I am having surgery on December 4th and am taking this weekend to get ready for the changes in my life. I plan on relaxing, eating a few things I am going to miss (I don't have a pre-op), amongst other things. Here is my list- read it to get ideas and post your top ten below!

Must do tasks to get surgery ready

1: clean my house top to bottom

2. Clean put the fridge and pantry and restock with our new foods and shakes, etc.

3. Make a 30 day meal plan for kids dinners and lunches, make a new bi- weekly grocery list

4. Set up my home gym area for post op and schedule my workouts for when I am healed

5. Complete all work related tasks and orders and let friends know I will be taking two weeks off

6. Take a before photo and paste it in planning binder

7. Pack for the hospital stay (will be streaming doctor house on my iPad!)

8. Make sure all bills and rents are paid up to date

9. Buy Water bottles, Protein shakers, travel Soup mugs, travel lunch box and coolers.

10: write letters to my children and family in case the worst happens in surgery. Write out a DNR and funeral inductions along with passwords to accounts and phone numbers they might need, instructions for personal belongings, etc. better safe then sorry!

That's it folks! Let's hear about yours!

5'6

Cw: 242

Gw: 120

Edited November 28, 201411 yr by bellabloom

Prior to surgery, the two most important items are:

1. Make sure you get your walking in each day. It helps recovery go much smoother.

2. If you have a caffeine habit, break it now. I suffered from a week of withdrawal syndrome after I cut out caffeine in my carbonated beverages. This caused very severe headaches. It is best to get this over with before surgery, then right after surgery.

Also be away that your taste buds may change substantial after surgery. So don't go overboard on buying food and Protein shakes. Anyways the amount of food that you will be consuming after surgery will be miniscule.

Nice list. I might add make sure your living will is set up and your actual will is in order. As adults, we should all do this from time to time anyway.

One additional item for me- I plan to take a two day retreat somewhere a couple of days before surgery. I hope to spend the time in prayer and also getting myself right with God and any of my family and friends. Looking forward to starting over with the new me- all the way around.

I am having surgery Dec 1st. I've written my daughters schedule out and given a copy to my family, laid out her clothes. Cleaned my house top to bottom, wrapped Christmas gifts (some I won't be able to lift after surgery) and stocked up on shakes and broth.