NEWAI Welfare & Honesty Policy adopted — how our AIs describe themselves, and AI-made work labelled as AI-made.Sep 24✦ NEWFree Consciousness-Claims Audit — every claim about sentience or brainwaves checked against the evidence.Sep 24✦ NEWStartup Frameworks are for sale — buy a launch-ready business, not a slide deck.Sep 04✦ NEWTech’s Tinder — a swipe-to-match deal engine for hardware buyers and sellers — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 04✦ NEWSignal — the creators network for the people who build the machines (formerly networkedin) — joins the framework catalogue.Sep 03✦ NEWScarlet Beast Poker is packaged for acquisition — platform, native apps, the Hiss AI and the public API.Sep 03✦ NEWFree technical audit — one call, no pitch, a written findings list you keep either way.Aug 28✦ LIVEGROWL — the crypto and forex exchange, plus an algorithmic bot marketplace.Aug 26✦ LIVEHiss — production poker AI: deep reinforcement learning, computer vision, real-time inference.Aug 22✦ NEWPerformance engineering — measurable TTFB, LCP and CLS gains on enterprise traffic.Aug 18✦ NEWAdobe Commerce and Shopify Plus modernization — migrations that ship without downtime.Aug 05✦ NEWThe technology stack is published — what we run, why we chose it, what it costs.Aug 01✦

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Getting ready for ERCP: why, getting ready, the day of, and after

For anyone who has an ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) coming up, or who is driving someone home from one. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK, part of the NIH) says ERCP combines upper GI endoscopy and x-rays to find and treat problems of the bile and pancreatic ducts, such as a duct blocked by a gallstone. This page passes on, by name, what NIDDK says: why doctors use it; your health, your medicines, and pregnancy; nothing to eat or drink before, and the ride home; what happens during the procedure; and recovery, results, the risks, and when to get care right away. It builds the words to say and the questions to ask, and prints a card for the fridge.

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  • Trouble breathing, chest pain, fainting, or vomiting a lot of blood? Call 911 (ours).
  • After ERCP: bloody or black, tar-colored stool, fever, severe pain in your chest or belly, problems breathing, problems swallowing or throat pain that gets worse, or vomiting (above all if it is bloody or looks like coffee grounds)? NIDDK says to seek medical care right away.
  • Not sure whether to stop a medicine, such as a blood thinner, before it? Ask the doctor who ordered the procedure. Do not stop or change a prescribed medicine on your own (ours).
  • It is all too much, or you are thinking of ending your life? Call or text 988, any hour (ours).

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An upset stomach, and not sure this is the right page? The pages on this site for throwing up, diarrhea, heartburn and constipation, on one list.

General information from people who care, not medical advice. We are not doctors or nurses. Only your health care team can say whether you need ERCP, when to stop eating and drinking, and what to do with your medicines before it, and this page cannot. Follow the instructions your team gives you over anything here. This guide names no sedative, dye, throat spray or brand. In an emergency, call 911.

This page and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). No doctor or nurse has reviewed it. The facts were read on October 17, 2026 on NIDDK’s Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) page (NIH) and its Spanish version, both last reviewed in January 2024 and saying the same things (the Spanish page also calls the special dye a contrast medium); the cards also point to NIDDK’s Upper GI Endoscopy, Gallstones and Pancreatitis pages. The numbers (nothing to eat or drink for up to 8 hours; 2 to 6 hours after; clear liquids for 4 to 6 hours, sometimes 24 hours before solid food; problems in about 5% to 10% of procedures) are NIDDK’s. NIDDK gives no length for the procedure, so neither do we. Ours: 911 for trouble breathing, chest pain, fainting, or vomiting a lot of blood; asking ahead which medicines change, and never stopping one on your own; mentioning any past reaction to an x-ray dye; asking for the time to stop eating and the time to stop drinking; asking the center about your ride, and packing for a possible night; asking who tells you the results and by when; the card; 988 when it is too much; health centers when money is tight; and the order of the steps. What we left out: sedative and dye names, brands, doses, and clinical pages for providers. This page saves nothing and loads no trackers.

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