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Nil By Mouth

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doug24169
doug24169

Hi , my father has an ERCP appointment tomorrow at 10:15am . with regard to pancreatic cancer

His brochure says "you should have nothing to eat or drink after midnight" but can take medicines with a sip of water...

Does this really mean he is expected to go 10+ hours without water ?

Personally there is no way i can get through a night without water, i have googled and seen statements on NHS docs saying no water 2 hours before procedure...

We should have asked the question at the pre assement today, but did not think of it at the time.

Any advice is appreciated.

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  • kim25624
    kim25624 doug24169

    Posted

    Yes I'm afraid so. He will be asleep for most of the time though.

    I hope all goes well.

  • moon53540
    moon53540 doug24169

    Posted

    It is 6 hours I thought, you can have a bit of water but just a few small sips.

  • doug24169
    doug24169

    Posted

    Thanks guys... In the end he had to have some sips and was rinsing and spitting out too.

    He was terribly de-hydrated as had a particularly bad night of diarrhoea. Then just before we were leaving the hospital rang to cancel as his INR levels are too high ( blood not clotting ) ..

    So was all a waste of time, and now we are waiting for them to come back to us and hopefully re-book and make a plan on how to raise his INR levels.

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