What is going in your hospital bag??
Robin
agirlwithadate Me again,
I just found the Q&A page on the web site and others suggested baby wipes, slippers with grips, headset and CD's to relax and block out hospital sounds. I will be taking ear plugs! Others suggest pads because you get your period right after surgery?????? I will be checking into that one!
Lynne
I'm having an open procedure and several people are suggesting tongs with the baby wipes to reach places that will be hard to reach due to your incisions.
Robin
I will definitely not forget my portable CD player with batteries and also my Ashlee Simpson CD and other CD's that will make me feel at ease! I love music and I feel that Ican express myself through the melody. I will also be bringing my poetry book and probably tissue because I know that I will cry a million times from being so blessed in getting the surgery.
OK, Call me a geek. I'm bringing my laptop. It can sit on the tray table. Then I can throw on my headphones and watch DVDs or listen to music as I please. Also play solitare, etc. Hey, there won't be much more than ice chips on the table anyway. 
My wife had the procedure last January. Here's the items we had or picked up for her that worked:
...Slippers (cold, yucky hospital floors)
...Robe (So you won't moon the other patients during the walks)
...Tongs (To reach where no one has reached before)
...Favorite pillow (Something about the scent of home)
...Pictures of the kids (No explanation needed
)
...Lemon Glycerine Swabs (Replaces mouth wash, the hospital
....................................provides them, but it often takes a
....................................while for them to get them to you.)
...Oral-B Brush-Ups (Instead of tooth brush and tooth paste)
...CPAP (if you use one
)
...Loose underwear (The loosest you own for the trip home.
............................Any abdominal pressure hurts after a few
............................minutes in the first few days post op.
............................Including waist bands! 
)
...Cell phone (We have little kids [5 & 3], they need to know
...................they can talk to mommy or daddy as needed.)
Hope this list helps everyone.
Ken
My wife had the procedure last January. Here's the items we had or picked up for her that worked:
...Slippers (cold, yucky hospital floors)
...Robe (So you won't moon the other patients during the walks)
...Tongs (To reach where no one has reached before)
...Favorite pillow (Something about the scent of home)
...Pictures of the kids (No explanation needed)
...Lemon Glycerine Swabs (Replaces mouth wash, the hospital
....................................provides them, but it often takes a
....................................while for them to get them to you.)
...Oral-B Brush-Ups (Instead of tooth brush and tooth paste)
...CPAP (if you use one)
...Loose underwear (The loosest you own for the trip home.
............................Any abdominal pressure hurts after a few
............................minutes in the first few days post op.
............................Including waist bands! )
...Cell phone (We have little kids [5 & 3], they need to know
...................they can talk to mommy or daddy as needed.)
Hope this list helps everyone.
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