Living space with rooms on one floor
Telecommuting set up to continue working. Travel will be difficult for weeks.
Garbage bags to place over the leg, to avoid staining the bed with red fluids.
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.
Leg cast sock cover for your toes.
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 or Naprosyn 220 mg 2 tablets twice a day
Urinal to save trips to the toilet at night. Try this one, you may never urinate in a toilet again
Pulse Oximeter in case of a pulmonary embolism.
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