In terms of food, comfort, stuff from the pharmacy what were you glad you already had at home?

What made life a little easier for you in those first few days? My husband doesn't drive (once a NY'er, always a NY'er...*sigh*), so I'm trying to assemble everything now.

Anyway, now that you're on the 'other' side of the proverbial band, what do you guys recommend I have waiting for me at home from the grocery/pharmacy?

So far, I have,

From the pharm:

Gas-x strips

Rx filled for painkiller

Pill cutter/crusher

Kelo-cote

From Target/Grocery:

Jello pudding (I hate regular clear jello)

Applesauce

Tea

broth

Cream Soups (mushroom, chicken, tomato - all without stuff in it)

Crystal Light

Muscle Milk shakes

Water (obviously)

Little 3oz cups to put the stuff in

I know that I'm going to need the pillow fort to sleep at night. Thankfully, I'm pretty good at building one from all the experience of the pregnancies .

Anything else? Can I do small amts (think 1-2 tsp in a 2c.) of tiny well done pastina in broth if I blenderise it just to give it some oomph?

Thanks!

-m

My boyfriend, who stayed the night in the hospital with me, sleeping in a chair.

Otherwise...

Crystal light

my mom

a pillow

and my pain mediction.

Other than that, you wont feel like eating all that Soup and Jello and pudding.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS!!!

I was up an attem 4 days post of with very little pain. It's a nothing surgery, really.

Edited April 9, 200818 yr by ponytail

My boyfriend, who stayed the night in the hospital with me, sleeping in a chair.

LOL, yeah, with two kids at home, that's not gonna happen. Besides, I'm kinda excited to have the relative peace and quiet of having a bed to myself! No husband, no dogs, no kids! Sounds like a kind of heaven, believe it or not...

-m

I was just thankful I didn't feel hungry all the time...but that's back now!

I was thankful for my pillow, gas-x, pain pills, and a blanket. I also found I was very comfortable in my flannel pajama bottoms because they didn't tighten up around my stomach whether I was walking, sitting down, or laying down. Of course, I was also thankful for my hubby because he would rub my back or legs, whatever I needed in order to keep the gas bubbles moving around! I have a massager too that helped with gas bubbles.

More than the protein shakes and water, what I used most of all for the first 3 days and nights was my recliner, a heating pad, and a pillow that I put over my stomach to remind my kids and husband not to go near that area when giving me lovely little kisses!

I really liked having the broth the day after, but then got sick of it. Then added an egg and made egg drop soup and was happy for it again.

After that I loved cream of chicken soup and Propel Water.

And my small pillow to prop under my belly at night when I slept.

Bring a pillow with you to the hospital so you will have it in the car for the ride home. Stick to your food plan, good luck.

I needed some throat spray like chloraseptic. My throat was soooo scratchy from having the tube down my throat in surgery. The ice chips I was eating the day of surgery wasn't helping much for that. The spray worked great. Also, for broth I used the flavor packets in Ramen noodles. It seemed I was wasting all the noodles and vegies from other soups when I'd drain off the broth and we have tons of packs of ramen in the house. It's very cheap also, cheaper than a can of soup.

liquid Tylenol. The pain med they prescribe made me feel nauseaous (spelling?) and sooo sleepy, that I couldn't even enjoy my time off work!

My husband went out and bought a recliner for me because I couldn't lay down on the bed without pain and spent the first night sitting up on the couch sleeping. The recliner helped push me up without many muscles, and allowed me to sleep without too much pain.

you'll need chapstick right after surgery

Add Sugar free popsicles... The were a life saver for me... When I wanted something sweet(but is was sugar free) and ice cold....

When I wanted warm, I made the sugar free pudding on the stove, with fat fat free milk, and ate it warm....

Never liked the instant kind....

cc

...the clicker for the TV............g2s

...the clicker for the TV............g2s

...and small children around to pick up the clicker when it falls to the floor!

a recliner and gas x because I could not sleep in the bed for 3 days

i was glad:

1- had my house cleaned beforehand

2- had a body pillow

3- heating pad

4- sf ice pops

5- recliner / comfy blankies

6- a wks worth of great tivo lined up

7- pain meds !!!!

TV series on DVD (watched four seasons of Friends)

Lots of pillows to sleep in a reclined position

Microwave heating things for my shoulders and neck with gas pain

My roommate and mom to heat stuff, get me water, etc

A tv tray that I moved beside my bed to keep all the remotes, my cell phone, and drink on

Slimfast and ensure protein drinks, skim milk to water it all down