On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 22:41:34 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 21:19:26 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 16:57:03 -0400 (EDT), Cheryl
> wrote:
>>
>>>"Cheri" > Wrote in message:
>>>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>>>> web.com...
>>>>> can you email me? It's important, related to the life alert
>>>>> pendants we've had a lot of conversations about. I got a new
>>>>> computer and life has gotten hectic and I haven't had a chance to
>>>>> import my address book. I also can't believe my phone doesn't
>>>>> even have your email address saved.
>>>>>
>>>>> To others, without some way to get help might be the end of you.
>>>>> Just went through a horrific thing with my mom and even though
>>>>> she has a pendant she wasn't wearing it. She's going to be OK but
>>>>> only because some miracle happened. Very badly broken leg and
>>>>> already had surgery but at an advanced age I know it's going to
>>>>> be a slow recovery.
>>>>
>>>> Good wishes for your mother and hopefully the recovery is not as slow as
>>>> these things usually are.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thank you Cheri. I hope so too but her pain in trying to move even
>>> a little bit appears unbearable. It was broken pretty high up and
>>> close enough to her hip that they thought they might need to also
>>> replace the hip ball but luckily they got away with just having
>>> to insert a titanium rod down though just the femur.
>>
>>That doesn't sound too serious and I hope she recovers quickly. It
>>might be a good idea to have her abode surveyed and outfitted for the
>>elderly and handicapped so she'll have less chance of accidents. She
>>also may be helped with a few weeks of rehab.
>>
>>On Monday my wife will be having a double knee replacement. She's 70
>>and her doctors said if she waits much longer she may not be able to
>>have the knee replacement surgery. So she decided to bite the bullet
>>and do the double... otherwise next year she'd need to go through the
>>same thing all over again, why be out of commission for two years when
>>she will be over with the ordeal in one year, and it is an ordeal,
>>with lots of rehab. She's in great shape physically and not at all
>>over weight so her doctors recommended she do it all at once. She
>>decided she'll forego skiing this winter and resume playing golf come
>>spring... and she prefers to walk the course, she rarely takes a cart,
>>only if her partner can't walk. Next winter she hopes to resume
>>skiing but will begin with the bunny slopes and slowly work her way up
>>in difficulty as she can, but she's an excellent black diamond alpine
>>skier. but will likely decide to give up those tough courses, with
>>artificial knees she can't risk a fall.
>>
>>Anyway once she can drive I will be having cataract surgery, for now
>>I'll need to bring her to rehab... we can't both not be able to drive.
>>I'm not looking forward to eye surgery, someone who can't even put
>>drops in my own eyes.. she'll do my drops and she wears contacts so is
>>used to futzing with eyes. Okay, her surgery is at 12:45 on Monday,
>>at Lennox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She will derive to Long Island
>>tomorrow and stay at her son's house and he will transport her
>>whereever. If everything goes well she'll be home in three weeks. I
>>have to stay here and hold down the fort and take care of the cats.
>>There's no room for me at her son's house anyway, when she visits she
>>usually sleeps on the couch but this time she'll sleep in one of the
>>grand's beds and they can take the couch. The first two weeks she'll
>>be having rehab at a special unit at the hospital so she'll have her
>>own room. She'll only be at her son's house one week and they will be
>>transporting her to rehab every day. Then her son will drive her here
>>in her car and the next day I will drive him to the Amtrack station in
>>Poughkeepsie where from there he can ride right to his office in
>>Manhattan. At first this seemed very convoluted but if all goes well
>>with the surgery it will be easy. She could have had the surgery here
>>but her surgeon has been treating her knees for some 15 years and he's
>>the best, the head of sports medicine at Lennox Hill, he treats all
>>the top atheletes... they come to him from all over the world.
>
>Hope it all goes well, Sheldon.
>
>Doris

Thank you, Doris.