This posting is about tools that you may want to get in preparation for hip surgery.  Depending on your insurance, you may be discharged from the hospital with some of these.  Others you will have to buy.  You will probably want to find out before you have your procedure, so that you can be prepared when you get home from the hospital.

First off, you will  want a Grabber!  This is so helpful for a variety of uses, including: picking up dropped items, grabbing anything without moving from your recovery bed, dressing yourself (putting on panties, shorts, pants).  I keep one in the bathroom too, in case I have to reach under the sink to pull out paper, or towels or products.

Somehow I messed up this blog and deleted all the photos! I will try again....

Here is another necessary tool for a PAO recovering patient------->

A shower chair!  Depending on what your shower situation is at your house, it may be quite the challenge to wash up for the first few weeks.  I have a regular tub with a shower curtain, so this style free standing chair works for me. It is adjustable in height, and has sturdy rubber feet for anti slippage.  Also, you will want a long handled scrub brush to reach your lower extremities in the shower.