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What do you normally take when you stay in the hospital after surgery?? My last class is next Wednesday and I talked to the gentleman at my Dr office because I haven't heard back about my edg to get it done and he said he could put me on the schedule for August 26 at 8 am he said he sees my last class is next wed I said yes sir he goes well I will submit all your paperwork to your insurance and if everything goes well we will do your gastric bypass on the same day as the edg I'm so freaking stoked right now!!! Prayers and positive thoughts and vibes would be greatly appreciated

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I'm taking:

Insurance card

Chapstick

Phone and charger

Flip flops

Comfy clothes for ride home

Biotene spray (sp?)

Gas x strips

Ear plugs

Eye mask

Kindle

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These are good lists and close to what I brought. The things I really used while in the hospital were: phone/charger, Chapstick, a couple of magazines, flip flops, comfortable clothes to wear home, and a hairbrush with rubber band.

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These are good lists and close to what I brought. The things I really used while in the hospital were: phone/charger, Chapstick, a couple of magazines, flip flops, comfortable clothes to wear home, and a hairbrush with rubber band.

I'm thinking about chopping my hair off before surgery it's down to my butt right now but I'm so scared lol but I want a new look for a new me

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I had my VSG on 6/30 and it helped that I had a small pillow to hold against my abdomen when riding home so when my husband hit bumps in the road it didn't hurt as bad and with having the seat belt on.

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@@Carissa05 has good advice. The hubs brought me a pillow and I sandwiched it in half under the seatbelt. It made the 2 hour ride home a lot more tolerable.

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Under the General Weight Loss Forum, subforum General Weight Loss Surgery Discussion, there is a thread re: the "official" list of what to pack for surgery. It is 38 pages long! Although it was started in 2010, there are more recent posts, too. It took me hours to go through it, but I learned ALOT.

Hope this helps.

My RNY is Monday, & I've almost finished packing & preparing food for my family, cleaning house, paying bills, etc. Whew!

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I am 3 years post-op RNY gastric bypass surgery and I do not even remember what I took. It was very minimal. I think the most important thing was my wife. The hospital I was in allowed your spouse to be there overnight. She helped me get around when I did my walking every couple hours. I will recommend that when you check into the hospital make sure that they put a trapeze bar on the bed. This will help you get in and out of the bed.

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I brought a lot of stuff from lists I read on here... What I actually used was, a extension cord for my phone charger, toothbrush, clothes for the ride home and flip flops, my hair stayed in a bun the whole time..... I didn't experience gas but I did bring the gas x strips in case... My hospital had a movie network on there tv's so I just tried to rest.... But they come in so often it's impossible!

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MEDS

CHAPSTICK

UNDERWEAR

ROBE

TOOTHBRUSH/ PASTE

HAIR TIE/ head band

MAGAZINE/ crossword puzzle/ soduko/ cryptograph and pencil

BOOK

SMALL BLANKET FOR RIDE HOME and pillow

Biotene mouth spray.and losengers instead of the wash

back scratcher

eye mask/ earplugs

heating pad

gas x strips

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MEDS
CHAPSTICK
UNDERWEAR
ROBE
TOOTHBRUSH/ PASTE
HAIR TIE/ head band
MAGAZINE/ crossword puzzle/ soduko/ cryptograph and pencil
BOOK
SMALL BLANKET FOR RIDE HOME and pillow
Biotene mouth spray.and losengers instead of the wash
back scratcher
eye mask/ earplugs
heating pad
gas x strips

did you have a lot of dry mouth? Im wondering if i should get this biotine spray.

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@@Michilingi the Biotene spray is great. My mouth was super dry after surgery. I use a cpap machine and at night I spray it because sometimes the machine dries my mouth.

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