I'm already packing my bag...
Thanks to all the wonderful responders! I have been at home for 5 days with the stomach virus from hell. To add insult to injury, I came down with it during the first hour of my pre-op class. It was not pretty. I could not even hold down ice chips for the first 3 days and told my husband if he loved me, he'd shoot me. Fortunately, he didn't listen.
That said, it gave me a taste of what i'll be facing soon as I sipped water and sucked ice chips just trying to get moisture in my body. I lost 14 pounds.
Chapstick is a must along with unscented moisturizer. My skin got OLD looking without moisture. Other than that, I have slippers, robe and comfy pj's for coming home in. The pillow is a must also -- learned that after gallbladder surgery and I have the same one from then.
I'll have to admit, I have reconsidered this choice more than once as I lay in misery but I still believe I'm doing the right thing. It's going to be hard but what isn't?
That said, it gave me a taste of what i'll be facing soon as I sipped water and sucked ice chips just trying to get moisture in my body. I lost 14 pounds.
Chapstick is a must along with unscented moisturizer. My skin got OLD looking without moisture. Other than that, I have slippers, robe and comfy pj's for coming home in. The pillow is a must also -- learned that after gallbladder surgery and I have the same one from then.
I'll have to admit, I have reconsidered this choice more than once as I lay in misery but I still believe I'm doing the right thing. It's going to be hard but what isn't?
Good luck, and just relax.. it will go well. I didn't have a pillow when I went home, but it would have been a good idea. Luckily, my DH decided to be a good driver instead of the nauseating one he can be. I was actually up and at 'em pretty quickly after surgery, including the 45 minutes in Wally World walking around waiting for my pain meds to be ready.
The things that I really used out of my case were a soft blanket from home that I used as a pillow and my deodorant. I brought stuff to wash my face, but didn't need it. I also was only in my recovery room for 5 hours, so you may want to take my statements with a grain of salt. I pretty much slept off and on for the first 3 and then I was up the last 2.
I too was very anxious coming up on surgery and had a pretty horrible nightmare when I came out of anesthesia.. like one where I had decided not to have the surgery and I was in pain! My advice, just relax. Your Dr will take care of you, so just get through all the pre-op stuff and make sure you have all your vitamins, etc ready for when you get home.
I don't know if this will happen with you, but I shook a lot coming out of the anesthesia in post-op, so don't be scared like I was. I also got a bit nauseous, but I found that as long as my head was elevated I had no issues.
The things that I really used out of my case were a soft blanket from home that I used as a pillow and my deodorant. I brought stuff to wash my face, but didn't need it. I also was only in my recovery room for 5 hours, so you may want to take my statements with a grain of salt. I pretty much slept off and on for the first 3 and then I was up the last 2.
I too was very anxious coming up on surgery and had a pretty horrible nightmare when I came out of anesthesia.. like one where I had decided not to have the surgery and I was in pain! My advice, just relax. Your Dr will take care of you, so just get through all the pre-op stuff and make sure you have all your vitamins, etc ready for when you get home.
I don't know if this will happen with you, but I shook a lot coming out of the anesthesia in post-op, so don't be scared like I was. I also got a bit nauseous, but I found that as long as my head was elevated I had no issues.
~Samantha~
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