Help!!
Right so I have had a lap to diagnose and excise endo last November, they needed a bowel surgeon present as I had a small amount of endo on the rectum, so need another op. Following my check up at 4 months post lap, we decided that I would go ahead for the bowel lap as I still have some symptoms that seems to be associated with endo there.
I've booked in for July 24th, and had a chat with the bowel surgeon, he said they'll do an enema to clean out my bowel should they need to do anything internally; it should all be on the outer surface, but that's fine. What does an enema involve? And will I be awake? Do I need to eat less / specific things before? What do I need to take into account after? I've been told it's the usual fasting an x amount of time before the op (which will be in my pre-op letter), just wondering what I can do to help.
I usually take prebiotic tablets to help my gut as sometimes it gets irritable ... they're just Holland and Barrett ones, but should I stop taking them or keep taking them? Can I take them after as normal?
I think I was too embarrassed to ask after the consultation with the surgeon; hadn't realised he wanted to do a finger up bum examination during it until he got a female nurse to assist, was told to remove my bottoms behind a curtain and lie down sideways unexpected lol!