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• You may need to get to the toilet right away. You will have a loose watery
bowel movement in about 1 hour. You will have bowel movements
through the day. They will become watery. Your bowels are clean when
there is only pale yellow fluid without stool
.
• Once you finish the GoLytely, you can start to drink clear liquids again
until midnight.
• At 10 PM, if ordered by your doctor, use the Fleets enema. To use the
enema:
1. Shake the bottle.
2. Remove the orange plastic cover on the tip of the bottle.
3. Lie on your left side with your right knee bent and your arms
relaxed.
4. Gently put the bottle tip into your rectum. Push as if you are having
a bowel movement. This will relax the muscles so the tip goes in
easier.
5. Stop pushing and take slow, deep breaths.
6. Squeeze the bottle until most of the liquid is in your rectum.
7. Remove the tip from your rectum. Lie on your left side and squeeze
your buttocks to hold the liquid in your rectum.
8. You will have a strong urge to have a bowel movement in about 5
minutes. Hold the liquid in as long as you can.
9. Use the toilet.
10. Wash your hands with soap and water.
• After 12 midnight, do not eat or drink anything, including water, and do
not smoke.
On the Day of the Test
Do not take your morning medicines unless told to do so by your doctor.
During the Test
• You will wear a hospital gown.