Um.. Magnesium Citrate... questions

Okay, I will admit this freely...  I'm deathly afraid of the "cleanse" I must do the day before surgery.  I have to drink 1.5 bottles of this at 11am, and another 1.5 bottles at 2pm.  I am SCARED... will I have a lot of pain?  Should I just setup my computer in the bathroom all day?  LOL!  Actually, honestly, I am pretty scared.  I've heard some horror stories about this stuff... so please... someone tell me... how bad is it REALLY?

Do yourself a huge service and get some of those flushable wet wipes (Cottonelle makes them and one other company).  They will save you from having a raw bum by the end of the day.  Dry toilet paper will make the area very raw and tender.

You will be going a lot but basically it'll be like peeing through your bum. Do not make plans to leave the house at all.  Seriously.

 

Thanks for the advice...  I've already got a bunch of those wipes so I'm good with that...  have you (or anyone else) felt they needed something like A&D to protect your bum?  :)  Did you have a lot of stomach pain and did you have to drink that much also?

Be super careful with those wipes if you have older plumbing.  They say flushable, but they're really only flushable if your home plumbing is new.  :|

I just get sensitive skin TP and have no issues.  

Nothing to be scared about, just stay close to the bathroom and have wet wipes, they help to soothe the area. I remember weighing myself before and after and lost about 4 pounds, not the way I wanted to do it but I kept my eye on the prize of having my surgery and knew I could do it. Sending good thoughts your way.

Thanls so much for the reassurance.  It's funny, I'm not scared of the surgery, but of the bowel prep and the insertion of the IV.  After that, I'll be good to go :)  LOL

It didn't "hit" for me until the second half of the day, and then... dang. My son had an open house at school that day, and at the beginning of the day I figured it'd be no problem. I mean, I'd been on a liquid diet for two weeks. How bad could it be?

Yeah... I called my husband and said there was NO way I could go. Nope. Nuh uh.

It's thorough... I'll put it that way. But I didn't have cramping or pain, just... extreme urgency. Don't laugh. Don't cough. Don't take too deep a breath. LOL And don't think "I kinda feel like I have to go. Nah, I'll just wait a minute." You don't have a minute. You don't have SECONDS. :-)