Re: TLHR - Clothing- Mechelle

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Mechelle, another thing just came to mind. Since you have a 7-hour

trip home, you should discuss with your discharge coordinator that it

might be to your advantage for them to send you to a near-by rehab

center. Most of them are in nursing homes and take care of surgical

patients who need physical therapy. They might be able to keep you 2

weeks, then you would be so much better off physically to make this

very long trip. It would depend on your insurance, but Medicare allows

it up to 20 days.

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> > Hi everyone! I joined the group a few months ago and have been

> > reading all your posts, trying to gather as much info as I can. I

> > went to the Mayo Clinic last week and met with my ortho dr. I am

> > scheduled for a TLHR on June 22nd. It has taken me 6 years to

> > finally give in to have the surgery scheduled. I am 40 yrs old and

> > run a large group family childcare out of my home. I have hired a

> > full time helper to essentially run the childcare while I

recover. I

> > am going to close my childcare for the first full week that I am

home

> > and then will be available but not hands on. We have a 7 hour drive

> > back to our home in N Minnesota after I am released from the

> > hospital. I am guessing it will take much longer since we will have

> > to stop about every hour. I have surgery on Friday and expect to be

> > released on Monday. I am planning to pick up a few pairs of loose

> > capri pants to wear, but wonder about shoes. Is it going to work to

> > be able to wear slip on type sandles? I rarely wear anything but

> > sandles or crocs when I am home. I also wondered what the time

frame

> > is from moving from a walker to a cane? The doctor didn't give us a

> > lot of info....they cover that at the preop appt and then send

us to

> > an education class that afternoon. Also... how is riding in the

> > car? We are planning to take our mini van rather than our pickup

> > since I didn't know if I would be able to get up into the truck.

> > Thanks for the info!

> > Mechelle

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