Take with you to surgery:
Chapstick (before you get anesthesia load you lips up)
Extended trigger gripping tool
(Hip Kit) Google Shopping Hip Kit List
Your most comfortable waist line shorts, pajama bottoms, underwear (they will let you wear bottoms under your hospital robe after you last procedure)and clothes to leave when you get discharged.
Laptop, Ipad, Tablet, E-Reader, smartphone and power cord/ charger for them. Unless you have 24/7 visitors, you will be bored and their t.v. is just like yours at home, nothing good is ever on.
At home for after you are discharged:
Either a cane or a walker, I preffered the cane because the tendency to lean over a walker.
Grab bars for bathroom toilet/shower.
Elevate your bed. 4 pack of lifters @ big lots $5.00
Bed rails (remember how nice it was to use the hospital bed rails to help you raise up before you stand up)
under mattress bed rails
Elevate you toilet:
Google shopping Elevated toilet seat.
Lift Chair (make sure you get one that can recline fully if you desire) Obviously new these can cost a fortune but try your insurance company, they may cover some or all of the cost, You can also rent them. I bought used but you know that's a roll of the dice with bed bugs and shady people and I ended up with one that wasn't as comfortable or versatile as I would have liked. I would try estate sales, the earlier you start searching the better deal you are going to get.
All About Lift Chairs
Bath seat There are several different styles, I recommend one with a back and it might come in handy to have one that is a bench that stretches out of the bath tub (if your shower has a tub) You can find these at Goodwill Outlets all the time for extremely cheap if your not too prissy (just bleach/disinfect the hell out of it when you get it home) you will save a lot of money if your insurance doesn't cover it.
Bath seats
Whatever you need to stay warm. You absolutely do not want to be cold enough to shiver as this is extremely painful. This is one of the reasons I had my surgery in the beginning of spring. You also do not want to cough, sneeze, get the hiccups and especially vomit after the surgery. Try not to get a laugh attack either, a good belly laugh hurts like hell after this surgery.




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