what do I need?

 Good luck!! Please let us know what you find helpful after your surgery!

 I am 11 days away myself for a LBL and chest work, would love your list as well Zombie.


Thanks for all the tips. 

I sent you the list in a PM. Good luck with everything.

Any chance you would want to send that list to another rookie!

Thanks.

Also I would love to see your recovery pictures, do I need a password?

I'm going to send u a PM with the list. No password required for the pics, good luck and keep us posted.

Ditto to everything Amy said!  I couldn't have lived w/o saltines, and for some reason I craved oranges.  Would make myself eat a little yogurt throughout the day.  Just really had no appetite until day 4, then all day I nursed a can of chicken noodle soup.  Hubby had to go buy a walker for me while I was in the hospital.  Had read a couple posts about needing one, but oh no..........I thought I wouldn't need one..........WELL!  I did, couldn't have made it w/o it!  Good luck!  My next round of surgery is this Friday, yikes!  So looking forward to getting rid of these batwings!

 Thanks Zombie, and everyone else for the great tips, nine days to go and must say I am getting 
nervous.

Oh wow, I didn't use ANYTHING!  lol

I sat in a regular living room chair and propped my feet up on a coffee table with pillows.

I did make sure to clean my apartment top to bottom before surgery.

My surgeon has a pretty unorthodox post op instruction of not changing dressings.  He just puts antibiotic strips and dressing over everything, zips you up, and tells you not to touch anything for a week.  That was such a relief to not have to worry about getting in and out of my garment while I was in so much pain.  For the people that do need to change dressings, a lot of people like using maxipads on the incisions or gauze strips.

At night I propped up every pillow I owned on my bed and put a couple under my knees.

My cravings were greek yogurt, frozen pineapple, grapes, and trail mix.

I didn't need a walker or a toilet seat riser.  I really didn't think it was that painful to sit on the toilet, personally. 

All I needed was my percoset, soma, and a personal slave.  LOL

I was at the clinic for a week, then the hotel for a week.  After I got home, I was able to sleep in my waterbed.  Picking stuff off the floor had to wait for almost a week.  I moved pretty slowly and with my arms done, didn't do any real reaching.  It hurts to stretch, move stuff that you need.  The one thing that I needed in the clinic was pads for the leakage from the drains.  All they had was gauze and liquid just leaks out.  Once I got to the hotel there were pads and it made the leakage at least contained.  I'd had a lot of lipo of my mons area and even though there were 3 drains, I was getting a lot of seepage.

Having foods that are easy to eat and prepare, microwave, toaster oven, etc.  I was also adding 2 double protein shakes daily, keeping my protein level around 200g/day.  I also started 4-6 weeks before surgery with 175-200 g/daily.  I kept up the added protein until month 4 or so.