Re: need encouragment, please

December 9, 2008

From what I have heard, sometimes insurance companies actually require an

ambulance.

Meanwhile, at least the hospital where I had my THR and my husband had his TKR

also had inhouse an " acute rehab " floor. They explained to me that some

insurance companies were ok with that and some required use of an external

facility (but still paid for medically necessary acute rehab). The difference

between acute and regular rehab had to do with the number of PT sessions a day.

It sounds scary, but I'm betting that if they pay for an " acute rehab " , you'll

end up recovering faster and wasting less " sitting around time " in a " regular "

rehab.

Betsy

(THR 6/08, husband TKR 7/07)

From: shihtzumom

Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:39 PM

Joint Replacement

Subject: need encouragment, please

Ok, I'm kind've scared again. My bilateral tkr is next week, on the 16th.

The surgeons office just called to see if I have chosen a rehab facility for

after the 3-4 days in the hospital. I mentioned the name of a nearby rehab,

and she said, " Oh no, you are having bilateral surgery. You will need an

acute care rehab facility! " (Actually, I was planning on being well enough to

come home from the hospital and not need to go to rehab, though the

possibility of rehab was still there.) Now, I need a super duper rehab, not

even a regular rehab?

And she told me to call my insurance to make sure they would cover an

ambulance to take me from the hospital to the rehab facility.

Hey, guys, is it going to be " that " bad? I thought I would be able to walk

with a walker by the time I got out of the hospital? This sounds like I am

going to be completely incapacitated.

In God We Trust!

December 12, 2008

>

> Ok, I'm kind've scared again. My bilateral tkr is next week, on the

16th.

> The surgeons office just called to see if I have chosen a rehab

facility for

> after the 3-4 days in the hospital. I mentioned the name of a nearby

rehab,

> and she said, " Oh no, you are having bilateral surgery. You will need an

> acute care rehab facility! " (Actually, I was planning on being well

enough to

> come home from the hospital and not need to go to rehab, though the

> possibility of rehab was still there.) Now, I need a super duper

rehab, not

> even a regular rehab?

>

> And she told me to call my insurance to make sure they would cover an

> ambulance to take me from the hospital to the rehab facility.

>

> Hey, guys, is it going to be " that " bad? I thought I would be able

to walk

> with a walker by the time I got out of the hospital? This sounds

like I am

> going to be completely incapacitated.

>

> In God We Trust!

, you will do OK. Yes, an " acute care " rehab. They will

have you walk every day, and hopefully, you will be off the walker,

on crutches, and able to negotiate stairs, put on shoes and handle

things in the kitchen and shower by the time you go home.

Good luck!

Bill in Minneapolis

BTKR a year ago October.

December 13, 2008

You will be so happy to walk again, after recovery and rehab. Acute

care rehab centers do only that - rehab. They specialize in rehabs of

all kinds, there are many more PTs and PT assist. Not that a hospital

rehab isn't good, they are, I had PT at the hospital I had surgery and

more when I came home. I've had both knees replaced, not at the same

time though. Sometimes I wish I would have done it at the same time -

so I would have got it all done at the same time, I'm in knee rehab

again now.

I won't sugar coat it, it hurts. Talk to your Dr. and make sure he

understands what you expect in pain relief, what ever that is. I had

a bad experience with pain relief. Just talk to your Dr. and you'll

do great! I'm working on stairs now. Soon I'll have 2 great knees.

I'll pray for you on Wednesday.

Blessings, Lynette

December 16, 2008

Hi Sharon, sorry this happened. You are not on moderation but the the

" spam " feature is turned on and it identifies many legitimate messages

as spam and actually does NOT often catch the spam so most of us list

owners turn it off but being a moderator I don't have the access here,

to do that. This time, it identified 3 legitimate messages as spam.

When it does this, they do not go out but must be approved by a mod or

owner. Sorry again... Chrissie knows folks here are praying for her

and I'm sure she will return to the list soon and see your message.

The prayers help her whether she knows about them or not...

best,

Sue, group moderator

>

> i must be on moderation post i posted this yesterday now she don't

get to see it before she went for surgery

> Sharon LeVine

> Re: Re: need encouragment, please

>

> I think i saw there you had a child, if so just remember

the pain you had having the child the minute that laid that bundle of

joy in your arms the pain was worth every minute of it. So will the

new knee as soon as you can walk and it's a different kind of pain and

you will that the old pain is going and so shall the new pain in time

that it was worth it to. I haven't had mine yet going to after the

first of the year and that is what I'm keeping in mind. If you have

made it thought your life so far you can do this too.

> Sharon LeVine

>

December 17, 2008

Hi Sue, I own and moderate 11 . I turned the spam feature off

right away as soon as they created it, since members' posts were being

judged as SPAM. There has never been any spam posted to any of my groups,

since all the groups allow posts only from members. If that is true for

this group, then you can turn off the spam filter.

Also, one thing I have learned over the 12 years or so that I have these

is to set it so that all new members are moderated at first.

Once they have posted a few times and I know they aren't a) crazy, mean

or c) selling something, I change their status so they aren't moderated

anymore.

claire

Callahan Goodman