This meningioma operation sheet is one of the main tools for supporting people to be under the undergoing an operation. We advise you to download it and print it to get it with you at the hospital. The advice it contains will make your life easier throughout the different stages. Take care, the meningioma operation sheet is your friend!
Warning : The neurosurgeon is the only competent to explain what the operation and his inherent risks consists of.
This practical sheet was made by a patient, for patients, and with only the aim of sharing special experiences, without having to be an explanatory instructions.
If you have specific questions before entering the hospital, the neurosurgery secretariat is there to answer your questions.
- Download the print sheet (8 -page PDF file)
Tips given by members
Before operation:
Note all passwords, email addresses and important numbers.
Procure a pillow, for your other treatments, so as not to say "I took it or not?"
During the appointments with the neurosurgeon we have a lot of information and our questions often arrive later. Note them and do not hesitate to put them at any time.
Find out about the mutual insurance company to find out if it is possible to have home help to clean up
Provide a good moisturizer, a perfume to cheer up with the hosto.
Remove the carpets or palm tags not fixed to the ground (risk of falling). Add an non -slip base (carpet, bathroom).
Before the operation, "the paths" that you will use at home, with the help of a nearby.
For those who live solo, plan a confidence to give a double of the keys. A double of the keys.
Put the objects often used where they will be easy to grasp
Paste post-its in strategic places
Write “memos” of your devices for everyday use.
Before and after the operation, fill up on good waves: watch programs, listen to podcasts, read books… positive
After operation
to be helped, supported ... accept it. Do not want to redo everything too quickly ... Take your time, rest.
Have a nearby with whom to make a regular point on a list of weekly events (by tel, or by meeting).
Provide relatively structured days, with a list of tasks.
Use a “paper” calendar and note the payment and appointment deadlines or important private events.
Keep a pen and a small notebook at your fingertips and note what you come from to the idea
to train each evening to reconstruct the thread of your day "in your head", or in writing.
Return to walking gradually but regularly: 10 min the first week then 15, 20…
Above all, do not hesitate to say when you encounter difficulties and you need help. We sometimes look good physically and those around us think that everything is like before.
And also to say that memory is faulty and concentration. Our entourage can also help us when we have trouble being understood because we are looking for words
Provide a whole neck cushion for car trips to be able to put your head
Make an appointment with the occupational doctor to clearly explain the situation to him, see together how to organize the resumption of work
A medical certificate to be issued to the employer to develop the workstation in the event of pain.
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