Before and After: A Planner for Surgery Preparation and Home Recovery

Surgery involves a flurry of pre-op logistics and then a recovery period that often requires more help and planning than people arrange for in advance.

This planner (not medical guidance) includes a pre-op checklist, a home recovery setup planner, a help request scheduler, a care instructions log for recording discharge orders accurately, and a recovery milestone tracker.

Good recovery is often about setup, not willpower. Arranging help and a workable space in advance makes the weeks after surgery considerably easier.

This is an instant PDF download you can read on any device or print at home for easy reference, useful during recovery, when sitting up to hold a device is harder than glancing at a printed page.

Part of the Hard Things Made Simple: Health Navigation series.