bowel prep--help please

Hi ladies--

well, it's the day before and I am in the middle of my bowel prep with one major problem! Nothing is happening! I ate breakfast as instructed, then 2 hours later, as per inst., drank two bottles of mag. citrate. Used sstraw and had it over ice, as per many sisters suggestions, which made it much easier. Got rather nauseated, have had some slight stomach grumblings and cramping, but it's now 3:30 and nothing has happened. I have had two cups of hot/warm chicken broth, one popsicle, took first dose of antibiotics, and nothing! Have any of you had to wait for quitesometime before things actually started moving? I am getting very impatient, and a bit concerned because I don't want to be up all night!!! I drank the hot broth, and think I will turn to some hot water, as it is my recollection that other sisters have said this tends to help with gas. Maybe it will also help move what's in there out! I am thirsty from the chicken broth, but that's it. Any suggestions? Anyone been in this position? I expected an explosion within two hours! Thanks. Awaiting word! A rumbling, grumbling New Yorker

I had the magnesium citrate also. I chug-a-lugged it straight down as fast as I could! that was 1:20pm the day before. At 7:30pm I had two quick bouts of cleaning out. I thought, great that was easy enough. Then at 10pm it started and I was there for an hour! My had "butt burn" from wiping so much. Then 3 more times during the night. Then 2 more times in the morning!! I had to be at the Castle at 11:30am and was afraid I'd still be going. Although the bottle says it starts working in 30 mins to 6 hours, it was well beyond that before it really started working. Then when it did, it really did!!!!!! I didn't want to be patient, I too wanted it to get over with so I wasn't up in the night. And worst of all I didn't want it working BEFORE I got in the night!!!!! Whew, I lived through it. Waiting for that was worse than the waiting for surgery." Don't go anywhere because you just don't know WHEN is time.

TC

Dear TexasChick--

Thanks for sharing your experience. I got on line about 1/2 too soon. I have gone so much in the past 2 1/2 hours that I'm not sure I understand where all of this can possibly be coming from!!!But I am drinking gatrade and wish I could sink my teeth into a really scrumptous dinner. Oh well, I guess those will come back sooner or later. I've been drinking my gatorade as instructed, which I actually think is helping me not get the shakes, but my poor bum is sooooo sore. It's 6:40 now and I expect this to be pretty much over by 9 at the latest. Thanks for your words of encouragement. Today I am in a much more accepting mode, as many of the sisters have reported. I guess I have gone through my ups and downs and now simply want to move onto the castle and move on with my life. Thanks again! How are you feeling?