My wife blew out her ACL and meniscus and is having surgery this week.
I know there is no two injuries that are the same, or surgeries, or healing time. But I'm wondering if any of you have had the surgery, or know anyone who has. And if you have any suggestions or know about things to expect?
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i do not have any medical insights but did want to send best wishes for a speedy (and full) recovery to your Mrs.
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Make sure she does whatever PT she's given and she'll be fine.Originally Posted by SoxHop
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We do got a pseudo doc in house here. He's not from Miami as far I can tell.
Sorry to hear this about your wife. I wish her the best.
Get a real surgeon, the best in your area. Goto the best hospital.
And as Soxncycles says, follow the PT to the T.
That is the most difficult aspect of the operation.
The drugs are the best but you won't be allowed to have them very long.
Best of luck to the Wifeypoo.
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Lol. I know you are giving him shit ( and rightly so ).
But Jacko is a real MD.
He knows his shit.
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"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
Thanks all....
I think I'm worried about it than she is....
Stick with the PT....... good advice...
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In the land of submarines
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And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine
12 thousand dollars will be paid to rent out the place for the surgery, which should take about 2 hours. Luckily insurance kicked in. But 12 thousand dollars just to rent out the location, you gotta be joking me. That doesn't include surgeon fees or the drug guy.
It's definitely a racket.
Be thankful you didn't need an ambulance.
I got a $1000 bill for a 15 min, 1/4 mile ambulance ride from a rehab hospital to the main hospital ER.
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When you're dead, you don't know you're dead.
It's only difficult for other people.
It works the same way for stupid."
Geez, I can't imagine what your total medical bills came to.
My insuance took care of the majority of it, except for the ambulance bills.
Evidently, they know what a racket it is and wont pay for it.
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"When you're dead, you don't know you're dead.
It's only difficult for other people.
It works the same way for stupid."
What do you mean about renting the place for the surgery? Isn't this being done in a hospital or medical facility?
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It is a medical facility. It's called a surgery center. Mainly it's just a location that has rooms to do surgeries, prep and post rooms also. So you pay for the surgeon, the drug guy, the PT person, and rent out the surgery center. None of those people work for the surgery center, they only have nurses.
I had to pay for the same thing two years ago when I had knee surgery.
I was off on how much it cost, pretty tired this morning. But it was 8 thousand just to rent the room, for about 4 to 5 hours of use. We pay only 20 percent as insurance has kicked in.
Oh, that's different. That's a bargain!
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It's only difficult for other people.
It works the same way for stupid."
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