Supplies given by hospital

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

Just curious to know what supplies everyone has been given by the hospital

upon returning home after surgery.

I'm from Canada so it would cost quite a bit to buy some Zip N Squeeze bags

with the exchange rate and shipping and what not.

Does the hospital usually give you any jaw wraps, syringes, squeeze bottles,

etc?

Thanks for any input, I'm trying to get very prepared for my surgery in

exactly 3 weeks!! woohooo

Kirstin

[Guest guest]

Well, down here the hospital doesn't exactly " give " you anything. But

they do have a quite amazing bundle of stuff for you to take home.

There were several syringes in different sizes. Lots of tubing. there

were lots of bandages I never needed. There was a flashlight (go

figure...) There was a " suture removal kit " -- I had the sutures

removed a week later in my surgeon's office. (Three long-time

surgeons operating an office in which they cut out wizzies etc., and

they need ME to bring them a little pair of scissors and two band-

aids???) Wire snips, although I was neither wired nor banded.

As for jaw wraps, yes, I went home wearing an ice pack. But it

dripped, and the ribbons that tied it over my head kept slipping. For

me, the Velcro jaw wrap (at about $9 U.S., best I remember, or maybe

it was $18) was well worth the money.

There were also some things I never actually figured out what they

were. Better too much than too little, though.

Cammie

> Hello All,

>

> Just curious to know what supplies everyone has been given by the

hospital

> upon returning home after surgery.

>

> I'm from Canada so it would cost quite a bit to buy some Zip N

Squeeze bags

> with the exchange rate and shipping and what not.

>

> Does the hospital usually give you any jaw wraps, syringes, squeeze

bottles,

> etc?

>

> Thanks for any input, I'm trying to get very prepared for my

surgery in

> exactly 3 weeks!! woohooo

>

> Kirstin

[Guest guest]

Thanks Cammie and ,

Hopefully I'll get to take home some nifty things like that to help me

out post-op! They seem to be stingy with those types of things,

however, since i'm in N.S. Canada and Medicare pays for the surgery.

They say I'll be in hospital between 5 and 7 days but with all the

cutbacks I betcha I'll be sharing a bed with a stranger in a room with

30 other patients and I'll be sent home the next morning! Only

kidding, it's not THAT bad here, thank goodness for private insurance

so I'll get a semi-private room.

Kirstin