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claryjohn
Jul 3, 2012, 08:46 AM
My wife is scheduled for a lower gi. Will she get pre enemas the day of the test

Wondergirl
Jul 3, 2012, 09:02 AM
Didn't the doctor tell her and maybe give her a list of instructions for prep?

smoothy
Jul 3, 2012, 09:02 AM
my wife is scheduled for a lower gi. will she get pre enemas the day of the test

She will have to do a cleanising routine the day BEFORE her lower GI... same as for a colonoscopy.

claryjohn
Jul 3, 2012, 10:13 AM
Didn't the doctor tell her and maybe give her a list of instructions for prep?
She was told to use fleet prepkit 3

smoothy
Jul 3, 2012, 10:17 AM
she was told to use fleet prepkit 3

YOu better hope she doesn't have that today or tomorrow because its already too late to start...

General and GI Surgery: Fleet Prep Kit #3 (48-Hour Prep) (http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Departments_and_Services/surgery/services/generalsurg/Patient/fleet.aspx)

It starts 2 days BEFORE the procedure... read the link I provided...

smoothy
Jul 3, 2012, 10:26 AM
Except those aren't really enemas... because they work from the hole at the other end of the gi tract, the entry not the exit hole... basically induces a wicked case of the runs and you drink enough fluids to flush everything out. Rather unpleasent experience.

Wondergirl
Jul 3, 2012, 10:37 AM
Before my procedure, I had to drink a gallon of water into which I mixed a powder -- tasted like flat Gatorade.

smoothy
Jul 3, 2012, 10:39 AM
Before my procedure, I had to drink a gallon of water into which I mixed a powder -- tasted like flat Gatorade.

The one I did tasted like Dishwater someone spilled a little gatorade into.

And the other type that uses a couple bottles of Magneseium Citrate and Ducolax tablets isn't a whole lot better...