Yikers! I have been so prepared on everything else that this bowel prep thing has hit me kinda hard. It hurts!!!! My poor big bottom is shredded. Sent DH out for Desitin to help out but man oh man this is not fun

Nope it is not. I had to do one for my hysterectomy. ICK. Might be better though cause after your surgery you don't want to have to deal with it.

Khy

I was under the impression that you didn't have to do a bowel prep for a VSG because they aren't doing anything to your intestines. Guess you learn something new every day!

After 10 days of a liquid diet the bowel prep wasn't all that bad. I have to say I am glad I did it because the morning after surgery having to have a BM would not have felt good at all!

I had to drink a whole bottle of Magnesium citrate or something like that. I guess it is normally for constipation and you drink like 2 oz, NORMALLY. Well it took forever to kick in and then it really was not that bad. I have avoided getting a colonoscopy because I heard how horrid the prep is.

What is bowel prep? I only had to take a laxative followed by 3 days of liquids only.

I'm pretty sure that is the bowel prep they are referring to. Different surgeons approach it in their own ways but I think the idea is to help with post surgical gas. Correct me if I'm wrong.

My advice? Whatever you get to soothe your bottom for bowel prep - save the rest because it's very common to have diarrhea for the first couple of weeks. I did. Hello Charmin Freshmates and Prep H ointment!

Whatever: it's definitely worth it! I hit Overweight on the BMI scale today! I haven't seen that since the 1990s.

Lynda

I was under the impression that you didn't have to do a bowel prep for a VSG because they aren't doing anything to your intestines. Guess you learn something new every day!

I asked my Dr. why we had to do a bowel prep. He said it was in case they nick your bowels he doesn't want you know what coming out like a play dough factory.

Not every doctor requires a bowel prep. Mine didn't. Which, frankly, I was thankful for.

I asked my Dr. why we had to do a bowel prep. He said it was in case they nick your bowels he doesn't want you know what coming out like a play dough factory.

HAHAHAHA! Wow, thanks for the awesome laugh!

I had to do a bowel prep, 3 tablespoons of milk of magnesia the day before surgery. It wasn't too bad, since I was on all liquids there wasn't much there to begin with. After surgery they gave me something to "get things moving"....oh my god did it ever!!!!!! It was horrible and it kept going for days after I got home too. The gave me some stuff in the hospital to help with cleaning and protecting my very sore bum - the products are: 3M Cavilon Durable Barrier Cream and Cavilon No-Rinse Skin Cleanser. Both were incredibly helpful for me.