General Pre-Operative Instructions
Before your scheduled surgical procedure, please follow these instructions:
Seven Days Before Surgery
Stop taking all blood thinners – Aspirin, Plavix, Coumidin, etc.
The Day Before Surgery
Nothing to eat or drink after midnight
Pre-Operative Preparation for Stomach and Weight loss Surgery
- Drink only clear liquids
- Take one bottle of Miralax at 2pm
Pre-Operative Bowel Preparation Instructions for Colon Surgery
Before your scheduled surgical procedure, please follow this instruction:
- Only clear liquid diet
- Drink water liberally throughout the day
8:00 AM The Day Before Surgery
- Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
10:00 AM The Day Before Surgery
- Start Halflytely Bowel Prep Kit
1:00 PM The Day Before Surgery
- Neomycin Sulfate: 1 gram orally
- Erythromycin Base: 1 gram orally
2:00 PM The Day Before Surgery
- Neomycin Sulfate: 1 gram orally
- Erythromycin Base: 1 gram orally
- Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
8:00 PM The Day Before Surgery
- Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
11:00 PM The Day Before Surgery
- Neomycin Sulfate: 1 gram orally
- Erythromycin Base: 1 gram orally
- Reglan (Metocloperamide) 10 mg by mouth
After Midnight The Night Before Surgery
- Take nothing by mouth
6:00 AM The Morning Of Surgery
- Take your usual oral medications with a sip of water
Fleet Enema
- Give yourself a Fleet Enema about an hour before leaving your home for the hospital the morning of surgery if instructed by your surgeon.
