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!
