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Packing for Your Hospital Stay
Please bring:
• A list of all your medications
• Health plan/insurance card
• Copy of your Advance Healthcare Directive, if you have one
• This binder, Colorectal Cancer: Your Care and Recovery

For your comfort:
• Slippers and bathrobe
• Toiletries, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, brush
• Glasses, hearing aids, and their containers (be sure to label containers)
• Your dentures or partials (remember to bring your container)
• Loose, comfortable clothing to wear home

Leave at home:
• Valuables such as money, jewelry, watches, and credit cards

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