My surgery is on Friday. What should I pack for my stay in the hospital? I never had surgery before or had to stay at a hospital before.

Yahoooo. Congrats ok the following you need

Underware

Chap stix

cost

Slippers

hair brush

Tooth paste

Tooth brush

Soap

Deodorant

Cell phone and charger

Tampons or pads just in case

books magazine

Pen

Paper

Laptop

Socks

P j

Loose clothes to come home in

Favourite pillow

Hair ties

Face cloth

Small amount of cash

Socks

Pill crusher for meds

Medication

Puffers

That's all I can think of

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Cost?

For?

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Wow that's way to much stuff

All I brought was a pair of sweats I wore there and back home, socks, panties, soap, deodorant, phone charger and chap stick.

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they told me not to take anything but my c-pap machine! not even meds because they will give them to me! they even have me chap stix

For?

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Cost was on the list you gave me.

Just stuff around the house that's all.

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Make sure they are big comfy granny undies or nothing constricting! lol I am french braiding my hair. I don't want to scare too many people post op!

I am in the same boat..,. never had surgery before. You are in my thoughts and prayers. We will be FINE!!!

Chap stick has always been at the top of most of the lists I've seen. Wear in loose clothes to wear home and bring a pillow from home to use as for belly support for the ride home. I drove 3 hours from home to have my surgery so having a pillow with me for the ride home was priceless.

Cost was on the list you gave me.

Spell check sucks lol wishing you lots of luck tomorrow and wishing you a speedy recovery

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I was told loose sweats as some people go home with drain.. Bathrobes a must because you'll be encouraged to walk and will most likely be required to wear hospital gown during hospital stay slippers , Chapstick ,toothbrush,shampoo,conditioner,deodorant brush,phone charger,pillow,socks,underwear, large hoody for the ride home

I only brought what I wore to the hospital, snook which I did not read bc I was too out of it and my cell phone.. They provide you most of what you need and honestly I was in and out of it the whole time so I didn't need much more than the tv being on

My doctor told me to bring nothing except the clothes I'm wearing back home

That was a great list. Since I have had a couple of surgerys and some hosiptal stay. The number one thing for me is I have to have noise when I am walking or moving around so I did take my ipod and the charger for everything electric you take. I learned that lession the hard way. Also bring something that confort you. We I am put into a new area it sometime freak me out a little...so if I had my favorite pillow or teddy it was nice and calming. Make sure that you also take your meds even over the counter one with you. I also had a list of them and on the list was the name, dosage, how often I took it and when I normally took it. For example:

Lisinopril 15mg 1 1/2 tablets by mouth daily at night

Levothyroxine 0.05mg 1 tablet by mouth daily in the morning an hour before breakfast

And so forth. Hope that helps.

Thanks

Cheryl