Forgot about the straws........bendable ones. I need to put those on my shopping list. I use them for consuming my tomoto soup when I get home from the hospital and don't feel like cooking. I live alone and consume a lot of broth and tomato soup for the first week, regardless of whether it's a cervie or a lumbie. I drink my coffee out of a tall mug and use a straw in it so I don't have to sit up if I don't want to. Put a waste basket by your bed/recliner. That should be automatic but I usually forget it until I need it. Same goes for a box of kleenex. Put hand sanitizer everywhere and make everyone use it. I have had three post op infections and they are the pits. Best wishes.