If you’re lucky and get to schedule your surgery, you will have the luxury of packing items of your choice for your hospital stay. Here’s a list of things that I was glad I brought (or wished I’d remembered) during my hospital stay.  Please comment if you have other ideas for things that I forgot!

Legal stuff:
Identification
Insurance Card
Advance Directive
List of medications (name, dosage, frequency)
List of important phone numbers

Clothes:
Slippers
Extra Underwear
Comfortable clothing (pj pants, basketball shorts, loose shirts)
Shoes
Socks
Glasses, if you wear them
Whatever you want to wear on the ride home

Toiletries:
Toothbrush
Razor?
Hair Brush
Deodorant
Whatever other toiletries you can’t live without

Other:
Computer
Phone charger
Book to read
Pen and Paper
Whatever you enjoy for entertainment
Headphones

Misc:
Things to help you stay positive – pictures of your loved ones, encouraging quotes

What not to bring:
Large sums of money
Valuables
Jewelry