Living (Dealing) With Scoliosis

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