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Doesnt someone here work for an ortho?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 567435" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>The people I see here who have the knee replacement surgeries still have the large scars on their knees. About a 6 to 8 inch scar straight down the side of the knee. I think if I did it I would go to DUKE though. I dont much trust any place else in this state for ortho issues and it would most likely take me well over a year to just get in to their ortho clinic. I dont believe my doctor has any sort of in with them. He only has privileges at my local hospital. I do like him but Im not as fond of my local hospital for major things. I dont even know if DUKE is taking patients at this time. Sometimes they close their appointments if they get too backed up. </p><p></p><p>One good thing I did find out though, I went to this place we have here which is called Church and Community Center. Its a place that people donate old clothes, furniture and stuff like they would to Salvation Army or Goodwill but we dont have any of those places here. Also people and places like rest homes and nursing homes who go out of business donate old hospital equipment like hospital beds, wheel chairs and the like to them to give away to people who need them but cant get them. Thats where I got my mom's when I didnt realize I could have got hers from Medicare through DME. Lord I was stupid back then! Back then I got this old heavy steel bed with no mattress. It had the crank on it. I had no idea I could have had her doctor order a new one for her. If I had done that, I would still have it. Anyway, I called them last Friday right before they closed and they told me they have a couple of beds and I can come in next week and most likely I can get one. I know I didnt have to show proof my mom needed it so I will just go in and explain my issues and hope they understand. If I can get the hospital bed, I will be able to have both the hospital bed plus Tony's double bed in my master bedroom and we can sleep in the same room again. My room is big enough for that. I will just have to rearrange the room a bit. It will probably help me keep the room cleaner too because there wont be as much room to toss stuff on the floor. Tony will have to help me get the closet cleaned out so we can use that for storing clothes though. Something I have been begging for since we moved in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 567435, member: 1514"] The people I see here who have the knee replacement surgeries still have the large scars on their knees. About a 6 to 8 inch scar straight down the side of the knee. I think if I did it I would go to DUKE though. I dont much trust any place else in this state for ortho issues and it would most likely take me well over a year to just get in to their ortho clinic. I dont believe my doctor has any sort of in with them. He only has privileges at my local hospital. I do like him but Im not as fond of my local hospital for major things. I dont even know if DUKE is taking patients at this time. Sometimes they close their appointments if they get too backed up. One good thing I did find out though, I went to this place we have here which is called Church and Community Center. Its a place that people donate old clothes, furniture and stuff like they would to Salvation Army or Goodwill but we dont have any of those places here. Also people and places like rest homes and nursing homes who go out of business donate old hospital equipment like hospital beds, wheel chairs and the like to them to give away to people who need them but cant get them. Thats where I got my mom's when I didnt realize I could have got hers from Medicare through DME. Lord I was stupid back then! Back then I got this old heavy steel bed with no mattress. It had the crank on it. I had no idea I could have had her doctor order a new one for her. If I had done that, I would still have it. Anyway, I called them last Friday right before they closed and they told me they have a couple of beds and I can come in next week and most likely I can get one. I know I didnt have to show proof my mom needed it so I will just go in and explain my issues and hope they understand. If I can get the hospital bed, I will be able to have both the hospital bed plus Tony's double bed in my master bedroom and we can sleep in the same room again. My room is big enough for that. I will just have to rearrange the room a bit. It will probably help me keep the room cleaner too because there wont be as much room to toss stuff on the floor. Tony will have to help me get the closet cleaned out so we can use that for storing clothes though. Something I have been begging for since we moved in. [/QUOTE]
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