A week on from my pre-op visit to the hospital and just about over my cold/infection I have been starting my preparations to enter the 'forest' on 2nd Feb. As it gets closer I am relieved to say that it is looking a little less dense and dark but every now and then a grey cloud passes overhead.
One of the lighter moments of the visit was that not one but all of the nurses I saw warned me that the food is bad in that hospital, one even saying 'beware the Irish stew.' I was advised to bring in non-perishable snack food and to get my visitors to bring in sandwiches!
So, yesterday I filled up a plastic tub with my survival kit...
- a small jar of marmite - surely they will provide edible bread!
- small packs of Fairtrade cashews, brazil nuts and fruit.
- small cartons of apple juice (not risking citrus just yet)
- bottle of elderflower cordial (the only non-citrus dilutable I like) (too big for the box but anyway...)
Obviously I will also be taking a pack of wet wipes, some puzzle books, a novel, a notebook and pens, my trusty Bible (as distinct from a non-trusty one) and my MP3 players.
I wonder what emergency rations/supplies you'd take into the 'forest'?
Comments
Ear plugs... 'forests' are noisy places at night!
That's very true. Was my Dad's biggest problem when he was in last year. Machines that make noises for no apparent reason.
I thoroughly approve of your list - especially the marmite =]
Ear plugs are a definite must, and, if you're like me and you can't sleep if there's light in the room, then a little eye mask-y thing.
Another thing I thought of - having shorts (or buying a couple of pairs of cheap boxers) to wear under gowns/nightys can be good. Feels a little less exposing I think.
My list would have hula hoops on it. But that's just me ;)
Thanks all. Along with a few off-blog suggestions I have now added...
- Eye-masky thing (not sure if I can tolerate it but worth a try) and ear plugs
- small hand held fan thingy - from Boots, doubles as a torch!
- Andrex mini loo roll (59p I think, Sainsbury's Partick) as several people have commented on lack thereof or sandpaper texture thereof in 'forests'...
- Ginger biscuits and plain chocolate digestives.
Now I just need to magic my bag to a Mary Poppins one to accommodate it all!
Cheap undies already in the case... a minister needs her modesty intact!!!
Anything else will have to be sent via my visitors!!
p.s. I hate the eye masky things, but I find just laying a long (clean) sock over my eyes is easier to deal with =)