Re: Psych Visit and Hotels in Fairfax VA/Dorian are you around?

[Guest guest]

Ok, I will hope Dorian also responds to this since she is far more

organized than me. We both stayed at the

Homestead Village Residence Hotel

I wish I could tell you the number but I don't have it. It was indeed

about 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the hospital in a kind of business

complex. We negotiated for a better rate and since we were in the

hospital it was for medical purposes we got our rooms for $79 a

night. This is a new hotel and it wasn't on the list that was given

to us by the Inova Fairfax Hospital. However that was in February

and it might be on that list now.

And Dr Elariny saw us in his office after the hospital stay. We

ended up taking a cab which cost about $20 one way. The thing is, if

you are having someone stay at a hotel while you have surgery this is

a good deal. The place is nice, the complex is nice to walk around

for that ever important post op exercise, and the staff was friendly.

Good luck

Jeannie

> >Ok all, I got through the psych visit just fine. The doctor was

very

> >nice and faxed my letter to the surgeon. Now what I need to know

is

> >does anyone know of an extended stay hotel near Fairfax... I need

to

> >stay in the area about 9 days!

> >

> >Thanks

> >

>

> ,

>

> I was reading my mail list from the bottom, so came across this

after

> I responded with location of the hospital. i believe that Shauntae

> recommends a hotel just the other side of Route 50 from the

hospital

> on Gallows Road. Dorian and Jeannie stayed there. They actually

> walked back to the hotel 1 week post-op after attending a Dr. E.

> support group at the hospital. Maybe they can furnish

> recommendations. I do not know where Dr. E. sees patients

> post-discharge/post-op: in his office or in the hospital.

>

> But, the hotel situation near his office is bleak (I work in the

> area) because many new office buildings have been erected, but no

new

> hotel space has been added. There is an EconoLodge (or similar

> budget name) at the intersection of Interstate 66 and Lee Highway

> (Route 29/211) in Falls Church. It is a bit closer to his office

> than to Fairfax Hospital, but not terribly far from either.

>

> As to extended stay hotels, there are some " Suites " hotels in the

> Tysons Corner area, a very busy and densely trafficked

> business-shopping-mall area west of the intersection of Routes 495

> (Beltway) and Route 7. If you have the strength you could shop

'til

> you drop while in recovery. But, the place where Dorian and

Jeannie

> stayed might also be a " Suites " kind of place.

>

> --Steve