Well, ok. Not quite. But mostly, especially when it comes to this.
I ordered my Zip and Squeeze bags. Along with that, I ordered this really nice heat/cold wrap and a book on healing and liquid diet. The book has a LOT of information. It has a shopping list of things to have on-hand, a lot of things to expect, and nutritional breakdowns of popular meal replacement drinks. It was as thorough as I've seen any information. The recipes actually look GOOD!!! There were things like scalloped potatoes (all blended, of course) and curried pumpkin soup! It was relatively inexpensive and I recommend it to anyone with impending surgery. I am even going to share it with a friend who had different surgery but is still on a restricted diet.
My OS says to be prepared to have my caregiver drive me to my post-op appt that will be a week after the surgery. When I inquired why, I was told the narcotics might still affect driving. That and I might not be able to turn my head. I guess the bright spot in this whole thing is not working for at least two weeks, watching my boyfriend make blended chicken enchiladas (which looks surprisingly good), and knowing that he already agreed to take me to do such mundane tasks as getting pedicures if I get bored and can't drive yet. I guess I'll also catch up on all those movies I keep meaning to watch.
Oh and in the book it has a list of "relaxing" activities one of which is getting rubbed with oil. Really. I will cite this book often whilst in recovery!
Jane
