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.
Sharon and Pearl
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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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