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Hello!

I just had a question about eating and drinking before the surgery. My surgery is tomorrow morning 04/04 and my doctor said not to eat or drink anything after 10 pm. It's almost 10 right now and I ate about 4 hours ago and just drank a bottle of Water but I feel like my stomach is full. I'm worried there'll still be some food or water in my stomach and intestines when they do the surgery. Is that possible? It just seems unreal that it could really completely empty out by 5 am...

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Very important to get a good sleep to help body digest

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4 hours ago, april042019 said:

Hello!

I just had a question about eating and drinking before the surgery. My surgery is tomorrow morning 04/04 and my doctor said not to eat or drink anything after 10 pm. It's almost 10 right now and I ate about 4 hours ago and just drank a bottle of Water but I feel like my stomach is full. I'm worried there'll still be some food or Water in my stomach and intestines when they do the surgery. Is that possible? It just seems unreal that it could really completely empty out by 5 am...

If the cut off was 10pm then i'm sure it's fine.

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Also, good luck with surgery 😊😊😊

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You should be fine by the morning. Good luck!

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I'm also having my surgery today and I can drink Clear Liquids until I get to the hospital at 10:30 then no more drinking once I get there. My surgery is at 12:30. I guess all the liquids are all digested within that 2 hour period so you should be fine. Good luck with your surgery!

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On 4/4/2019 at 12:23 AM, jazzyj13 said:

Good luck with surgery! Sending good vibes and prayers your way ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you! ❤️

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On 4/4/2019 at 6:23 AM, justmetj said:

I'm also having my surgery today and I can drink Clear Liquids until I get to the hospital at 10:30 then no more drinking once I get there. My surgery is at 12:30. I guess all the liquids are all digested within that 2 hour period so you should be fine. Good luck with your surgery!

Thank you! Mine went well. How was yours?

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On 4/4/2019 at 10:15 AM, SeattleLady said:

I hope you all did great today!

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Thank you!

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