Ways to Beat Boredom in a Hospital Stay
If you have ever needed to stay in the hospital for an extended amount of time, chances are you probably got bored. After my stem cell transplant last May, I was stuck in isolation for 154 days until my blood counts came up. If I got a fever when I had my port in, I also had to wait it out in the hospital until my immune system was stronger. Other times I had to be inpatient when chemo was especially tough or had to be flushed out of my system quickly.
Granted, most of the time I was in the hospital I didn’t feel that great and wanted to just sleep to try to take my mind off the nausea, pain or side effects I had from treatment, but other times being in the hospital just felt like a whole lot of waiting around. This is why I have thought of things to do pass time (since hospitals are notorious for having bad cell phone reception).
Ways to Beat Boredom in a Hospital stay!
- Check out the StupidCancer.org and Like us on Facebook
- Subscribe to Stupid Cancer Show iTunes Podcast
- Pick a new TV series on a website like Netflix or Hulu and start at season 1
- Watch Movies! The hospital may even lend you your favorites or movies you have never watched before.
- Ask your nurse if she can set up an activity to do with other patients of the same age or diagnosis
- Play a classic board or card game with a visitor or roommate for example: Apples to Apples, Jenga, Scattergories, Scrabble or Cranium
- Start a book series or read the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
- Do a craft or scrapbook. I learned to knit and make all kinds of bracelets and key chains
- Get a crossword puzzle book or Sudoku book
- Play games online or on a hand held game system
Hopefully you will find a way to keep busy so your stay does’t seem so long!
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