I got my insurance approval on Monday and I'm scheduled for surgery next Wednesday, 9/30. This whole time I haven't been nervous but the nerves are finally setting in now that I know it's happening!

I've made a list of things to bring with me but I know I can't anticipate everything. Can anyone give me some helpful tips to calm my nerves and make sure I don't forget anything! Input is greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone!

I took waaay too much. I did not read my books, do my crossword puzzles or listen to my CD player. I just slept and watched TV for two days. If I owned a cell phone, I would have taken that. I left my laptop at home. Don't take anything you will miss if it is stolen.

My two most important take-alongs were Chapstick and my teddy bear. It served as an arm rest, telephone prop, brace for my tummy when I laughed, sneezed, or coughed, not to mention familiar comfort when my support people were home sleeping. I wore the loosest clothes I had so that nothing was tight on my tender abdomen on the way home.