My DaVinci hysterectomy is Monday at 7:30 am.
This is what I have done so far to prepare:
Got my room at home ready. Moved the bed around and rearranged furniture so I could get to the bathroom in a straight line vs walking around the furniture I had in there.
Got a table that slides up to the bed and started stocking it with bottled water, heating pad, throat lozenges, Kleenex, stool softeners, lip balms, crossword puzzle books, pens and notepad
Extra pillows ready to put on the bed and a footstool to help me get in and out of bed.
Hubby surprised me with a new television for our bedroom (we currently don't have on in there) so that was really nice of him to do so.
Living room furniture was also rearranged and coffee tables moved away from sofa and recliner so I have no obstacles to maneuver.
Went out and bought new pj's a size or two bigger as well as some larger size panties for the dreaded swelly belly!
Food wise I am eating light this week and by Saturday it will be a liquid diet per my doctor. No need for bowel prep but she does want me to eat light and reminded me about what goes in has to come out lol
Cleaning the house this week and making sure all the laundry is done so hubby won't have to deal with that at least the first week that I am home. After that he will have to take care of it cause I think he will run out of clean undies/socks for himself hahaha
I am self employed so I put my business on hold for all of this month and trying to do some tax preparation work now so that I am not dealing with that during recovery. Hope to have it all done or at least the bulk of it like doing inventory and getting all my expenses recorded.
Took all the Christmas decorations down last weekend. I was going to leave it up but I'm glad I changed my mind about that. Not so sure I wanted to look at a Christmas tree in February then have to deal with putting it away.
Hubby will be with me for 9 days then he is back to work. We have two small dogs and I have made arrangements with my neighbor to come and let them out for me at least for two weeks after hubby goes to work. So I am thinking by the 3rd week I should be able to take them outside myself but she has offered to do it for as long as I need her too.
Have not gotten my bag for the hospital ready yet but will do that on the weekend.
Had pre op appt and hopsital registration done today so I am all set there.
Scheduled a pedicure for myself and also the removal of my gel nails since I am not allowed to have those on for surgery. Ick going to have some ugly nails for a bit but oh well it is what it is!
Is there anything else I should be doing this week other than trying not to freak out lol??
Other items I have purchased:
Peppermint Tea (thank you for the suggestion)
Pear Juice
Prune Juice
Miralax *As you can tell I am having "Poop Panic"
Lots of soups, jellos and stuff of that nature for at least the first few days home...Not sure how hungry I will be nor will I want to eat anything heavy til I start having some BM.
Is there anything else I should be doing to prepare??