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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 10:06:47 GMT -5
who help themselves.
My mom used to say this ALL the time and for some reason, it's resonating more than usual in the back of my brain.
Right now, I belong to a hip replacement group and there is one woman on there that is whining more than usual. PT came to her hospital room and showed her exercises to do after she's released, but she doesn't get home PT. Since Medicaid paid for her hip replacement, why should she get something that most of us who pay for insurance don't get?
So now she wants someone to show her the exercises (that she should have been doing for the last 2 weeks and hasn't), so a quick google 'exercises for hip replacement' produced a very good guide from the AAOS of the exercises. First link.
OK, I'm in pain and pissed off about what I can't do. My patience is hanging on by a thread for myself - let alone someone else. But it seems like this is happening more and more.
Why do so many people need to be spoonfed info that is readily available at their fingertips?
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jan 26, 2011 10:27:00 GMT -5
<<< Why do so many people need to be spoonfed info that is readily available at their fingertips? >>>
...because they have a right to be spoonfed... so there you go...
(sigh)
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 26, 2011 10:30:35 GMT -5
Mich, glad to hear you had the surgery and are at least on your way to recovery, painful though it sounds.
I think people get used to spoonfeeding early sometimes. They are taken care of, cosseted and protected from the realities of life, and just glide through life, always assuming it will be that way.
You remind me of something my surgeon told me years ago, as I was getting ready for reconstructive plastic surgery. He said that the two basic personality types, Type A's and Type B's, react and recover very differently from surgery.
Type A folks are detailed planners, but anxious: they do their research, know what the risks and rewards are, and tend to play a very active part in their own recovery. They can drive medical staff a litte nuts, because they want to get better and back to normal yesterday, but they are good about following directives.
Type B folks just sit back and let others take care of them and expect to be told what to do when. They will do what they are told, but no more than that. They get upset when complications arise and setbacks occur, because "no one told them about it."
Needless to say, in my doctor's experience, the Type A people were the patients he really preferred. This whiny gal sounds like a "B."
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 10:40:16 GMT -5
Mich, glad to hear you had the surgery and are at least on your way to recovery, painful though it sounds.
Not yet, surgery's next Tuesday and I leave Friday for WA. Funny enough, I've had much more pain before this surgery than I had AFTER any other surgery I have had before.
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Post by Befferz on Jan 26, 2011 10:42:01 GMT -5
I think too, that some people just suffer from information paralysis. I know I do sometimes, and I consider myself pretty computer savvy. But there's just sooooooo much stuff out there, that sometimes it's hard to know where to begin. Maybe you can't think of what the right search words should be, or the search returns so many results that you don't know what to look at first, or who to trust. Plus sometimes when I'm dealing with something and have a question about it, I don't even think of looking online. But maybe that's just me.  |
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 10:47:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2011 10:47:12 GMT -5
People that are lazy about their own health are crazy! How well you recover from this surgery is going to affect you the rest of your life. Thank God I won't have to be the one to deal with the whiner into eternity when she has worse ongoing problems than she needed to.
Good luck with the surgery Mich.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 10:48:12 GMT -5
I would agree with you beffer.....but this woman knew enough to find a replacement support group. She's supposedly a gym rat too. AND she had PT in the hospital. Not only that, when she complained earlier someone else posted a link and she wanted the link posted yet another time - preferably a youtube that she could follow along with.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 26, 2011 10:59:43 GMT -5
Sorry, mich...best of luck with upcoming surgery...my bad. She can't get to YouTube herself and find a video? Yeah, that's not just spoonfed. That's a lazy arse. I understand the information overload issue, and not wanting to screw up recovery by doing the wrong thing, but sheesh. She's what I would call a silver-platter patient - as in, wants everything handed to her on one.  |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 11:01:31 GMT -5
Snerdley....she had PT in the hospital. They showed her what to do. There are some very simple exercises that they have you do at the beginning that do not require you to have someone watch you to make sure you do them correctly. Ankle pumps, heel slides, butt squeezes, etc. orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00303True rehab doesn't start until you heal and then it is important to have PT with someone who makes sure you're doing them correctly. |
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 11:25:11 GMT -5
How much time off work are you going to need for such a big surgery?
[Does disability insurance cover this?]
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 11:33:59 GMT -5
I'll be off about 7 weeks. I'll have restrictions this time that I did not have after any of my other ones.
I have sufficient sick time for this plus I'll likely be doing some work while I'm recovering. This surgery is only going to kill about half of my accrued sick time.
I don't have short term disability but my long term disability kicks in at 2 months, I think. It would cover me if I ran out of both sick and vacation time.
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 12:00:13 GMT -5
I'll be off about 7 weeks. I'll have restrictions this time that I did not have after any of my other ones. I have sufficient sick time for this plus I'll likely be doing some work while I'm recovering. This surgery is only going to kill about half of my accrued sick time. I don't have short term disability but my long term disability kicks in at 2 months, I think. It would cover me if I ran out of both sick and vacation time. What other surgeries did you have and how long did it take you to heal??? Does it look like you may have to 'eat' a cost? I hope not much. |
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 12:01:36 GMT -5
If all goes well when will you be on your feet again???
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 12:15:42 GMT -5
I had a periacetabular osteotomy, was out of work for 5 weeks, no movement restrictions. 3 months later, I had an anterior hip replacement and was off of work 2 weeks, no movement restrictions. Rehab was another 6 months after I completed those surgeries. Unfortunately, an anterior replacement's off the table as the joint has issues that the surgeon needs to deal with, so I'll be put on restrictions for about 6 weeks. He said I'd be released weight bearing as tolerated, but will probably know more after the surgery and when he gets into the joint to see the damage.
Usually they get you on your feet fast. The problem is the inability to move in certain ways and the utter exhaustion that hits.
Not sure what you mean by 'eat a cost'. I'll have to pay my insurance deductible, which is what I'd have to pay where ever I had my surgery, so the only cost I'm 'eating' is my plane ticket. I'll be paid my regular salary while I'm off since this is all sick time.
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 12:36:59 GMT -5
Will you be on your feet in 1 week, 3 weeks or 6 weeks? Each week that passes your muscles atrophy.
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 12:38:33 GMT -5
'Eat the cost'...seemed like 1-2 weeks were open.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 26, 2011 12:49:57 GMT -5
My dad had a hernia operation and went in for his check-up. Beside him was a guy who did not follow directions and also took ALL his pain pills the first day. They don't refill then and a side effect is constipation. So he was not a happy camper.
She was told the exercisers and there is something called a phone. Even if she does not know how to search the internet for what she needs she could have called the hospital or her doctor's office to get the instructions repeated to her.
Seems rather silly to sit around for 2 weeks waiting for someone to come show you how to do them.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 12:54:30 GMT -5
Yes, I know muscles atrophy, I've done this before. I'll be on my feet, released weight bearing as tolerated - likely on crutches. They don't release you from the hospital unless you can demonstrate certain activities, walking with crutches, doing stairs, etc.
I'll be doing a series of exercises gone over by the physical therapist I'll inevitably see after surgery. After time, the exercises will ramp up in difficulty as the joint heals. When restrictions are lifted, I'll likely be going to PT for a couple months afterwards, then transition back to the gym - just like I did the last couple times I've rehabbed my hip.
Believe me, I know exactly how quickly muscles atrophy. I have already seen atrophy since my last visit to the gym the Friday before Thanksgiving, which sent my hip into this spiral of pain. But until the bone is taken care of, I'm not about to worry about the muscles.....they come later. My last visit to the orthopod, I mentioned trying to do some simple exercises, just to keep range of motion and he strongly suggested that I not do anything to exacerbate the pain. Yesterday, my crutch slipped on a just mopped floor at work and I jarred my hip to keep from falling. I felt it all day and most of last night.
I've had to rehab hips from total atrophy before. It takes a lot of work, energy and pain. However, I know what I have to do in order to walk again and I'll do it.
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 13:16:50 GMT -5
Good luck to you in trying to keep your ability to walk. How long will you be rehabbing in WA, since you are flying out there? I wish we could be in 'Star Trek' times where I could heal you with a hand held device. I'll say my prayers for you to help you feel better and get better. Any person in pain ...is terrible for me. Compared to your posts mine are very primate. I'm glad you started your own thread, I know you don't do this often, so this is very important to you. For You Get well soon Michelle. |
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Post by The J on Jan 26, 2011 13:17:53 GMT -5
Compared to your posts mine are very primate. I know it's not what you meant, but how true it is.....  |
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Post by Befferz on Jan 26, 2011 13:20:49 GMT -5
I'm not sure, but I think a primate post might make more sense.  |
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 13:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by Befferz on Jan 26, 2011 13:32:42 GMT -5
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Post by DebMD (banned) on Jan 26, 2011 13:34:47 GMT -5
Hey Mich
Look at these folks watching our conversation......
In Your recoveery you can hang out more here ...bring your laptop[/b]
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 13:35:35 GMT -5
I'll be out in WA as long as I need to be......
I have a really good boss and a lot of my job can be done anywhere I have access to a computer. I can rehab anyplace as well.
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Post by Colleenz on Jan 26, 2011 13:36:10 GMT -5
I'm suprised Omni doesn't have hip problems with all the thrusting he does.
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Post by The J on Jan 26, 2011 13:41:49 GMT -5
I'm suprised Omni doesn't have hip problems with all the thrusting he does. He's just needed wrist replacements  |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 26, 2011 14:04:35 GMT -5
Hmmmm, maybe THAT is why my hip wore out?
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