ways to make hospital stays go fast

 

   1) take books this may seem dull but trust me when i say there good like when you wake up in the night and you can't get back to sleep (harry potter is good to read)

   2) if you are into video games take a console xbox 360 etc psp ,nintendo ds etc get them checked before taking them

   3) the most likely things to take is films not much info on that

                                 

                            these things helped me they might help you but i do not think i know everything i just like to help

                                   tell me things to do on hospital stays and i'll edit it

                    

                                        from alpha6 (al)

Same here. It gave me plenty of time to get my chemistry homework done as well. Nothing like studying gas laws and the periodic table when you have nothing to do but lie in bed all day.

ipods or portable cd players are a nice way to forget a few things as well :) The only downside to those is unhooking the headphones so you can get to the restroom in time. I have trouble with that even at home. Now, the combination of a portable music player and painkillers is another story.

As for the ds suggestion, quite a good one. I wish I hadn't had to sell mine to pay the bills. Professor Layton and Final Fantasy are actually pretty comforting on bad days.

Will remember these for my next stay. Can't sleep at all in hospitals. My last stay I was up three days straight with no sleep. Checked myself out just so I could get some sleep.

I took my DS. I have a little device for it called the CycloDS Evolution. It looks like a game card, but it has a slot to put a micro sd memory card into it. You can load the memory card with all of your games (so you don't have to take a bunch of them to the hospital, or switch them out), movies & tv shows (I watched a lot of South Park last hospital visit), music, books, etc. You get a ton of entertainment from one little device. Only problem I had was when I was charging my DS. A nurse went to move the table it was sitting on, and my DS, being plugged into the wall, went flying and hit the floor. I'm very lucky it still works.

Hey, Aquagirl... I know what you mean... Sometimes, it's impossible to do much of anything in the hospital...

i bring my laptop and use the wifi connections available so i have everything accessable to me.. even work :)

Okay. Quick question: Does anyone worry about their stuff getting stolen?? Is this a problem at hospitals??

Blowing up rubber gloves and bouncing them around is fun. Put some catsup on your chest , shout , "I can't take it anymore." and then pop a blown up rubber glove. Disconnect the heart monitor and play dead. Hold your breath while the nurse takes your pulse. Putting your hospital gown on with the open side to the front is just too drafty but tying the ties in knots is always a blast come wash time. Turning the bed end for end and then asking the nurse to raise the head of the bed is a neat way to get a giggle. Saving apple juice in the rest room and giving it as urine samples is just a peach of a trick. Try putting an alkaseltzer in your mouth and trashing around on the bed while holding the help button..Always good to kill a few minutes. I guess I'm just not a reader..

Jigsaw puzzles are good at passing time also

 

If possible bring a laptop and get something started that you've been thinking about for ages, but never started.
Hospital will give you loads of time to get things written and done.
Put movies on laptop and tv series (bring earphones).
A nintendo ds lite, with R4, allows you to play loads of games.

and definately books, I have a palm and it's full of books (about 20), the sony reader also looks good, and takes up less room, and books are great when you'r sitting in the toilet for ages...

Well, sleep always works too Texan :)
I hope you're feeling better.