Probably a silly question
You can't get on it. Husband tried to do some work while I was sleeping. There's a network but it's secured and they won't let you on. He ended up having to do all his work via. cellphone instead of laptop.
I was told I wouldn't even feel like reading, and I'm a huge reader, and that the drugs make you so unable to concentrate that novels are waaay to ambitious. Being me, I took it with a big grain of salt - after all- they don't know ME, I always read! I packed a bunch of magazines, good for a short attention span. I packed some audiobooks on my mp3 player so if I couldn't handle reading, I could still listen to them.
Everyone was right. Nothing ever even made it out of my bag. When your not walking, your sleeing, when your not sleeping, your walking, in between people are checking your vitals or briniging you water, CIBs, etc. I didn't even remember to brush my teeth until a nice nurse asked me if I needed any toothpaste or anything the third day. Seriously, the most ambitioius thing I did was get myself to the bathroom and back without asking the nurse for help.
Your feet will be bound in compression socks, which go up to your knees and have to be plugged into the bed so you can't get around. You'll have a IV on a wheeled pole plugged into the wall and into you. You'll need a hit of the "pain stuff" with the awsome push button before you even try sitting up. So getting into and out of bed to walk or just use the bathroom is much more complicated than you think. I usually found unplugging my feet, unplugging my IV, putting the bed up, swinging my feet out and getting up, making it to the bathroom or walking up and down the hall once or twice usually left me ready to go back to bed.
And to get an idea of what I expected - I had four children au natural, nothing for pain. Within a couple hours I'd showered, changed, brushed my hair and was getting bored. And when I had my kids and I packed a novel for the hospital, I actually read it.
I can't speak for everyone but on the upside, the nurses were WONDERFUL when I was at PRH for RNY in March. Helpful, friendly, attentive, non-judgemental, encouraging.
Good luck!!!! Give us a shout out on the NH forum when you get back.
I was told I wouldn't even feel like reading, and I'm a huge reader, and that the drugs make you so unable to concentrate that novels are waaay to ambitious. Being me, I took it with a big grain of salt - after all- they don't know ME, I always read! I packed a bunch of magazines, good for a short attention span. I packed some audiobooks on my mp3 player so if I couldn't handle reading, I could still listen to them.
Everyone was right. Nothing ever even made it out of my bag. When your not walking, your sleeing, when your not sleeping, your walking, in between people are checking your vitals or briniging you water, CIBs, etc. I didn't even remember to brush my teeth until a nice nurse asked me if I needed any toothpaste or anything the third day. Seriously, the most ambitioius thing I did was get myself to the bathroom and back without asking the nurse for help.
Your feet will be bound in compression socks, which go up to your knees and have to be plugged into the bed so you can't get around. You'll have a IV on a wheeled pole plugged into the wall and into you. You'll need a hit of the "pain stuff" with the awsome push button before you even try sitting up. So getting into and out of bed to walk or just use the bathroom is much more complicated than you think. I usually found unplugging my feet, unplugging my IV, putting the bed up, swinging my feet out and getting up, making it to the bathroom or walking up and down the hall once or twice usually left me ready to go back to bed.
And to get an idea of what I expected - I had four children au natural, nothing for pain. Within a couple hours I'd showered, changed, brushed my hair and was getting bored. And when I had my kids and I packed a novel for the hospital, I actually read it.
I can't speak for everyone but on the upside, the nurses were WONDERFUL when I was at PRH for RNY in March. Helpful, friendly, attentive, non-judgemental, encouraging.
Good luck!!!! Give us a shout out on the NH forum when you get back.
Lord, give me stregth and when I lack it, patience.
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