Packing for hospital

Hi there @Makday..good luck for your upcoming surgery. My essentials for hospital are as follows. Light pashmina or shawl to pur around your shoulders when sitting up (for eating and so on) as the air conditioning is often quite cold in hospital. Especially if your bed is directly under the ceiling outlet. Slippers that have a non slip sole and are put on easily without you having to bend down and use your finger to get the heel on. Button down the front nighties or pyjamas as lifting your arms up to put it on and off will be a bit difficult. Also you'll probably have drains, and having the buttons will make them easier to deal with. Bendy straws so you can sip fluids without having to sit all the way up. Your own tea and coffee as hospital ones are terrible. Hard sweets to suck on, such as mints or Werther's or somesuch. Bickford's Lime cordial as the bottled water given to you at room temperature is a bit average. Face wipes to freshen up. Lip balm as the air conditioning can also dry lips. Kindle, rather than books or magazines as you can hold it far easier with one hand, and can lie on your side and read without glasses pressing into your temple and nose...just enlarge the font. I always take an assortment of knitting as I love to knit. Ear plugs or noise cancelling earphones to block out the buzzers, trolleys, people chatting in the corridor in the wee hours and my personal hate, doors slamming and staff wearing clack clack shoes. Small change for vending machines. Others will, I'm sure add their own must haves.