Prepare! Magnesium Citrate Is No Fun!

[Tiffany Talbert Corbet 46]

Ok, so it's not so bad either, but man, I'm glad I don't have to have surgery more often. I was prescribed 10 oz. of Magnesium Citrate 24 hours before surgery to "clean my bowels" (yeah, probably TMI). Anyway, first.....IT TASTES AWFUL!!!! I don't care WHAT they flavor it with...it's just plain AWFUL. It says to drink liquid when you take it as well, but man, there's nothing that can help that taste. I chose grape and though drinking grape Propel Zero might help. NOPE.

So, I poured the MC into a glass and filled the remainder of the glass with the Propel hoping this would dilute it and make it a little easier to get down.....NOPE.

So then, I just made myself do it. The glass of MC mixed with Propel and a Trenta Black Iced Tea 1/2 the Water 4 equal (to be specific ) from Starbucks sitting next to it. I made a deal with myself. If I would take 3 large drinks of the MC I could take 2 drinks of the tea. If I did this every 5 min, I could have it down in 30 min. Somehow, some way, I managed to get it done (but not before wanting to vomit on the last swallow). OMG....it was NASTY!

I might be over reacting, and if I'm freaking anyone out, I'm sorry. I just want you to be prepared so you can find something to help you get through it to if they require it of you as well.

Before I started any of this, I made sure to get a few movies from redbox, picked up my scolopene (sp?) patch at the pharmacy, grabbed some propel to mix with my grape & watermelon Protein bullets when I get home, and praise the saits, Charmin was on sale too. Just a small tip...grab some Cottonelle w/Aloe cleansing wipes to help with the discomfort.

If this bit of discomfort is a small amount to pay for the benefits of my surgery tomorrow....I'm happy to pay the price.

Good luck to all who are venturing toward their surgery day.

[blessedw2 8]

Ugh. I have to drink that crap on Sunday too... I also got grape. I wondered if I should have gotten lemon since there was more rows of that (leading me to believe that was the more popular one so they stocked that one more)

That should help me lose an extra couple pounds! Oh joy.

Good luck with surgery tomorrow!! Let us know how it goes for you!

[Jessica9190 127]

I am still pre op but I got really bad constipated once while I was pregnant and Dr had me try MC. I got the cherry flavor and I found the trick was to have it extremely cold right out of fridge and over ice. Mixing it with other things just makes it take longer to drink IMO