I am now officially on countdown to my long-awaited operation.
I think it would be fair to say that it goes without saying that I am terrified and anxious all in equal measure.
The control freak inside is totally on a melt down and after trying to organise work and childcare for while I am off I am utterly driving myself nuts.
In order to feel more in control I am packing my hospital bag in the hopes it will calm my wired self into feeling like I have a say with it all. However I fear its only freaking me out more with the realisation that I need to pack for a longer stay than I have ever had before.
With my emergency section I relied on others to bring in what I needed daily and with both of my planned sections I was out in just over a day so I didn’t need too much stuff. Add that to my fleeting hospital admissions for my Caesarean section adhesions and my gallbladder removal and I am honestly not too sure what to add into my hospital bags so heres what I think I will be needing:
Clean nighties
Pants
Dressing gown
Slippers/Flipflops
Hairbrush
Toiletries
Tissues
Magazines
Small hand towel
Bath towel
Regular meds
Notebook and pen
Book
iPhone/iPad charger
A few snacks
Some small change
Now the question is, what else should I take with me, I feel like there is something glaringly obvious and yet for the last week this is all I have come up with.
Guaranteed I am going to have forgotten the one thing I will desperately need but yet can’t quite remember. Maybe its like the things you put in a safe place and never find?
Now if you can think of what I need to take that isn’t on my list please do shout up!
Good luck. Hope it all goes well.
Thanks Paul i appreciate it
You may want hubbie to bring a bottle of juice and the best thing he got me was a lovely fresh sandwich lol as i hated the food. Also lip balm as i found i got very dry lips. Hope it all goes well sending lots of love xxxx
they are such good ideas! i have now popped in lip balm and made a list of sandwiches I like that he can get for me!
I’d add in a pack of baby wipes for a quick hands/face freshen up and – because my eyelashes are so fair – mascara. I can cope without most make up apart from that!!
Good luck xx
good plan! i will defo pack both of those!
I hope it all goes well xx how long are you going to be confined for? I can’t think of anything you don’t have on the list, I do remember when I was in I was caught out unexpectedly and had to ask staff for sanitary towels and they were dreadful. Don’t forget your earphones for your iphone, it helps to drown out the noise. Or earplugs, but these can be a nuisance if they need to do your temperature in the night. Most of all, remember to relax and give yourself plenty of healing time. Arnica is a good supplement for healing/bruising/scars xxx Good luck sweetie, I’ll be thinking of you x
duly noted! i have now packed those too! thanks Anne!
I should be in for around a week and then about 9 weeks or so healing …eek!
Might be worth checking with your hospital, but when i worked at a (psych) hospital any medication brought in with then was destroyed and not replace on discharge. The same things were then prescribed by the doctors as it was the trusts policy that they couldn’t give out the medication people brought in with them. Do it could put both you and the NHS out of pocket of you bring your own in and they have to do the same. Hope all goes well for you.
thanks Sophie I will give them a call on Monday to make sure its ok to bring in. Last year when i went in they were a little peeved I hadn’t but its a different hospital this time and each trust is different. Thank you so much you might have saved me a sign nightmare i had never thought of!