SnowHare
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@X2mangle
Undoubtedly, you've heard of the long wait times for joint replacement in Canada. Well, it's not necessarily true.
I went for instruction in May, and I was told I could have a new knee in June. The only problem was, I had 3 conditions to clear. First, clear up the rash. The rash is an autoimmune disease, so that is just ongoing treatment. Second, was to get my dental clearance. I had just had implant posts put in my jaw, so I was good to go with the dental clearance August 7th.
The clinic phoned on August 7th. Yup, 2 conditions cleared. The third one was my sore ankle. It turned out I had tendonosis from a previous injury, that I didn't know I had. I saw a sports medicine doctor, and she told me I needed at least 3 months of physio.
Everything fine, until I had a stress rash - on my knee, 3 weeks before surgery. So, there I was, October 30th, on the gurney, when the surgeon looked at my knee. He sent me home.
Then, the surgeon was on holidays for a month. The clinic and I had some miscommunication, but eventually, everything got sorted out. My case worker was going to inspect my knee - it's still sort of purplish from the rash - but decided the surgeon should maybe see it. Went to see him, and he said I was good to go. I guess no surgeries over Christmas, so 2 weeks after that inspection, I will be back at the orthopedic hospital getting my new knee. I will hear New Years Eve what time I am to present myself at the hospital.
In the meantime, the doctor and my case worker said, no scratching, no falling, no banging into anything. I've really dragged up the time stats up for knee replacements for the program here.
Undoubtedly, you've heard of the long wait times for joint replacement in Canada. Well, it's not necessarily true.
I went for instruction in May, and I was told I could have a new knee in June. The only problem was, I had 3 conditions to clear. First, clear up the rash. The rash is an autoimmune disease, so that is just ongoing treatment. Second, was to get my dental clearance. I had just had implant posts put in my jaw, so I was good to go with the dental clearance August 7th.
The clinic phoned on August 7th. Yup, 2 conditions cleared. The third one was my sore ankle. It turned out I had tendonosis from a previous injury, that I didn't know I had. I saw a sports medicine doctor, and she told me I needed at least 3 months of physio.
Everything fine, until I had a stress rash - on my knee, 3 weeks before surgery. So, there I was, October 30th, on the gurney, when the surgeon looked at my knee. He sent me home.
Then, the surgeon was on holidays for a month. The clinic and I had some miscommunication, but eventually, everything got sorted out. My case worker was going to inspect my knee - it's still sort of purplish from the rash - but decided the surgeon should maybe see it. Went to see him, and he said I was good to go. I guess no surgeries over Christmas, so 2 weeks after that inspection, I will be back at the orthopedic hospital getting my new knee. I will hear New Years Eve what time I am to present myself at the hospital.
In the meantime, the doctor and my case worker said, no scratching, no falling, no banging into anything. I've really dragged up the time stats up for knee replacements for the program here.
