2nd Pre-Op & Pre-Admit done!

Now that surgery has been rescheduled, I got my 2nd pre-op appt done (the first was for the first surgery date which was cancelled)...and got preadmissions done! Everything is good to go. They ordered more to do for bowel prep than they'd wanted previously. Before, they just said..nothing to eat or drink after midnight. Now, eating light the day before with nothing after noon. Have to drink magnesium citrate and then do 3 fleet enemas the morning of. I'm planning on eating light through the weekend because I'm prone to constipation anyway...so I want to make it as easy on myself as possible....the less that goes in, the less that has to come out!!

Anyone else prepare by taking stool softeners regularly prior to surgery? For ex., I have dulcolax..and it says to take 1 with every meal, not to exceed 3 in one day. I've been wondering if I should start taking them now (as I said, I'm regularly constipated)...maybe like 2 day or something. I just remember my first bm after my first baby (January 2004)..and I had stitches down there and everything...going to have very similar things this time...realllllly want to help myself asmuch as possible!

I'm also surprised at how calm I've been...I've not been emotional at all over this (except when it got cancelled and I was worried about my mom's plane ticket)...I think it's not 'real' for me yet, ya know? Keeping in mind that I've not been sad or emotional about this at all...at pre-admissions yesterday the nurse was talking about the surgery and what will happen that day...I was completely fine...acknowledging what she was saying..then she says...when you go to recovery, we'll notify your family who's here waiting for you...and I started crying?? I didn't understand why i was crying and I was trying really hard to stop...Crazy hormones is all I'm going to say.

Big s to you. I hope that everything goes smoothly for you this time - no more postponements.

Please check with your dr about the stool softeners. You just never know what might cause problems when you're going into surgery - better to err on the side of caution.

S

I had a point about 7 weeks out where I just couldn't wrap my emotions around what was happening. After 20 years of no real problems, I had alien fibroids causing me so much pain overnight.

But once I really accepted this was the right choice (and post-op my surgical report confirmed 6 months down the road this would have be so much worse), everything was ok.

I slept fine the night before. In part this might gave been because the 5 days prior I was too sick to do anything and tried in 1 day to do my 'list'. I kept waiting to be scared the morning of (or hungry) and that just didn't happen. The only point I had an nerves was the second I walked into pre-op (through the double doors) but that passed as soon as the nurse started talking to me. Even being delayed an extra hour in pre-op was ok.

I think anxiety is a very person thing. Some people have had bad hospital experiences, I never have. Some people have other health issues that cause them more stress. I like you was surprised at my lack of anxiety but just decided, for me, it was a further validation I had made the right decision.

Julie

jeanus, I think I will call my ob/gyn today and ask about the stool softeners. I really feel like I need them, in addition to wanting them ( to make life easier at the beginning of next week)...so I'll call and make sure it's okay.

laugh - that's exactly what it's doing for me - just validating that I've made the right decision. I've never had a 'bad' hospital experience (how often is any hospital experience really a 'good' one, kwim?)...I think it's 1/2 being in denial that this will actually take place...and 1/2 being confident in the decision I've made. If that makes any sense :P

Thanks for the responses!