Due in at 7.15am tomorrow, absolutely dreading the whole thing but mostly being away from my kids for 5-7 days!! Have been told I will possibly have stoma so had appointment with clinic today to mark the site. Waiting to take the 2nd dose of picolax also dreading that as first made me feel so sick trying to swallow that, along with being told to drink x2 meal substitute juices!! Any hints or tips to get through the next few days would be great, feel very anxious about the general anaesthetic although have had it in the past!! So strange, don’t want to have this horrible disease eating away at me but dreading treatment too!!
So the antibiotics made me feel so unwell. Get those into you because it’s important. Of the two ltrs of bowel prep I could get maybe 200ml in. I hadn’t eaten the day before I ate mints I chewed gum I cried (a lot) I thought my partner was going to force feed me the bowel prep. It was awful. I rang the hospital and they said drink as much as I could. I put juice in it. I had it chilled I tired everything. In the end I left it. My partner did bring it to me every 20 mins and I took small sips. It was enough. They were still able to operate which was my biggest worry so if you do better than I did you’re doing ok. Obviously drink everything if you can because that’s what you’ve been told to do…….
The small bit I drank did clear me out and the surgeon said my bowel was nice and clear. I didn’t drink the meal subs because I was traumatised. Oddly when I woke up after my op they offered me one and I accepted and it was divine.
You will find something in you that will get you through the next day then two then 3 then before you know it you’ll be 3 weeks post op and feeling stronger to face whatever will come next. Just one day at a time for now. 
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