This pamphlet provides guidelines for the first 4 weeks (1 month) after bowel surgery. They will help with your healing, comfort, and bowel function. Foods that are best tolerated and foods to avoid are listed.
When your jaws are wired or you have elastics in place, you will need to make changes to the foods you eat. This pamphlet gives tips to get the nutrition your body needs. This pamphlet is also available in French.
After having stomach surgery, you will need to change the way you eat. This pamphlet offers guidelines to monitor your symptoms relating to eating and stay healthy after surgery. Topics include what you should do if you are losing weight and whether you need to take a vitamin and mineral supplement.
These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after colostomy surgery. A list of best food choices and those to avoid in the first 4 weeks is provided. Foods to choose and avoid if you have diarrhea, gas, or constipation are listed.
These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after surgery. Tips to control gas, bloating, and diarrhea are given. Good food choices after surgery are listed as well as a list of foods to stay away from for at least 4 weeks after surgery.
These guidelines will help you stay healthy and feel more comfortable after ileostomy surgery. This pamphlet provides guidelines to help you manage symptoms that may happen after surgery. It lists food that should be avoided and suggests preferred food choices.
A parotidectomy is surgery to remove your parotid gland(s). The parotid glands are large salivary glands. They are on the side of your face, just in front of and below your ears. This pamphlet explains what will happen right after surgery, care at home, follow-up care, and symptoms that need immediate medical attention.
Cette brochure fournit de l’information sur les soins avant et après une opération. Les sujets abordés comprennent : l’anesthésie, les retards, la salle de réveil, la gestion de la douleur et plus. This pamphlet is also available in English.
This pamphlet gives information about your care before and after surgery. Topics include anesthetic, delays, the recovery area, pain control, and more. This pamphlet is also available in French.
This pamphlet gives strengthening and cardiovascular (cardio) exercises to do after your liver transplant. It inclues diagrams.