Comments on: Question for the Post-ops

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:26:39 +0000

Hey, Tam!
Well, figure that you will be pretty
much on clear liquids. Buy some clear broth soups,
sugar free Jello, Crystal light (you can dilute 1 part
to 3 parts water, takes away the nasty taste of
water). Things like that.
I gotta tell ya, I know I
must be different than everyone else here but man was
I OUT of it. LOL I was so stoned, I must have hit
that morphine pump every 15 minutes till they took it
away. I watched TV when I was awake but I was still so
fuzzy that I even watched football.:) My best advice to
you are slippers and a robe, they will want you to do
some hallwalking and you don’t want your hiney hangin
out! :)
Laura

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 27 Jul 2003 05:24:17 +0000

Thanks, Lisa. This helped a lot.

Tammy

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 27 Jul 2003 00:03:29 +0000

Here are some of the things I bought: :)
a
blender and strainer (I couldn’t affort both blender and
juicer) lol
I LOVE fresh fruit smoothies too!!
mmm
anyway..
:)
toiletries..
Forget the makeup… you won’t care!!!
lol
loose
clothing , you may be a little swollen so things may fit
you a little snuglier at first.
I chose to go hom
in my nightgown and a robe, I didn’t care! lol
I
took some sugar free lolipops to lick… it helped
when I was only allowed ice chips and water. I didn’t
suck on them, I only licked them a few times, but the
flavor helped that medicine-burp-feeling in my mouth.

I took my flip flops.. Don’t bring anything with
laces.. you can;t bend to time them…:)
I brought my
addy book and some magazines and cross words and Adam

brought some cards. That was hard to play though, because
I couldn’t reach far to play, but sitting up helped
me.
I didn’t buy baby foods, I just steamed my veggies,
and blended them, bought soup and blended it, and at
cooked fruits, blended.
Works the same and is
cheaper. :)
Bring lotion, your hands are bound to get
dry.
I also found that my own pillow was much softer.
Just don’t have a white pillow case, so the hospital
doesn’t snatch it accidentally. :)
Good
luck!!!
Lisa B.