September 9th surgery

[jrnyc]

just spoke to Melissa briefly...
she was upset that her insurance is making her leave
hospital "tonite" and the one rehab they want to send
her to is not the one she wants to go to...

she couldn't stay on phone...she was trying to
deal with the insurance issue...
we are supposed to talk tomorrow

jess

[JenniferG]

Horrible that she's having to deal with this at this time. If only these things would go smoothly for Melissa. Please tell her we are all thinking of her and wishing for a peaceful recovery for her.

[Confusedmom]

Thanks, Jess, for the update. And I'm glad Sparky is okay!

Melissa, glad to hear you are up and about. Hope the post-op issues resolve soon. I'm looking forward to hearing how the surgery went and if you feel it was successful.

Best,
Evelyn

[Doodles]

Melissa--
I was so relieved to see your post! I sure hope things start going more smoothly for you. You are continually in my thoughts and prayers!


Jess--Thanks for doing the updates for us. That is much appreciated.

Janet

[jrnyc]

well...my cell phone is doing weird stuff....had Melissa's
phone number in recent calls and all recent calls disappeared
from phone...
still have Marc's phone number, but am getting voice mail...
will try again Thursday....i am concerned about whether Melissa
had to leave hospital and which rehab the insurance will let her go to...

hoping for good things for her...
jess

[rohrer01]

I'm wondering why they are suddenly giving her a bad time about which rehab facility she can go to. I know she posted that she was able to go to the one she wanted. I wonder if you have to do preregistration at those places to guarantee that the insurance company doesn't try to pull a fast on one you at the last second after promising you can go where you want "over the phone". I get EVERYTHING in writing. That way companies can't get away with stuff like this. Grrrr...

[jackieg412]

Melissa
It was good to hear from you. Hopefully all will be better for you no matter where you go to rehab. I know some are better then others,but you have been in rehab before and the good thing is yoy know what to do. Experience does help with that. Get well and stay strong. I know it is har
Jackied to deal with one more thing,but sometimes a new person can look at things with a new take on the whole picture!

[jrnyc]

just spoke to Melissa...
she is in rehab...but said it isn't like a true rehab that is in
any way really helpful to her needs...
so she is leaving tonite and going home...
she said she is VERY happy with the results of this surgery...feels
she has more mobility than she had before this operation...
Melissa also said her pain is manageable as long as she is on schedule
with the pain meds...
i will be calling her again to see how she is doing at home...

jess

[rohrer01]

Thanks for the update, Jess.
I think I would opt for home, too, if the facility was no help. People tend to heal better in their own familiar environments anyway. Hopefully her family can be more helpful than the "rehab facility". I'm also glad to hear that her pain is finally under control and that she is thus far happy with her surgery.

(((gentle hugs))) Melissa!

[JenniferG]

Thanks Jess. Great news!

Melissa, I'm so happy that you're happy with the surgery!

[Confusedmom]

Ditto!! :-)

[mabeckoff]

Thanks to you all for the very supportive messages that I received from you.

I do not know if I thanked Jessica so I will give her big thanks anyway becasue she was wonderful

I am home , in reality it was Thursday night.

I left the place because it is a nursing home, nothing else. There is no rehab area . You get 2 20 minutes segments a time of rehab.

When I left last evening , it was against medical advice. We were told that means we cannot leave with scripts or any requests for PT,OT, or home nursing care.

I did not care as I had to leave. The evening before, an resident screamed all night. In the morning, my roommate and myself both asked if she could be moved. We were told no as she is a lifelong resident and we are only there for a few days. So I just had to leave as I know I would have killed someone if shse had screamed again all night.

Monday at 8:30am, I had an appt with my PCP and she will take care of all of my needs.

I am concerned because my feet are still very swollen and they hurt alot thereby preventing me from walking, which is really the only exercise that I can do.

I still have not had a BM since June 2nd on my own. All of them that I had in the hospital were from the ennemas that they gave me.

I have pain in my gut , which seems to be the same pain as my ulcer.

Several times , during my hospital stay, I had blood in my urine.

Finally, I am still hallucinating . I cannot remember things such as my parents being dead. I am better off than during my hospital stay when I thought that my husband moved me to a different hospital . He drove me there in the middle of the night. It looked like a house to me . I was really out of it. I am told that this is happening because of the anesthesia.

Finally , I am very pleased of the surgical outcome. I have much better range of motion than I did before. Also, much less pain when I use my neck to look at things


Thanks again for your good words and blessings
Melissa

[rohrer01]

Melissa,
What an ordeal you have been through! I would not want to stay in a nursing home, either. I don't blame you for leaving. I've worked in those places and I know what kind of "care" people get when they are there. They are always short staffed and smell of urine and feces. That's no place to recover. I'm shocked that they would even send surgical patients to those places. Staff hygiene isn't the best from my experience. Of course, you have your better ones. I've never worked in a really bad one. I got hired on at one once, but never went in. Honestly, I couldn't even stomach the place and am glad I never actually had to work in that environment, let alone try to recover from a surgery there!

I hope you continue to get better and better.

(((gentle hugs)))

[babyboomer16]

Hi Malissa, Just want to say "good luck" now that you're at home. What an ordeal you had to go through! The thought of being in a nursing home is just awful. I have "night terrors" when given morphine. So they have to give me diladid instead. Just wish you the best! Linda

[jrnyc]

you are welcome, Melissa.

i hope your PCP can offer you some help with the digestive issues...
and maybe she can do something to figure out why you had blood
in your urine...

i hope your spine feels better every day...

jess...and Sparky