Author Topic: What will I need at home right after the surgery?  (Read 8711 times)

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Re: What will I need at home right after the surgery?
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2006, 08:16:45 pm »
Okay, so I gotta add my 2 cents worts LOL!  Everything everyone else said, especially a chair in the shower, I was so exhausted, I just didn't have the energy to stand at first and another good idea I learned was to cut off a leg from a stocking and put your bar of soap in it then tie the stocking to the soap dish or something within easy reach so that if it slips out of your hand, you don't have to bend over to pick it up especially because you're not supposed to bend over (at least I was told not to).  It's like making your own special soap-on-a-rope!  Don't forget a good warm blanket and socks especially if you get cold in the winter because even though the meds can make you feel warm, I was getting warm then cold and back and forth, so it's best to be prepared.  I found that the brainless word searches helped keep me occupied and my PT told me it was good eye therapy.  Hang in there, you'll be fine!
3.5cm AN removed 1-21-04
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