The night before your treatment, you are encouraged to have a shower or bath and wash your hair. Clean hair provides for better conduction of the electrical current.

On Your Treatment Day

• Do not eat or drink anything after 12 midnight, including water, gum, hard candies and breakfast.
   
• Do not drink alcohol for 24 hours before or after your treatment.
   
• Take no medication after 12 midnight, except high blood pressure medication with just a sip of water. If you use an inhaler (i.e., for asthma), please bring it with you to the hospital at each treatment. If you have diabetes, do a glucoscan prior to leaving home. Bring your Insulin and equipment with you (needle and syringes).
   
• Please leave all valuables at home; this includes jewellery, wallets, credit cards and any large sum of money.
   
• Makeup and nail polish must be removed.
   
• Please report to the Admitting Department by 0630 and have your Healthcard with you. You will then be directed to Surgical Day Care.
   
• Once in Surgical Day Care, you will be asked to put on a hospital gown and remove your eyeglasses, contact lenses and dentures if you have them. The nurse may put an intravenous needle in your arm.
   
• The treatment will take place in the Recovery Room. You will return to Surgical Day Care for a short time after the treatment.
   
• You will be ready to return home by about 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. You must be taken home by a responsible adult and this person must meet you in Surgical Day Care. A taxi or bus driver is not considered appropriate.
   
• It is recommended that you also arrange to have someone responsible stay at home with you overnight after each treatment.
   
• You must not operate a motor vehicle or potentially dangerous equipment/machinery/tools until the day after each treatment.
   
• Be aware that nausea, headache, dizziness and confusion are not unusual for several hours after anaesthesia. If these persist contact your physician.
   
• Your doctor will explain the treatment to you, answer your questions, evaluate your progress and tell you when to end treatment.
   
• Return for treatment each Monday, Wednesday and Friday unless instructed otherwise.