Kathleen, I don’t blame you for wanting to be into your own
refurbishedapartment before you have your surgery. That way, you know whatever
happens, you will be going home, unless you and Dr. Gordon agree that a rehab
center would be better for you and would accomplish therapy goals more quickly.
Just depends on what Medicare and Medicaid will pay for and what kind of tear
you have.
Linda G.
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I have a small tear in my rotator cuff that they have to fix. He didn't say it
was very big. But yes that's what I have to have fixed. No shoulder replacement
right now. Just the rotator cuff. But I want to be able to come home and get
some books before I go to the nursing home place. Because a lot of these
nursing homes don't have any activities. The only one that really has any kind
of recreation that I know of is the Hebrew home for the aging in Riverdale. No
other they let me go there I don't know. But I know they have a whole Tonna
stuff for that their residence. They actually have the nursing home and they
also have independent apartments. The campus for the Hebrew home for the aging
in the Bronx is set up almost like a college campus. From what I've been told
it's huge. And that's just the way that goes. So that's how that is. But anyway
I met a lady in physical therapy when I was first in there and she had rotator
cuff surgery and she was taking physical therapy. And she wasn't in a nursing
home. So I don't know. But I did talk to her and she didn't stay that long. But
anyway we'll just have to see what Dr. Gordon sets up. I did talk to him about
it and will just have to see what happens. But he did tell me I could have the
visiting nurses and therapists come in. So that's basically how that goes. But
after I do stuff with those therapist like to go back to the place right
normally go. But anyway that's just how it is. But I may not have it until
summer. Because I want to be back in my own apartment before I have the surgery.
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On Jan 11, 2016, at 9:36 PM, Vickie <rolisonv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
May God bless you now, and evermore!
