Living (Dealing) With Scoliosis
by Photog on Jun.25, 2012, under Instructional, Medical, News, Recommendations, social commentary
A Little Prep Work
Just to save you the grief I went through…
Aside from no food or liquids past midnight (insert theme from Gremlins here) they also wanted a laxative treatment 2 days before surgery. Their approach is 60 ml (1/4 cup to save you some work) of Magnesium Citrate in about 8 oz of water. If you get no results in 3 hours >> Repeat. Since for me this was on a Saturday and we had the entire extended family over, I decided to postpone the fun and games until they left.
So at 8 pm I took the 1st dose.
Nada. Zip. Nothing…
11 pm Rinse and repeat. – and go to bed.
Next morning – No Change.
Drink the rest of the bottle quick around 4 am.
NOW we’re getting somewhere.
And my guts continue to gurgle the entire day – and the next day all the way to the hospital.
I don’t think that was the best approach and I’m not recommending it to you.
Continue to The Big Day (Surgery)
So June 4, 2012 is the Big Day. Follow My Progress
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June 3rd, 2012 on 9:04 pm
What a long sad story. I know you have a long journey ahead of you, but hope this provides a more permanent fix to your problems.
June 3rd, 2012 on 10:52 pm
I’ll be there and we’ll all get you through this together. I know you feel alone in your pain, but we are here. See you tomorrow!