Im having surgery in week!!! Im desperate to know ... what do you wish you would have brought to hospital for your hospital stay???

Thanks

Rachael

Im having surgery in week!!! Im desperate to know ... what do you wish you would have brought to hospital for your hospital stay??? Thanks Rachael

I actually had everything I needed but I was most happy that I brought pajama pants (loose) to be worn for walking the hallway and so I wasn't so cold in bed and also that I brought my own pillow (hospital pillows just aren't the same). Would also recommend chapstick, hand sanitizer, comfortable loose clothes for the trip home, pillow to hold on stomach for car ride home.

Needed very little.

Only thing I used that hospital did not provide was my iPad.

I wore a stretchy dress with no waistline and matching jacket. Smart idea.

Pillow in the car home also was a smart idea.

It's a hospital overnight, not a vacation. You'll be fine.

I wish I had brought my own pillow. I am used to a feather pillow that I can mold and shape. The hospital pillows pop back into thier old shape as soon as I pick my head up.

And it would have been nice to have a pillow to squeeze against my stomach on the ride home.

Biotene mouth spray!!! My mouth and throat was so dry after I woke up from surgery. But I couldn't drink anything and even when I did it seemed to make it worse. My mom brought this to me on the second day and I was so greatful! You can get it at walmart (usually I the toothpaste isle)

They don't want you to bring anything except your CPAP if you use one, and of course your phone and ipad. That's a given. Good luck to you. Dabberdoo (Debra))

I absolutely needed my chap stick. Also I was alone so when I walked the hospital floor I kept kicking the iv stand. I did have shoes with me and that helped keep me from stubbing my toes !!!!

A lot less than I did! Chapstick and my own pillow. My hospital wouldn't let me use any over the counter stuff, they provided it all---throat drops, stuff to lubricate my mouth, gas treatment. I didn't even use my iPad much and I am an addict. My phone and charger was sufficient. Wore their clothes and slipper/sock thingies. Brought all kinda of stuff--PJs slippers robe yoga clothes toiletries hand sanitizer lotion earplugs eye mask--that I never ever used or they provided!