if you've been on a liquid diet for the last 10 days, you may not have much in there to begin with...

HI!

I didn't have a bowel prep. I did have to do liquids and jello.

Good luck!

Magnesium CITRATE will not produce a bowel movement. You need magnesium OXIDE.

TRUST me - I use it every single day of my life since surgery (just had my four year surgiversary), and without it 2x day, every day, I'm in big trouble. Switch to that and you'll be successful.

(FYI: Phillips Milk of Magnesia is exactly that - OXIDE).

ETA: And I agree with Holly - follow the docs orders re the bowel prep prior to surgery! I'm talking about after surgery if you deal with constipation as a very large portion of us do here.

I believe she's referring to the magnesium citrate drink that is used for a bowel prep before surgery. It is most definitely citrate, and it takes horrible.

I remember it well, even 10+ years later. I wasn't sure I would ever manage to drink it all.

Such an innocent looking bottle.

You'd never know it's the Damien Thorn of the 8 oz bottle of drink world...

As the others have said, with the liquid diet, there isn't much solid in your intestinal system to begin with.

The other reason you don't need to worry is that they don't do anything with your lower intestine during surgery, so even if there is a small amount in your lower intestine, it won't matter. The important thing is that with the liquid diet there won't be anything in your upper intestine near where the surgeon needs to work.

Lora