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Update: Five days post surgery and few product recommendations.
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One thing you don’t mention is what you did to try to get more comfortable on the car ride home. I found sitting in a seat, extremely uncomfortable, and laid down in the back across the seats.. Problem with that was I didn’t have any pillows or blankets or anything to cushion me, Something you really do need when coming home the next day from surgery. What did you do? Did you just send in a seat and bear it?
Interesting how in Germany they keep you in the hospital for five days at least, By then you can just walk out without any problem.
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@jeffmarc I had pulled some tips from others off this site for the car ride home. I had a pillow that I put between my belly and the seatbelt-which helped a lot. Also, we recently bought a new used car where the passenger seat will really side back a long way, so I was able stretch out and lay back quite a bit. Candidly, with my level of abdomen pain (which doesn't sound typical for most), not sure what would have helped but more hospital time.
Yeah, crazy. For my surgery, which lasted a good 3 1/2 hours, they started closing me up at 4 p.m. and then sent off to post-op for a hour or so. Don't think I got to my hospital room until after the dinner hour....and then by 11 a.m. the next morning I'm getting in the car to go home. That's a fast turn. Probably too fast. But, hey, doing better now.
My surgery started later than scheduled because I think the first surgery went longer than planned.