It is all over except for screaming

Insurance pays for second opinions. I don’t know if you have regular Medicare or an advantage plan, but I would want my second opinion to come from outside of the medical system where the first doctor’s opinion came from in order to be truly independent.
 
Kaila said:
I wonder...
if you do have the amputation, to stay alive,
then is there any chance that you could get stronger and feel better, and recover, and then , go  home?
Some people do.
Click to expand...
Most people do. I had a patient so many years ago that I did her hyperbaric therapy on for her gangrenous leg. The decision was made that the leg had to be removed from the knee down.

I spent a lot of time with her during her therapy. We talked about everything under the sun. Much of our conversations were about her grandchildren and her garden.

Therapy continued until the surgery could occur. I'm mid 20's and she asked the question. What would I do? Somehow, someway I knew the right answer. It wasn't about what I would do but was she ready to leave her grands and her garden? She decided to have the surgery.
 
I think it's often difficult to get a truly independent 2nd opinion while an inpatient at  a hospital setting..... (even more difficult in a nursing home)

But it's much more accepted practice now than it was decades ago.
And worth trying, if possible.

Unless perhaps it's an obviously extreme need, and an emergency for a rapid decision to be made.
 
Sitting here looking at everyone's responses I wonder how difficult it would be at our ages to get used to a prosthetic leg. Would we have the strength to go through the physical therapy that would be involved? I'm sure it's hard to cope with the thought of losing a limb and possibly spending the last part of her life in a nursing home. But what would be harder on a body? Nursing home or trying to get acclimated to a fake leg?
 
MarciKS said:
Sitting here looking at everyone's responses I wonder how difficult it would be at our ages to get used to a prosthetic leg. Would we have the strength to go through the physical therapy that would be involved? I'm sure it's hard to cope with the thought of losing a limb and possibly spending the last part of her life in a nursing home. But what would be harder on a body? Nursing home or trying to get acclimated to a fake leg?
Click to expand...
In my opinion both alternatives are not very good.
 
We have a man at work that has a prosthetic leg. He's always having some sort of issue with it and having to call in. It seems like it would be more stressful than anything.
 
I feel like sometimes when one is presented with two crappy options...the path of least resistance is gonna be the easier option to deal with. I've been in that kind of situation before. Not her situation just a situation where there was no good choice so I took the one that was easier to swallow. If that makes sense.

*edited typo
 
It's your body,,,, get second options.

Our first born child was borne with TWO club feet!
He had surgery early in his. life,,
Twice,, because we didn't know there we other ways to correct his feet.

Fast forward,, most doctors that see his feet ,, want to amputate!
So far at age 60,he won't let them.

Can you check online for other other methods for your feet?

HUGS,,, fight back.
Questions & more Questions
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top