Re: Dolores KU

[Guest guest]

Our local hospital has volunteers to take people to appointments, no

charge to the patient. It might be worth a call to the place you are

having the appointment, even if it is a doctor's office maybe the

hospital can coordinate a driver for you.

Take care,

RH

Dolores,

> >

> > I guess my brother would not be much of a help. He is short

and I am not sure how well he could help if you started to fall. One

thing I did think of but I am not sure if it is available, is a home

health nurse that could help you. I am working a temp job adding

health care providers and noticed that in quite a few cases the

insurance plans pay for home health nurses to help a patient. I

don't actually process the claims, just get the providers tax id

numbers and addresses but we process for many plans, blue cross blue

shield, american health group, and many others. Maybe your current

insurance would pay for such a person. I am not sure if medicare

will or not.

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> > Janet Sample

> >

> >

> > Re: Re: Dolores KU

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> > I'm in Topeka, KS and KU is in Kansas City. That is where an

MDA clinic is, so I am told. With me not getting around good and

tiring easily I would need a " nurse " of some sorts to get me around

the hospital and they don't rovide some-such-things. Just about

everyone I know who doesn't have a family and works full-time + and

anyone else is my age and don't get around much better thatn I do.

My one friend just fell on the steps to her apt and is still having a

hard time getting around. As for the " sores " or whatever they are I

have always had a difficult healing even after surgery, there were

times when my incision would just start to open up after as much as a

week later. The place on my arm is where I cut a corner too short

turning from the living area into the hallway and thought it was just

going to be one of those nasty looking little red blotches (sort of

like a large blood blister) that eventually just turns into a

brown " age/liver spot " then the next thing I knew I had a

> > bloody looking spot on my shirt sleeve and there was this

sort of " gunky " blood oozing out of this place on my arm. So far it

isn't getting any bigger than in the beginning but it sort of burns

like a skined knee. The place on my leg still only has two

raw " icky " looking places and I just hope they don't break open again

as I am very tired of it not healing. They don't itch they just burn

ir sting?? My son drives to kansas City every day but he told me to

make a backup appt at Springfield as that is probably where we would

end up. He simply takes the interstate to his turnoff and goes to

the Argentine Yards to show up and they transport them to and from

the area where the tracks are in ill repair.

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[Guest guest]

I think contacting a volunteer organization in your neighborhood

might help you find other sources for rides. There is a self-help

clearinghouse that a friend of ours used to work for, but I think it

was local to our state.

Could you call the United Way in your area, or the volunteer center

at your local hospital? They might point you in the right

direction. We have " rural transportation " in our area, which is

heavily discounted for people with disabilities - they'll go right to

your door. Unfortunately, if you need to go out of county, they'd

have to bring you to a bus stop for further travel.

Take care,

RH

Dolores,

> > >

> > > I guess my brother would not be much of a help. He is short

> and I am not sure how well he could help if you started to fall.

One

> thing I did think of but I am not sure if it is available, is a

home

> health nurse that could help you. I am working a temp job adding

> health care providers and noticed that in quite a few cases the

> insurance plans pay for home health nurses to help a patient. I

> don't actually process the claims, just get the providers tax id

> numbers and addresses but we process for many plans, blue cross

blue

> shield, american health group, and many others. Maybe your current

> insurance would pay for such a person. I am not sure if medicare

> will or not.

> > >

> > > Janet Sample

> > >

> > >

> > > Re: Re: Dolores KU

> > >

> > >

> > > I'm in Topeka, KS and KU is in Kansas City. That is where

an

> MDA clinic is, so I am told. With me not getting around good and

> tiring easily I would need a " nurse " of some sorts to get me around

> the hospital and they don't rovide some-such-things. Just about

> everyone I know who doesn't have a family and works full-time + and

> anyone else is my age and don't get around much better thatn I do.

> My one friend just fell on the steps to her apt and is still having

a

> hard time getting around. As for the " sores " or whatever they are

I

> have always had a difficult healing even after surgery, there were

> times when my incision would just start to open up after as much as

a

> week later. The place on my arm is where I cut a corner too short

> turning from the living area into the hallway and thought it was

just

> going to be one of those nasty looking little red blotches (sort of

> like a large blood blister) that eventually just turns into a

> brown " age/liver spot " then the next thing I knew I had a

> > > bloody looking spot on my shirt sleeve and there was this

> sort of " gunky " blood oozing out of this place on my arm. So far

it

> isn't getting any bigger than in the beginning but it sort of burns

> like a skined knee. The place on my leg still only has two

> raw " icky " looking places and I just hope they don't break open

again

> as I am very tired of it not healing. They don't itch they just

burn

> ir sting?? My son drives to kansas City every day but he told me

to

> make a backup appt at Springfield as that is probably where we

would

> end up. He simply takes the interstate to his turnoff and goes to

> the Argentine Yards to show up and they transport them to and from

> the area where the tracks are in ill repair.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >