Foot Surgery Shopping List

An assistant and caregiver for several weeks

Living space with all rooms on one floor, bedroom, bathroom, workspace

Garbage bags to cover foot dripping blood and serum the first few days

Knee Scooter for single floor living plus clip on cup holder

4 X 4 dressing silicone pad for the knee to address pressure sores from the scooter

Cane with a single prong, not 4 prongs for stairs

Walker for a single step

Grabber Reacher, second one to pick up the first from the floor

Ace bandages for when visiting nurses have none

Thermometer to catch a fever from a wound infection

Bathtub transfer chair if have a big bathroom. Alternative: Bidet feature on toilet and sponge baths. 

Aspirin 81 mg likely, twice a day to lessen  clotting and a pulmonary embolus 

Hard boiled Eggs are nutritious but have zero bulk to avoid a bowel movement Day 1 or 2 post-op. 

Imodium to avoid a bowel movement and its cleanup day one or two post op

Tylenol 500 mg, likely 2 twice or three times a day, do not forget to count the Tylenol in the pain med toward the 3000 mg daily limit for most people.

Alternate with Naprosyn 220 mg 2 tablets twice a day

Urinal to save trips to the toilet all day, to save water, to prevent falls 

Pulse Oximeter in case of a pulmonary embolism

Leg cast sock cover for your toes sticking out