Fasting & food

Exact times to stop eating and drinking — and what counts.

Surgery Fasting Calculator Popular Arrival time → exact stop-eating and stop-drinking times. Can I Eat or Drink This? Search any food or drink → clear fluid or solid, and the cut-off. Last Meal Planner When to finish your last proper meal, and keep it light. Pre-Op Carb Drink Timer When to finish your ERAS carbohydrate drink. Child Fasting Planner (6-4-2) Your child's last-feed times — solids, milk, clear fluids. Accidentally Ate or Drank? What you had and when — is it OK, or do you call? Colonoscopy Prep Timing Appointment time → hour-by-hour split-dose prep. Bowel-Prep Diet Planner Procedure date → a dated low-fibre eating countdown. Can I Drink Tea? Black/green tea is clear (2h); add milk and it's food (6h). Can I Drink Apple Juice? Pulp-free apple juice is a classic clear liquid — usually OK to 2h. Can I Drink Gatorade? A clear sports drink may count as a clear fluid — if your hospital allows. Can I Drink Milk? Milk counts as food (≈6h), not a clear liquid. Coffee With Cream or Milk? Black is clear (2h); cream/milk makes it food (6h). Take Medicine With Water? A small sip for essential meds usually won't break your fast.

Medications

What to take, hold, or stop before your operation.

Take-or-Hold Medication Checker Popular Tick your medicines → a printable take / hold / ask list. Medication Interaction Checker Flags risky medicine combinations to raise with your team. Medications A–Z Aspirin, blood thinners, Ozempic and more — stop or continue? Ozempic / GLP-1 Hold Date Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro — your stop date if needed. GLP-1 24-Hour Liquid Diet Planner On a GLP-1? Your hour-by-hour clear-liquid schedule before surgery. Diabetes Tablets & Insulin Checker Tablets and insulin — metformin, SGLT2, sulfonylureas, basal & mealtime insulin. Insulin on Surgery Day Long-acting, mealtime, mixed or pump — what to do the morning of. Supplement Bleeding-Risk Checker Which supplements thin the blood and when to stop them. Period & Birth Control The pill, HRT and your period around surgery — clot risk. Blood Thinner Stop-Date Calculator Warfarin, apixaban, clopidogrel — your likely last-dose & restart dates. Steroid Stress-Dose Checker On long-term steroids? Whether you need extra cover for surgery.

Risk & readiness

Where you stand before the day — scored and explained.

Pre-Surgery Readiness Score Tick what you've sorted → a score and a personal to-do list. Which Tests Will I Need? Your surgery + health → the pre-op tests usually considered, and why. Post-Op Nausea Risk (PONV) Four questions → your Apfel nausea risk and what to ask for. Sleep Apnea Screener (STOP-BANG) 8 questions → your sleep apnea risk before anesthesia. Blood Clot Risk Calculator Your DVT risk around surgery (Caprini) + "is this leg a clot?" (Wells). Anesthesia Risk Reality-Check Honest, calm context on how safe anesthesia really is. BMI Calculator Quick BMI — and what it means before anesthesia. Should I Call the Hospital? Tick your symptoms → a clear action before you travel in. Will My Surgery Be Cancelled? Cold, fever, BP, blood sugar, ate by mistake → go ahead or call? I Made a Mistake Before Surgery Popular Ate, drank, took a held pill or forgot a blood thinner? A calm answer + what to say. Surgery Sick-Day Checker Cold, cough, fever or tummy bug → go ahead, or call your team? Pre-Op Weight-Loss Target How much to lose for a target BMI, by when, at a healthy pace. Prehab Plan Builder Train for your surgery: dated weekly walking, strength, breathing & protein targets. Confusion After Surgery (Delirium) An older adult's risk of post-op confusion + a family plan. Am I Fit Enough for Surgery? Everyday activities → your METs and the climb-two-flights-of-stairs threshold. Bad Anesthesia Reaction in the Family? When a relative's reaction matters — and what to tell your team. Is My BP Too High for Surgery? Enter your reading → proceed, recheck, or call your team. Is My Blood Sugar OK for Surgery? Your morning reading → in range, treat a low, or call. Bleeding History Screener Easy bruising or a family story → does it deserve clotting tests first? Surgery After a Stroke or TIA When your stroke happened → how it moves an elective date, and why. Liver Disease Before Surgery Cirrhosis, varices, ascites → your personal bring-to-pre-op list. Pacemaker or ICD Before Surgery What happens to your device — magnet, check dates, restore checklist. Recreational Drugs & Anesthesia Cocaine, meth, MDMA, opioids, benzos — confidential, honest, judgement-free.

Plan & prepare

Walk in organised — printable cards and checklists.

My Surgery Plan Popular Your fasting, medicines & countdown gathered onto one printable sheet. Where Is Your Surgery? Body Map Tap the body — jump to the prep and recovery pages for your operation. Complete Pre-Surgery Checklist Tick off every prep step by timeframe — saved on your device, printable. What Happens at Your Pre-Op Visit Who you see, what they check, and what to bring. Tell Your Anesthesiologist Build a printable disclosure card for your team. Tell Your Child About Surgery Age-by-age: when to tell them, the exact words, and what never to say. Questions to Ask (Cheat-Sheet) Tick your worries → a printable list of questions. What Do I Remove? Jewelry, contacts, polish, dentures — what comes off and why. Prehab Countdown Get-fit-for-surgery tasks by how many weeks you have left. Pain-Relief Plan Builder Build a multimodal pain plan to discuss with your team. Caregiver Handout A printable sheet for whoever's looking after you. Quit Smoking Before Surgery Why stopping helps — even shortly before — and how. Surgery Countdown Generator Your surgery date → a printable day-by-day prep timeline. Day-Case or Overnight? Will you go home the same day, or stay in? Find out what's likely. Difficult Airway Alert Card Told you were hard to intubate? Build the printable card your next team needs.

Recovery & after surgery

Is this normal, and when does it get better?

Recovery Timelines When can I drive, work, fly, lift — by operation. When Can I ___ Again? Popular Your op + date → a green/amber/red date for driving, sex, lifting, gym, flying. Post-Op Symptom Checker Temp + days + symptoms → self-monitor, call today, or get emergency help. Protein for Healing Calculator Your weight → daily protein target, per-meal split, and example foods. Recovery Tracker 2 min/day → your healing curve vs what's typical for your operation. Confused After Surgery? Family Checker The 4 signs of post-op delirium + what to tell the nurses tonight. Eye Drop Schedule Planner Surgery date + your drops → a printable, tickable week-by-week taper plan. Blood Clot Checker (DVT/PE) Calf pain or breathless? See if it points to a clot — and act. Is My Wound Infected? Tick your symptoms → normal healing, or get it checked. Children's Pain Medicine Dose Weight-based paracetamol & ibuprofen doses for a child. How Long Off Work? By operation and job type — a realistic time-off estimate. Caring for Someone After Surgery The first 24–48 hours: what to do, and the red flags to watch. What to Eat After Surgery Nausea-friendly, then protein + fiber to heal and stay regular. Showering & Wound Care When you can shower, get it wet, and how to care for the wound. Nerve Block Wear-Off Timer When the numbness fades — take your first pain dose before it does. Paracetamol + Ibuprofen Scheduler A safe staggered timetable for steady relief (adults). Is This Pain Normal? What's expected at this stage — and the warning signs. I Feel Weird After Anesthesia Sore throat, grogginess, headaches — explained. Post-Op Constipation Prevent it, fix it, and know the red flags. Opioid Safety Planner Take strong painkillers safely — and stop them sooner. Sore Throat After Surgery Why your throat hurts after a general anesthetic. Wisdom Teeth Recovery Tracker Day-by-day: what's normal, dry socket, red flags. Dry Socket Risk Checker After an extraction → risk band, when to stop worrying, warning signs. Do I Need a Driver? Can you Uber home? Who can escort you, and why. Waiting-Room Companion A live timer for family while you're in theatre. Can't Pee After Surgery? The 6–8 hour rule → call now, work the toolkit, or relax. Scar Stage & Care Planner Surgery date → your scar's current stage and what helps right now. Feeling Low After Surgery? Post-op blues vs depression — an honest 2-question check. Spinal Headache (PDPH) Checker Worse upright, better flat? Check the pattern + the blood-patch fix.

Understand anesthesia

Clear answers to the big questions.

Asleep, Twilight, Spinal or Local? The four anesthesia types compared. Your Surgery Day, Step by Step An anesthesiologist walks you through the whole day — with a calming tip at every stage. Anesthesia, Memory & Dementia The honest answer — plus a brain-protection checklist for older patients. Child Screaming After Anesthesia? Emergence agitation: why it happens, what to do, why they won't remember. Anesthesia: Myth or Fact? Quiz 12 quick questions — can you beat the movies? Get your score. Scared of Anesthesia? Will I wake up? The real odds, calmly — from an anesthesiologist. Epidural vs Spinal How they differ — onset, duration, catheter, and what each is used for. Jargon Translator & Glossary NPO, PACU, TIVA, MAC… every term in everyday language. Box-Breathing Calmer A guided 4-4-4-4 breath to settle the nerves. ASA Class Explained What ASA I–VI on your form actually means. Labor Pain Relief Options Gas, opioids and the epidural compared — strength, mobility, baby. Labor Epidural: What to Expect How it's placed, side effects, and the back-pain & C-section myths. What Anesthesia Will I Have? Pick your operation → the anesthetic you're most likely to get. Anesthesia & Your Child's Brain The FDA warning vs the reassuring studies (GAS, PANDA, MASK) — for your case. Will Anesthesia Damage My Teeth? Loose teeth, crowns, veneers → your risk and the 30-second script. "Allergic to Lidocaine"? Sorter Racing heart vs hives — what your dental reaction really was. Reaction Under Anesthesia Before? Was it true anaphylaxis? The 3 steps before your next anesthetic. "Took Hours to Wake Up" Scoline apnea: the inherited slow-wake story your team must hear. Scorpion Sting & Spinals Past sting → why numbing injections can work poorly. One sentence to say.