Well here in New York City they can give you in-home therapy too. Visiting
nurses coming give it to you. So I'm not exactly sure what Dr. Gordon is going
to set up. We will just have to see what happens. He and I have a wild to work
on this anyway. So I'm not really concerned about that. He and I'll probably
discuss it another month. Because that's when he said he wanted to see me he
said in the month. He said I could still go to physical therapy so that's good.
And I have therapy therapy on Wednesday. So that's OK too. He's at I have a
wild to make these decisions. So that's the way that goes. But anyway at least
yesterday went OK. I got back home and basically just crashed. And that was
about it. But anyway we'll just have to see how things go.
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On Jan 12, 2016, at 12:52 AM, Karen Delzer <catwacky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It could be, but nowadays, I'd be very concerned about postop infections.
When my nephew had his hip replaced a couple of months ago, his doctor didn't
want him in rehab at all for that reason.
Karen
on 08:20 PM 1/11/2016, Rosemarie Chavarria said:
Hi, Sharon,
I agree with you and Vicky. My friend in Maine broke her foot falling down
the stairs of her apartment so she had to have surgery. She stayed in a
rehab facility but I don't remember how long. When my dad had both of his
knees replaced, he chose to stay at home and have Mom take care of him
rather than go to rehab. I think he would have healed faster because of the
fact that they give you therapy right away.
Rosie
On 1/11/2016 6:53 PM, Sharon Conkling wrote:
I agree with you, Vickie. A friend of mine went to a rehab center after she
broke her hip and made some friends and found people to play games with
when she was not busy with therapy.
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From what I heard in your messages, you will have to relocate in March,
returning to your old apartment in June, or maybe later. So, I’m
thinking, first of all, the reason they want you to go into a nursing home,
is, the fact that no one lives with you. When you have this surgery, your
shoulder will be in a sling for at least the first two to three weeks. It
will be hard enough for you to feed yourself with your left hand, let alone
think of traveling with a cane. I know you’re independent. However,
nursing homes now days have TV in the room, which is something my mother
never had when she stayed in a nursing home for her broken hip. Also,
they want you to start physical therapy right away. It’s not as though
you’re going to be able to travel safely to and from the physical
therapist to do this daily. In the nursing home, or rehabilitation
facility is what they call it, you will heal much more faster. My brother
Tony is a very good traveler and even with his significant other, his
broken leg healed much faster than it would have had he not gone to the
rehab center. And he was there for eight weeks. You may not have to
stay that long, for sure. Are they doing shoulder replacement? Or, are
they repairing the rotary. My husband had shoulder replacement, and if I
wasn’t there to help him do every day things, he was going to a rehab
facility. But that meant he had to drive himself, and of course, I went
with him, to physical therapy every other day. So, you might think about
doing it while you’re in relocation status. You shouldn’t have to
move a lot of things, if your apartment building is making you relocate
while they remodel your apartment. A moving company will do it. That
way, too, you won’t be unpacking a lot of things while you’re in that
transition status. So it’ll be easy to repack to return. Just a
thought.
Vickie
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