Do not eat for 2 hours before your appointment.

Drink 4-6 glasses of water with ½ fresh squeezedlemon juice if you are having a AM appointment, or 1-2 glasses if you are having a PM appointment.

Avoid gas-forming foods the previous day beans, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, cucumbers, melons, raw apples, bananas, or anything else that gives you gas.

Apply an abdominal castor pack for 1 hour 3 days in a row before your appointment.  Pre-warm the pack but do not use a heating if you fell gaseous.  Take a teaspoon of olive oil with the pack.