I have the gas x strips. iPad...reading material....anything else? Going shopping tomorrow to stock up on the clear liquids, Gatorade, apple, and cranberry juice. Any other suggestions that you wish someone had suggested? Tomorrow is my clear liquid day pre surgery...gonna suck big time....

Lucky you, my clear liquids diet lasted a whole 3 days! As far as the Gas-x strips, make sure you ask your Dr. if you can use them. When my nurse saw me taking them, she slapped my hand and told the Dr. on me lol. He said, there was already gas relief medication in my IV drip and that the majority of the gas that I was feeling wasn't goign to be cured by gas-x strips, only by walking. I brought a heating pad w/ me that kind of helped when the gas pain hit my shoulders. chicken broth brought me some relief, warm stuff feels good going down. And that's about all the "necessities" I can think of. Once you get home, you'll be able to gauge what things you can tolerate. I have a hard time getting pure Water down...but for some reason can do a gatorade..lol.

Good luck to you!

I doubt you'll want to read. When i was in the hospital it was a struggle for me to find the energy to focus on my cell phone long enough to text my friends to let them know I was ok. You'll sleep a lot, maybe have the tv on but probably won't pay attention to it, sleep some more, sip and walk, sip and walk. Make sure you have clean sheets on your bed and a stockpile of dvds. Another tip: strained canned Soup is kind of gross. Have someone run out and get take out soup for you and strain that. It'll be a lot fresher with a much better flavor. Oh, and get some herbal tea. It feels really good on the tummy.

Good luck!

otter pops, eat them slowly and it gets liquids in

Have some liquid tylenol on hand at home. I only took my prescription pain medicine once when I got home. After that, tylenol was sufficient - and it was nice to have a clear mind rather than being all groggy from the prescription stuff.

sugar free popsicles were great too - so refreshing to a dry mouth.

OMG! I am right with you. Mine is Monday and Ipanicked when I went shopping! I don't know how to get it all in!

I have the gas x strips. iPad...reading material....anything else? Going shopping tomorrow to stock up on the clear liquids, Gatorade, apple, and cranberry juice. Any other suggestions that you wish someone had suggested? Tomorrow is my clear liquid day pre surgery...gonna suck big time....

Here's a link to a post recently about all the things one would need.

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/10081-the-official-what-you-will-need-for-your-surgery-thread/page__st__40__p__203482__hl__list__fromsearch__1#entry203482