Re: Re: to linda & other belgian hippies

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Dear Bionic Belgian Babe!

You go girl!!! Tell us all about your Belgiam experience and recovery

once you can sit long enough to post!

to linda & other belgian hippies

> > >

> > > Dear Folks,

> > > Thanks so much for all of the info you've given. I've gotten

> > > the " what to pack " and " how to email home " questions answered,

> > > thanks to many of you. I'm wondering if there are phones in the

> > > Belgian hospital rooms so friends and family can call?

> > >

> > > Also, I don't think my OS is willing to prescribe pain meds to

> take

> > > with me, and, as I've said before, Tylenol does absolutely

> nothing

> > > for me. Have any of you NOT taken your own pain meds with you

> and

> > > asked the nurse or Dr. DeSmet for more medicine, and did they

> give

> > > more to you??? I know I sound like a big baby about pain (and I

> am)

> > > but I'm already needing a fair amount of meds to deal with the

> pain

> > > now before surgery. (I had a hip scope operation for a labral

> tear

> > > and sheared cartilege last July, and have been on crutches with

> > > increasing pain since then.) I feel vulnerable about the thought

> of

> > > lying there in a foreign hospital in uncontrolled pain.

> > >

> > > And a small thing, but very irritating--my insurance company

> won't

> > > pay for my sock applier and raised toilet seat because they are

> > > for " personal convenience and personal hygiene " and

> not " medically

> > > necessary. " I told them that I thought going to the bathroom and

> > > getting dressed were certainly not " convenience items " to me,

> that

> > > dressing and toileting independently are 2 of the 5 (or whatever)

> > > basic life activities as considered by other insurance companies.

> > > They said well someone else could use the raised toilet seat

> > > for " convenience. " How is the ability to go to the bathroom not

> a

> > > necessity? I hate stuff like that. I know it's a drop in the

> > > bucket compared to what I'll put out financially, but I needed to

> > > vent, and I thought this was the place. :-)

> > >

> > > Limmpy

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