Preparing after surgery advise

[bigmama 11]

Hello I am pending the date for my surgery but I was wondering if anyone had any good tips to prepare me? I'm starting to get a little nervous and wanted to get stuff prepared. I'm a list person and like to be prepared. I'm a single mother of three with two little kids so I want everything inline for my surgery so everything is set for after when I come home. Also did anyone have any issues doing their mommy chores?

[Ytsepam 15]

I hope you have someone to help you after you get home! I am married with three children. We sent the kids to spend a week with my sister-in-law in Austin. I was doing good just taking care of me. But, as you know, you do what you have to do. If my children had been at home, I would have made do, somehow, but it would not have been easy. I was so exhausted.

[liteNsun 58]

Have a lot of prepared meals, frozen. To pop in the oven, microwave. It is not fun to prepare food when you are not eating after surgery. Do a lot of grocery shopping right before and have all YOUR supplies at home so you are not doing store runs and no carrying of heavy groceries for some weeks after. The two things I wish I had were ear plugs cuz it was way too noisy in the hospital, and I wish I had my own slippers. I am almost 3 weeks out post op and I am doing slow and study. Some days I am tired and weak and need to just take care of me. Be sure to do no heavy lifting of children or laundry for some weeks also.

Best of luck to you.

[heatwhip 166]

I didn't use too much in the hospital. Only chap stick! To be honest I was feeling so bad I never even checked Facebook! ???? Afterwards I needed sugar free Popsicles, sf pudding, sf Jello, Isopure rtd, heating pad for my back, Water, crystal light! Good luck!