What's your To-Do list Pre-Op??

I am just thinking about my To-Do list prior to having surgery on the 10th.  Here are some of mine:

1.  Clean up bedroom.
2.  Get baby in his own room. (ok, he's not techically a baby, he's 20 months old)
3.  Clean the baby's room out, it's kind of become a storage room.
4. Buy a Bariatric Multivitamin.
5.  Buy some protein powder.  Not too much or too expensive because I hear our tastes change.
6.  Stock up fridge with post-op foods. 
7.  Work out childcare issues while I am in the hospital.  Recruit help after I get home and hubby goes back to work. 
8.  Clean house and do laundry (UGGGGG!!!) Maybe I'll give myself an early B-day gift and hire someone to come and clean for me.  Doubltful since I have a hospital co-pay to consider...


Still thinking about other things...What's on your list?

I did the same thing. But, the night before surgery something would not let me relax until I wrote a letter to each of my kids just in case. They were only to be deliveried to them if something went wrong. I KNEW I would be FINE. But I sure wnated them to know how much they meant to me. I am home with them and they have no idea that i wrote them but, it gave a peace like none other.

just thought!

hugs to you

p.s. its not an easy thing to do so if you do make sure you are ALONE.... TEARS WILL COME

Ahhh the to-do list!
Well... After reading a little.

1. Getting some awesome PJ to mobb around the hospital in
2. Order some sample protien drinks
3. getting soft food,like apple sauce, and uhh... I can't think of much more I need help!
4. paying my bills!
5. clean my room

Morning July-WLS folks,
Uhm... Uhmmmm... What is on my to-do list...

1. make a to-do list
2. steal you guy's to-do's (clean room, buy vitamins and protein shakes, get groceries)
3. pack a hospital bag.
 

Guess I need to work on my plan. Thanks for getting me on the ball. Great post.
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Maybe you should make a to do list to make a to do list about making a to do list! Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

My To-Do list is similar, but I don't have kids, so alot of that is off the list. Surgery is July 1, so much of it is done.

1. Clean Kitchen ---- spotless - Almost there, just need to finish fridge
2. Have protien available. - Done, I bought tons of samples and have some RTD ones from the hospital
3. Laundry - I started this, I want everything done so that I can go a while before having to do it again.
4. Get rid of the stuff I can't eat and replace with stuff I can eat - Will be done on Monday.
5. Line up "help" for month of July and warn them it could be into August. - I am a single homeowner so I will need help with lots of stuff. I don't want to risk hernia, so I need help with hauling trash, mowing the yard, weedwacking, filling salt in water softener. My laundry is also in the basement, but I have decided I can just carry small amounts a bunch of times rather than a basketfull at once.
6. Stock up on drinking water
7. Get bandages, vitamins, Pepcid AC for post op - Done
8. Find new lies to tell my mom so she will go away and leave me alone. - In progress - I don't think I will ever be done avoiding her.

I really think I am ready for this. I have been preparing for 18 months so I've had lots of time to learn from others about what is important. I am just really worried about making sure I have help with lifting and stuff. I have a pretty high pain tolerance and I don't want to risk hernia so I'm trying to really plan ahead on the day to day home maintenance stuff I do.

Good Luck to all the July surgeries. I am so excited!!!

Ive waited abou the same amount of time you did! But, longer lol. I was always too worried about not getting approved and getting my hopes up so I never really planned. But now im stoked! What kind of protien did you buy?

I'm getting very nervous...my surgery date is 7/2.  Here is my to do list:

1.  Clean out fridge.
2.  Clean out pantry.
3.   Stock with post-of foods
4.  Purchase gas-x strips, liquid tylenol, and chewable vits.
5.  Purchase baby spoons
6.  Have all laundry done!

 

Instead of baby spoons I went to World Market and bought ****tail forks and spoons. They are small like babyspoons, but they look grown up. I bought some small plates and bowls there too. Somthing about eating off of primary colored plates with baby animals on them and using plastic coated spoons was bothering me. I want to be able to sit and the table with my signifigant other and eat a meal without feeling like I belonged at the kiddy table or the playland at McDonalds. I know it's my hangup, but thought I would let others know there are options.
 

Good Luck!!!!! One week away, its so exciting.