I am going to Mexico in October and not really sure of the best things to take with.... I have heard gas-X, protein shakes, but I want to know what you wish you would have had along with you... Thanks

try to get the prescriptions filled ahead of the surgery - you will not feel like going anywhere right after the surgery and will want your liquid pain meds.

I brought p.j. pants to wear in the hospital once the surgery was over. I also brought slippers but didn't use them since they gave me slipper socks. I also brought my laptop so I could chat on facebook when I was having trouble sleeping.

I dont know if you should bring Protein shakes because right after surgery for the first few days you are usually on Clear liquids. You probably won't want to have something like a shake.

I am pretty sure I did 2 days of just Water right after my surgery.

Here is a post I made on things to bring. Oh course you won't need long socks in Mexico but you get the point

http://alienbanditinkorea.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/surgery-tips-and-first-photo-of-me/

I wish I would have taken a decent pillow. The ones at the hospital were like cardboard.

A pillow for the ride home...to put under your seat belt to cushion and to absorb the bumps in the road for you. Someone suggested that to me before my surgery and I am SO GLAD I had it! I felt EVERY SINGLE BUMP on the 10 minute ride home, but the pillow helped!

Cell phone charger, comfy pants and a book

Definitely stretchy pants (I brought yoga pants-very comfortable). A small pillow is must to hold against your incision. Forget the shakes-you will be on clear liquids and really not feel like eating. I was on morphine and could barely keep my eys open to watch TV or read, yet I couldn't seem to get to sleep. I brought an IPOD to listen to music and that was my favorite thing that I brought. I hadthe gasX strips but didn't need them at all. Some some liquid Tynenol PM- to help you sleep through the night.