A buddy of mine is soon to have surgery. As I am the most expeienced person he knows regarding this tpoic, he asked me what he should or should not do, get, bring, ask....

I started a list and after a few minutes, I thought, "Hey, there are a lot of sickos in The Mudcat Café. Why not enlist their help?" Soooooo, here is the list so far to get this thread going. Hopefully, it will be of benefit to my buddy and everyone who reads it..... well, not that I hope everyone has to have surgery. Hehehehe!

BTW, my buddy's list takes into account the fact that the procedure will preclude solid foods until he heals up a bit, which could take a few weeks. Hence the inclusion of soft foods being brought to the hospital - you know that they will serve him peanut brittle for the first meal. Hehehe.

Hospital -

Bring: soft packaged, non-perishable foods – e.g., pudding, housecoat, sweat pants, tees, u/w, socks, slippers, Vaseline, eyeglasses, books, crossword book, pens, clipboard, dental floss (little jobbies), ziplock baggies, small flashlight, Tylenol (screw them that say NO DRUGS allowed - hide them),

Questions: ask for Discharge instructions NOW! (if you can't drive for two weeks after, it's good to know that NOW),

Home -

Food        pudding, cottage cheese, yogurt, juice, ice cream, bananas,

Pre-paid cell phone minutes or cordless phone, snow removal, mail & newspaper delivery during & after (DA), last will & testament, who holds papers & keys & ???,

Thanks in advance.

Me & my buddy.