Once home from the hospital, keep an eye on your incisions. Keep them dry, clean and follow the discharge instructions to protect them from infection.
If your incisions become angry, red, and hot to the touch – place a call to your doctors office to report. Ignoring your symptoms could invite complications to your recovery.
Question: My wife is scheduled for a hysterectomy in the next few weeks. What do I buy her?
This is our favorite question! The Hysterectomy Store is full of great products that are helpful and soothing for any hysterectomy patient.
First, we’ve packaged some items together into “sets” to keep things easy for buying. One of the sets is the Great Binder Set with both Pocket Binder, an Abdominal Binder, two cold/heat packs and a Silky Sac for laundering the items. Click to see the Great Binder Set.
Secondly, the tummy pillow is a must have item for hysterectomy recovery. The pocket tummy pillows comes with 2 cold packs and are used to soothe and protect a tender, sore hysterectomy tummy. Click to read about the Tummy Pocket Pillow.
And lastly, of course, when in doubt, we offer a Gift Certificate that you can easily purchase and give to your wife for any amount. In fact, once you purchase the gift certificate, we send her an email with instructions on using it in our Hysterectomy Store. A gift certificate allows her to make the choices for her upcoming surgery.
We hope your wife feels better soon!
Be kind to yourself,
Hysterectomy Store
With your hysterectomy scheduled, you should have time to think through what you need. Consider the pharmacy and those items that may come in handy for your recovery.
Pick up a small bottle of stool softeners (no laxatives) to help you those first weeks post-op. Don’t forget to drink plenty of water and walk a little bit too!
Make sure you have ibuprofen (and/or Tylenol) on hand as you transition from pain meds to over-the-counter pain relief.
Hand sanitizer will come in handy!
And we always suggest ice packs ready and waiting for you in the freezer. (don’t forget to toss them in the freezer!)
