Talk about feeling old!

[GH85Carrera]

I went to my dad's house to borrow a dang WALKER for my personal use!

That will make ya feel old for sure.

12 days from now I go under the knife to have my fancy new hip installed. Out with the old OEM parts, in with the new.

I have started gathering up the items necessary to aid in recovery now, while I can still do things.

I have the walker ready to go.
I have a cane (actually two).
I have the paperwork on the way for a temporary handicap parking permit.
I have a guy lined up to mow my yard while I am recovering.
I need to find some comfortable slip on shoes yet.
I need to find some easy to put on gym type shorts.

What else am I missing. I know a few of you folks have had surgery and been recovering before. This will be first for me. I have not spent a night in the hospital since I was a 5 year old kid with pneumonia, and all I remember is the cool plastic tent. My wife will take off for a week to help me around the house. I have never been an invalid before as an adult.

What other things should I get ready before the operation? What am I missing?

[Joe Bob]

AARP Card, box of Creme of Wheat, Rocking chair, lazy cat for lap, batteries for the remote?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

AARP Card, box of Creme of Wheat, Rocking chair, lazy cat for lap, batteries for the remote?

No AARP card ever. I don't want to PARF it up so I will stop there.
No Creme of Wheat, I prefer fruit and steak.
No Rocking chair, I have a nice rocking recliner.
No cat, but I do have a Dachshund for my lap.
Batteries are fresh in the remote.

There must be something else.

[pete3799]

what.....no mention of beer?

[Rikao4]

remember not to bark at the hand that feeds you..

pain-meds tend to clog the system...
so lots of fluids..

perhaps mark the hip with a Sharpie..
'this one'

good luck

Rika

[Noah930]

You'll need one of those 2-foot long grippy things on a stick, like they use at amusement parks to pick up trash without bending over.

Denture cream?
Cardigan sweater?
Moth balls?

[MJHanna]

Get one of the "grab it" extensions. They sell em at CVS / Walgreen's. Picking up stuff that you drop is not fun so they help... DO what the doctors says: If they say walk then walk, if they say not to pick up anything over 5 Lbs then DON'T. Don't screw up what they fixed just cuz you felt that you could do something. Get a back pack. Its hard to carry stuff if you are using a walker...

[Joe Bob]

GF had a knee done and they included one in the go home kit....

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by MJHanna

Get one of the "grab it" extensions. They sell em at CVS / Walgreen's. Picking up stuff that you drop is not fun so they help... DO what the doctors says: If they say walk then walk, if they say not to pick up anything over 5 Lbs then DON'T. Don't screw up what they fixed just cuz you felt that you could do something. Get a back pack. Its hard to carry stuff if you are using a walker...

My hand me down walker has a basket. I had forgot about the grabber thing, thanks!

[KingSalmon911SC]

Depends.

Glen, I love the pics you post!

Richard

[MJHanna]

Do you have an extension hose on your shower head? Also will need a shower chair to sit on, (when they will let you have a shower.) You might also need an extension for the toilet. (Sitting down can be an issue).

[craigster59]

Beer and one of these.....

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by Rikao4

perhaps mark the hip with a Sharpie..
'this one'

Sharpie and mark the 'other' hip with 'NOT HERE STUPID' and a smiley face....

[RWebb]

be as active as is safe as early as possible

[vash]

man glen!!

good luck. a co-worker had this done. he is a wimp and he survived..he said the worst thing was trying to take a dump. with Vicodin, that is no easy task.

[Seahawk]

Get an HQ set up outside the bedroom.

Get up and as soon as possible and go to the new HQ.

Write a journal. Pick-up some books now. I recommend 'Empire of the Summer Moon' and 'Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'.

'Unbroken' is excellent as well.

Watch what you eat.

Best.

[GH85Carrera]

I always watch what I eat. I don't want miss my mouth!

Thanks Seahawk, I have "my" recliner in the living room. I will set up an additional small table next to the chair to hold stuff.

[ovilla]

I'd start researching where you will be doing your physical therapy and hopefully find something close to home. Might even want to pre-book everything now and get all the paperwork out of the way too.

[ovilla]

I'd also set up a bed on the main floor, especially if you have stairs in the house,

[Ronbo]

You'll probably need to wear some compression stockings for a while.