What do you feel you needed at home (or wish you had on hand) for your beginning post op days? Please share!

Do laundry ahead of time. And vacuuming. Carrying baskets and such up stairs was rough.

Unless your going to have someone at home with you the first few day make sure u have everything u need sitting on your counter where u can reach it easy. You don't want to bend to much. I drank water and motts for totts apple juice and that was pretty much it the first few days.

These are the things I was glad to have post-op:

- my heating pad for all the internal gas and incision pain

- a variety of liquids to sip on (apple juice, broth, tea, Powerade Zero)

- My pain meds

- liquid Tylenol (for weaning off the pain meds)

- My recliner (I couldn't sleep laying down flat for several weeks post-op, it put way too much pressure on my abdomen)

- Pepto Bismol (for the intestinal gas and diarrhea)

- Netflix (you can't do much so it gets boring sitting around haha)

Best of luck to you!

These are all great suggestions! Every bit of information helps. @ I don't think I could live without Netflix pre or post op lol

These are all great suggestions! Every bit of information helps. @ I don't think I could live without Netflix pre or post op lol

Haha!! Love it

Gas X melts were the greatest. they melt on your tongue and helped with the gas pains a lot. also liquid Tylenol.