Question about surgery
Kim,
My cath was inserted while I was knocked out in surgery and then removed later that day when I was out of my "fog" and could go to the restroom on my own. As far as the bowel prep goes, I didnt have a big issue with this, but I really didnt eat a lot the day before I took it so I think that helped me a lot. I just made sure I didnt need to leave the house for most of the day. You will be just fine, it is a small part of the surgery process and sounds worse than it really is in reality.
My bowel prep was just some Milk of Magnesia the night before surgery. Since I was on a clear liquid diet the day before, there wasn't much to worry about anyway, you know?
I had a catheter inserted during surgery and it was removed the morning after, but when I was brought to the floor from recovery, I still had to walk, dragging all my bags and baggage with me.
Jan

I'm a "surgery veteran" as I posted on an earlier post, having so many, I have had a catheter or two...and I can tell ya, the most recent was Oct 3 of last year, I had an exploratory laparotomy, I didn't feel a thing. They put it in when you are under (
YAAAAAAY!!!!) and remove it--as everyone else said-- when you are on the "happy pills". I didn't even feel them removing it! The only sucky part is that when you (in Flavia's words)
"potty" for the first time after removal, it does sting just a little...but nothing to holler about.

