Your Operation

Please select from the list below to learn more about each stage.

  Types of Operation.

  Before your Surgery.

  On The Day of Your Surgery.

  General Anaesthetic.

  After Your Surgery.

  Pain.

  Wounds.

  After the Operation.

  Eating and drinking.



INFORMATION


Eating and drinking

You will be given starving instructions from the hospital or your consultant.

After the operation, you may eat and drink normally once you have recovered fully from the anaesthetic. You should drink plenty of fluids after your surgery. This will help to counteract the constipating effect of your pain medications.