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ashleypriv    11

ashleypriv
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Hey guys!! Surgery is tomorrow!!! All my 3/30 sleevers good luck tomorrow!

For everyone who has already had the surgery, what should I bring to the hospital? I'm nervous I'll forget something and the hospital is an hour away!

Help!! ️

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BayougirlMrsS    3,938

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socks.... don't forget socks.

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Inner Surfer Girl    12,015

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My hospital really had most everything (including no skid socks, toiletries, etc.).

Take what you are asked to bring: CPAP, spirometer, etc.

I also used: lip balm, hot pad, extra change of underwear (I wore home the same clothes I arrived in).

I had my mom with me and gave her my phone with strict instructions not to give it back to me until I was no longer loopy but you will want to bring your phone charger. I also gave her a list of my friends who wanted to be updated so she used my phone to text them when I got out of surgery.

The best thing, other than my mom, was making up my mind to do everything I was asked to do, even if I thought I couldn't.

Best of luck!

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marypups    111

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I liked having my own robe and pajama bottoms. And I watched a lot of shows on my Ipad. I don't think I really needed or used anything else.


I liked having my own robe and pajama bottoms. And I watched a lot of shows on my Ipad. I don't think I really needed or used anything else.

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Bufflehead    6,358

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Less than you think. Hospitals take in emergency patients all the time -- no one shows up as a car accident victim with their hospital overnight bag neatly packed. Hospitals have what people need.

Lip balm and an extra-long charger cord for my phone were the only things I really needed. It was nice to have my own toothbrush and hair brush and that sort of thing, but the hospital could have supplied any basic toiletries.

You'll have hospital gowns to wear (wear two, one forward and one back, when you are out walking the halls). They have the pockets and openings needed for your IV pole, drain, etc. which your own clothes don't, so don't bother with something like PJ's or a robe IMO. Most hospitals provide socks with non-skid foot bottoms so you can safely walk around the hospital. Wear loose, comfy clothes to the hospital and you can just wear the same clothes home. Make sure whoever is driving you home brings a pillow so that you can put it between your abdomen and the seat belt.

Good luck!

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mistycal    81

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They left my catheter in all day until the next afternoon, so I couldn't wear my pants lol... All I needed was the extension cord and phone charger, other than that I watched there tv, my hospital had movies sorta like Netflix and everything else I brought stayed in my bag!

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ange117    93

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The hospital I'm going to actually provides really nice chapstick in their toiletry kits, so I'm not even bothering with that!

I'm planning on my phone charger, a pack a colored pencils and an adult coloring book to occupy me when I'm not sleeping/walking, and a couple changes of underwear. That's it. I hate having to keep track of stuff in the hospital; it's the worst.

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MrsRoboto    370

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I brought my phone and extra long charger, a brush, and lip balm. That's it! I wore comfy clothes in and wore the same ones home.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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