Post-surgery Care Needs at Home

Doctors recommend patients who have undergone surgery to stay at home during the recovery process. Since being at home promotes wellness during healing, all we would need is to have the necessary supplies and equipment, bought from a trustworthy distributor of Medical Supplies in Brooklyn, New York.

But before the scheduled date of the operation, Welcare Pharmacy & Surgical recommends that we have to plan our post-surgery. Here are a few things we need to remember.

Changes in the House

Whether we need to make some changes in the house or not depends on what kind of operation we have. For instance, if the surgery would keep us from climbing up the stairs but our room is upstairs, we will have to sleep on lower floors.

Food Items

After undergoing operation, our doctors might require us to follow a strict diet. Among the foods we should stock at home during our recovery include:

• Soft foods like yogurt, ice cream, protein bars, cereal, microwave oatmeal, bananas
• Drinks such as bottled waters, Gatorade, Powerade, milk, chocolate milk, and orange juice
• Frozen fruits
• Vitamins
• Protein powder

Personal Items

Food items are not the only things we will need if we plan to stay at home during the period when our body undergoes the post-operation healing process. We should also stock personal items like:

• Deodorant body wipes or wet wipes
• Dry shampoo
• Lip balm
• Mouthwash
• Face cream
• Hand cream
• Wound Dressings
• Thermometer
• Throat lozenges

With these items, we can ensure that we will keep a clean hygiene while recovering from the wounds of the surgery.

Handy Items

We should also be prepared that we might get bored or something unexpected might happen while staying at home to rest and recuperate. To ease our boredom, we should remember to keep the following items in handy:

• Cell phone, bell, or walkie-talkie to contact people
• Microwaveable hot packs
• iPod, headphones, charger
• Extra batteries
• Remote controls
• Books, magazines, crosswords
• Small basket for nausea
• Garbage bags
• Extra pillows
• Paper towels

Before going to surgery, we should ask our doctors what our condition will be once we get out of the operating room. We should have a grasp of what will become of us to clearly and properly make plans for the recovery process.

Now, if you have already planned out everything, all you would need to do is purchase the necessary supplies from a medical supply store and be mentally prepared.