Well he said it wasn't a very big tear. He said it was very small. But he said
it still needed to be fixed. He said to physical therapy doesn't work anymore,
he said the next step is surgery. But he said I can still do therapy with
Megan. And I was happy about that. Because I guess I don't really want to lose
Megan at this point. I just don't want to start with somebody else unless I
have to. But we'll just have to see. Dr. Gordon and I can talk about this we
got a couple months yet. But if it gets to the point where I can't deal with
the pain anymore I make change my mind. We'll just have to see. But maybe he
can get me the help as far as cleaning and stuff until the surgery starts. We
can talk about that as well. But I think he would be agreeable to that I don't
know. But I may see if he can set that up anyway.
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On Jan 12, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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!
