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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:07:31 EDT

lordpuffer posted :

Good luck and all the best for an optimal outcome with the minimum of pain and full recovery for your hip surgery.

Thank you Blogger. :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:29:56 EDT

Blogger posted : Not taking what you don't need is naturally a good idea, but what I have had in all the joints, hospitals, I've been tossed in they have just checked my stuff and locked it up.

Good luck and all the best for an optimal outcome with the minimum of pain and full recovery for your hip surgery.
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:06:34 EDT

lordpuffer posted : Thank you. :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:01:27 EDT

DKS posted :

said by lordpuffer:

I had a successful hip replacement. There was a lot of pain and painkillers, physical therapy, etc. I had really no time to even use my gadgets, so they just stayed locked up in my hospital room, and are now safe at home. Thanks again for everyone's input. :)

Glad to know it went well. One final suggestion. My wife is a physio who sees a lot of hip and knee replacements. The secret to a successful recovery is simply. Do your exercises as your physio says and don't do more than they tell you. This is a case where "More is NOT better". Report any swelling or pain immediately, as this could be a sign of infection. And enjoy your increased mobility!
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:51:16 EDT

DKS posted :

said by danawhitaker:

said by DKS:

said by lordpuffer:

Thanks for the Advice DKS. I'll take that into consideration. I am not a TV watcher, so I figure that to pass the time when I'm not doing therapy or asleep from painkillers I would have something to do. :)

I can assure you that if you are on painkillers, you won't have to worry about "having something to do".

Sorry, this is complete BS.

I trust you will read the OP's post. :)
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:00:18 EDT

anon posted : Have a good recovery, lordpuffer

-Jim

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:51:23 EDT

lordpuffer posted : I had a successful hip replacement. There was a lot of pain and painkillers, physical therapy, etc. I had really no time to even use my gadgets, so they just stayed locked up in my hospital room, and are now safe at home. Thanks again for everyone's input. :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:59:40 EDT

danawhitaker posted :

said by DKS:

said by lordpuffer:

I can assure you that if you are on painkillers, you won't have to worry about "having something to do".

Sorry, this is complete BS. I went nuts after I had my gall bladder out and all I had to do in the hospital was watch TV and read. It's nice to be able to communicate with the outside world without talking on the phone or having visitors. I was on a pain pump for a while and I still wanted stuff to do. I was in there for several days before my surgery and two days after. Three weeks before that, I had a four day stay after giving birth to my daughter. Even with a new baby to take care of, I got stir crazy and craved communication. This was back in 2005 before wifi was everywhere. After I had my wisdom teeth out, I thankfully wasn't hospitalized, and the painkillers I was on with that didn't impede my ability or desire to raid in World of Warcraft that same night.

Perhaps painkillers affect you that way, but don't assume they do the same to everyone. Whatever I was on made me hyper. And therapy (speaking from experience with watching my mom after having a shattered kneecap and a broken hip that they had to do a replacement on) does not last all day. You'll still have plenty of downtime.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:08:32 EDT

lordpuffer posted :

said by state:

said by lordpuffer:

I'm going into the hospital tomorrow (with my gadgets). I'll post how it went on Thursday or Friday when I come home. I hope the nurses are cute. :D

Best of luck to you, with your visit and the nurses. :)

Thank you very much state . :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:17:31 EDT

state posted :

said by lordpuffer:

I'm going into the hospital tomorrow (with my gadgets). I'll post how it went on Thursday or Friday when I come home. I hope the nurses are cute. :D

Best of luck to you, with your visit and the nurses. :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:29:05 EDT

lordpuffer posted :

said by JRW2:

said by lordpuffer:

I hope the nurses are cute. :D

Maybe he will be..... :p

I guess that I'll have to be more open-minded during my stay. :o

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:21:17 EDT

JRW2 posted :

said by lordpuffer:

I hope the nurses are cute. :D

Maybe he will be..... :p

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:17:29 EDT

lordpuffer posted : I'm going into the hospital tomorrow (with my gadgets). I'll post how it went on Thursday or Friday when I come home. I hope the nurses are cute. :D

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:25:29 EDT

lordpuffer posted :

said by bemis:

...well, hopefully your surgery went well...

The lack of a follow-up, maybe his gadgets got stolen by a sticky fingered orderly... ;)

Sorry....I didn't follow up because my surgery was postponed until the 3rd week in February.

Afterwards, I'll hopefully be able to post that all went well (surgery and gadgets). Thank you for your well wishes though. :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:06:20 EDT

bemis posted : ...well, hopefully your surgery went well...

The lack of a follow-up, maybe his gadgets got stolen by a sticky fingered orderly... ;)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:11:03 EDT

DKS posted :

said by TwiztedZero:

What, and worry about germs at the hospital getting into my prized tech gadgetry, oh NO! :p

That is a very, very serious concern. Before Christmas I came down with a Norovirus infection and was out for three days. I am certain I caught it at the hospital, in spite of being scrupulous in my use of alcohol wash. They shut the unit I was visiting for ten days, the day after I was there, for the same infection.

Hospitals are festering piles of disease-breeding germs.

BTW, the virucides they use are not nice.
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:21:51 EDT

Coma posted :

said by lordpuffer:

I was addicted to Morphine . . . due to a neurological injury.

+1

. . . but still my favorite drug of all

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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:27:32 EDT

lordpuffer posted :

said by Boricua65:

I was going to mention to check with the hospital if you can EVEN bring electronics into the room. They may have monitoring systems where the tablet and cell phone may interfere with the equipment.

I did check with the hospital. They have WiFi in the rooms and you can bring whatever device you want to....within reason of course. Maybe because I'm having Orthopedic surgery, there won't be much monitoring equipment in my room.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:22:01 EDT

lordpuffer posted :

said by DKS:

said by lordpuffer:

I can assure you that if you are on painkillers, you won't have to worry about "having something to do".

Painkillers? I don't think that they will have a great affect on my ability to function ;) (unless they shoot me full of morphine, then I'm out). I'm hoping that the anesthesia works on me and puts me to sleep.

But seriously, I was addicted to Morphine, Norco and Soma for years due to a neurological injury. Finally got off of them this past summer, so I'm drug free (got off of them alone, with no help from an M.D.....M.D.s told me that I should continue taking them) Even when I was taking them, my tolerance to painkillers is very high.

Thanks for your concern. But I'll be ok. :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:43:18 EDT

slyphoxj posted : As far as bringing your phone... my advice would be to just leave it at home and just use the landline phone in your room for calls if the hospital doesn't charge extra for it. Now would be a good time to get a Google Voice number so you can make long distance calls from the room phone. And setup (or have a family member or friend setup) your Google Voice number to forward to your room so people can still reach you at the same number if you change rooms.

Just can't beat the call quality of a landline. My mom was just in the hospital for about a week for a pelvis fracture and it sure was nice to talk to her on a landline! (although I didn't do the Google Voice bit).

EDIT: And Google Voice gives you a voice mailbox too to take messages when you're away from your room or in the bathroom when someone calls your room.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:33:17 EDT

TwiztedZero posted : What, and worry about germs at the hospital getting into my prized tech gadgetry, oh NO! :p

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:15:27 EDT

DKS posted :

said by Boricua65:

said by vircotto:

Wow, this is an eye-opener for me. A few years ago when I was caring for my father, when he was hospitalized we were told to turn off our cell phones (except in the main lobby or outside). They were paranoid about anything that might interfere with their own networked (wifi) devices.

This. I was going to mention to check with the hospital if you can EVEN bring electronics into the room. They may have monitoring systems where the tablet and cell phone may interfere with the equipment. And like others have said, this is the best time to let go of the addiction and destress. Recovery from any surgery is not fun, and you may need your energy to recuperate and get healthy again.

+1. Our hospital bans cell phones in certain units and there is no wi-fi available except in the cafeteria.
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:13:18 EDT

DKS posted :

said by lordpuffer:

I can assure you that if you are on painkillers, you won't have to worry about "having something to do".
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:32:52 EDT

drslash posted : I would be able to live without a phone or tablet for a few days but I would not want to be without them in the hospital. Hospital stays are boring and depressing. I would want to have my phone to keep in touch and be able to do my favorite fun tasks while passing the time in recovery.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:54:45 EDT

lordpuffer posted :

said by 8744675:

You can't live without your gadgets for 3 days????

Sure I can - But right now I would prefer not to. Like I said, it will give me something to do during any down time while I'm in the hospital. Also, I'll need my DSLR fix. ;)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:37:42 EDT

8744675 posted : You can't live without your gadgets for 3 days????

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:48:02 EDT

NightOwl2 posted : My mother was hospitalized last fall. Hospital had the free wi-fi and internet access via tv so I took my laptop to use while she was watching tv. The hospital system was sloowww and brought me to their server/agreement - log on page every new session. She had a locked drawer where laptop was stored during short periods of time away from room. Otherwise it came home with me.

Cell phones were not a problem there. I remember having to go outside the hospital to call family members in the past - lol.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:30:15 EDT

Boricua65 posted :

said by vircotto:

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:58:24 EDT

JRW2 posted :

said by Cheese:

And you have proof this person took it?

When he was leaving, my mother saw him leaving her room.
Since he was NOT one of her nurses, why was he in her room?
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:57:29 EDT

JRW2 posted :

said by Johkal:

What happened to the "temporary nurse"?

Police report filed, no proof he took it... :huh:
They REFUSED to search him or his home for the laptop. :mad:
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:17:38 EDT

billydunwood posted :

said by lordpuffer:

I'm going to be in the hospital for 3 days in about a week. I want to bring my Galaxy Nexus and my Nexus 7 with me. What are some suggestions how to protect these items from being stolen if I leave the hospital room (which I'm going to have to - hip replacement, and they make you walk after surgery :p), or have to use the bathroom (which may take some time ;))?

I will be the only one in the hospital room....One bed.

While I have no suggestions on how to not have your stuff stolen, I do have a suggestion on how to get it back if it is stolen. Download "Where's My Droid", which is free. If someone does take it, you can text the phone/tablet or go online and track it. Helps a great deal, and everyone with a droid should have it. I do.
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:48:29 EDT

vaxvms posted : Paperback books are cheap and not likely to be stolen can be a way to pass the time. Something like a Dave Barry book - lots of short articles.
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:47:42 EDT

hardly posted : Maybe call your insurance agent and make sure they are covered on your homeowners/renters policy for your hospital stay.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:42:24 EDT

lordpuffer posted : Thanks for the Advice DKS. I'll take that into consideration. I am not a TV watcher, so I figure that to pass the time when I'm not doing therapy or asleep from painkillers I would have something to do. :)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:18:13 EDT

DKS posted :

said by lordpuffer:

Best advice? Don't take them. You won't need them, for one thing, because you will be recovering from your surgery (general anesthetic recovery is not immediate) and having therapy. This ain't a hotel (OK, you are paying Waldorf rates for a Super 8 motel room). When you get home you will have several weeks of therapy (my wife does this for a living) and may still be on painkillers and feel like crap.
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:11:48 EDT

Cheese posted : And you have proof this person took it?

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:09:07 EDT

Johkal posted : What happened to the "temporary nurse"?

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:41:50 EDT

JRW2 posted : Best advice, don't bring them...
Have someone who is visiting you bring them and take them home every day.

NEVER LET THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT!!!!

I speak from experience....

We bought my mother a laptop when she was confined to a nursing home, she had the ONLY key to her nightstand and we locked it up every day.

She kept the key on her wrist, on an elastic cord...

One night while she was sleeping, a temporary nurse at the home, removed the key while she slept and STOLE the laptop, we never saw it again. :mad:
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:46:07 EDT

Cheese posted :

said by not :

A 7" tablet and a phone is not that much stuff. Get yourself a small tote that you can put around your shoulder and carry them with you wherever you go. No one's going to look at you funny. They make small totes that are just big enough for a 7" tablet and a phone. SwissGear makes some... all zippered up with a sling, etc.

Enjoy your man purse. :p

that doesn't help when you go into surgery....

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:17:03 EDT

vircotto posted : Wow, this is an eye-opener for me. A few years ago when I was caring for my father, when he was hospitalized we were told to turn off our cell phones (except in the main lobby or outside). They were paranoid about anything that might interfere with their own networked (wifi) devices.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:25:55 EDT

A Lurker posted : Glad to hear there's a locking option. I was in the hospital a couple of months ago. I had someone bring my cell and my ereader after the surgery. I kept both in my beside table and had no issues. I could have asked to have them locked up but didn't bother.

I had to be up and moving the next day and the day after (the day I went home). However, someone would have to be waiting to sneak into the room when there's no schedule for those times.

I really only took the phone to call for a ride home. I actually gave my smart phone back to the company once I got home and managed to live without it during the weeks I was off. Time to break your electronic addiction now. :-)

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:49:03 EDT

Johkal posted : Another that I've used for quite a while: »www.lookout.com/features

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:37:14 EDT

DataDoc posted :

said by lordpuffer:

... 20 years ago I would have had no problems. I now have gadgetitus.

Use this time to go cold turkey. :)
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:53:31 EDT

vaxvms posted : If you'd didn't ask or the hospital didn't tell you then you should find out the dimensions of the in-room safe before you check in.
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Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:25:27 EDT

Waldothe3rd posted : A tracker will give you some peace of mind.
I use »seekdroid.com - Works wonders!

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:11:40 EDT

Johkal posted : That's great. Sounds like a good hospital.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:08:53 EDT

jbgroup1 posted : My father stayed in a hospital in a medium-crime area that had lockers in them. He kept his wallet and phone in there while he was out of the room. The hospital did have open wi-fi.

Re: Hospital Stay - How Do You Protect Your Gadgets?

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:41:56 EDT

Snakeoil posted : My last long term hospital stay was in the children's immune compromised ward [kid's that have sickle cell, cancers etc]/
So the traffic was pretty well controlled. Meaning you has to buzz in to get in the ward [part of that required you to state your name and patient you were seeing.
The hospital staff didn't seem all that interested in our gadgets.

This was just before the release of the Ipad. I had lugged my desktop PC into my son's room. So I could use the hospital wifi and surf the net, etc. Then I was given an Ipad for my birthday, and I used that [I lugged the desktop back home].
I would leave the Ipad in the dresser buried under some clothes, if we had to go to another part of the hospital for an X ray, MRI, or other medical procedure.
We spent about 5 months in that ward, and never had a problem with theft.

But again, that was on a controlled ward. Your area may not be so tightly screened.
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