Re: raised toilet seats and hip toys

[Guest guest]

At 03:58 AM 12/18/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>How important is a raised toilet seat? Should I get other supplies

>before the operation?

If you like to go to the bathroom, it's very important ;-). I bought a

walker at the Goodwill several months pre-op (intending to make a garden

seat out of it), crutches at a thrift store, and had been using the sock

helper for a couple of years pre-op also. My mom loaned my the raised seat

that she had used for her first hip, so the only things I brought home new

from the hospital (besides my fabulous Conserve+ hips) were the grabber,

dressing stick and leg lifter.

If you are going to Belgium, I would imagine you are going to have to buy

all the above yourself. s and crutches abound at thrift stores. I

used the grabber and dressing stick a fair amount. I could have improvised

with the leg lifter, and the sock helper was invaluable. Oh yeah, I also

bought a couple of pair of elastic shoe laces (the curly ones) since I

couldn't begin to reach my toes.

[Guest guest]

At 03:58 AM 12/18/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>How important is a raised toilet seat? Should I get other supplies

>before the operation?

If you like to go to the bathroom, it's very important ;-). I bought a

walker at the Goodwill several months pre-op (intending to make a garden

seat out of it), crutches at a thrift store, and had been using the sock

helper for a couple of years pre-op also. My mom loaned my the raised seat

that she had used for her first hip, so the only things I brought home new

from the hospital (besides my fabulous Conserve+ hips) were the grabber,

dressing stick and leg lifter.

If you are going to Belgium, I would imagine you are going to have to buy

all the above yourself. s and crutches abound at thrift stores. I

used the grabber and dressing stick a fair amount. I could have improvised

with the leg lifter, and the sock helper was invaluable. Oh yeah, I also

bought a couple of pair of elastic shoe laces (the curly ones) since I

couldn't begin to reach my toes.