I’m a week out from surgery day in Mexico and was needing help with what should I pack? My friend is coming along and having surgery as well so we will be staying at the hospital the entire stay.
Forget the Gas-X it is not for the kind of gas you will have. You will have air pumped into your body in order to perform the surgery. Gas-X is for intestinal gas. But people keep talking about it! Walking will help with the kind of gas you will be experiencing.
All I needed was chapstick and comfy clothes.
Be sure to get up and walk around on the plane on the way home when you can to prevent blood clots.
Good luck!
You will feel achy so the heating pad can be your best friend post op. As for gas x strips/chewables...as Sraerbaer said they are not for the type of gas you will have post op. The post op gas is from the surgery and gas x will NOT help with that. Total myth. You may need antacids for sour stomach but not gas x. I would go for minimal. Comfy clothes, slip on shoes, toiletries, phone, charger, heating pad, chapstick, and possibly a magazine or two. You really do not need much. I slept on and off a lot the first week. I only stayed 1 night in the hotel and I was home, though.
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