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64Bel Get Well Soon

Thanks for asking, guys. I was at the doc on Monday and it's going well, although a little slow for the healing of the leg bones. Not concerning to them since it's only been a little over 6 weeks since surgery as of Monday (7 weeks tomorrow). They checked my vitamin D level and it's low, so they upped my vitamin D from 2,000 IU/day to 50,000 IU twice a week. 10 more days of keeping it elevated. PT and being able to put weight on it begins on April 14th. I'm really looking forward to that. Not the least of the reasons is being able to take a real standing shower again. Sitting showers have been a big step up from sponge baths, but not as good as a standing one.

I was glad to see my insurance covered the $116k hospital bill for the surgery. Jeez, and it was just outpatient! $14k for just the hardware. Who knew that one 4" screw costs $636.? :rolleyes:
The surgeon was another $45k. I got more details of the damage and repairs from his bill. Broken fibula, tibia, ankle, foot, 3 broken metatarsals, ligament repair. Adding up his bill, the ER bill, the hospital bill, and other bills, I'll be approaching $200k before long. Think about that as an aging do it yourselfer when you think you're saving money by doing it yourself! Overall, I'm doing great and still feeling fortunate knowing it could have been worse.
 
Glad to hear you are healing, I just ran across this. I don't know how I missed it. I had to quit the do it yourself projects a few years ago myself. Age has it's limitations.
 
64BEL said:
Thanks for asking, guys. I was at the doc on Monday and it's going well, although a little slow for the healing of the leg bones. Not concerning to them since it's only been a little over 6 weeks since surgery as of Monday (7 weeks tomorrow). They checked my vitamin D level and it's low, so they upped my vitamin D from 2,000 IU/day to 50,000 IU twice a week. 10 more days of keeping it elevated. PT and being able to put weight on it begins on April 14th. I'm really looking forward to that. Not the least of the reasons is being able to take a real standing shower again. Sitting showers have been a big step up from sponge baths, but not as good as a standing one.

I was glad to see my insurance covered the $116k hospital bill for the surgery. Jeez, and it was just outpatient! $14k for just the hardware. Who knew that one 4" screw costs $636.? :rolleyes:
The surgeon was another $45k. I got more details of the damage and repairs from his bill. Broken fibula, tibia, ankle, foot, 3 broken metatarsals, ligament repair. Adding up his bill, the ER bill, the hospital bill, and other bills, I'll be approaching $200k before long. Think about that as an aging do it yourselfer when you think you're saving money by doing it yourself! Overall, I'm doing great and still feeling fortunate knowing it could have been worse.
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Keep your spirits up Dave....it won't be long and this will hopefully be just a memory. :thumbsup:
 
64BEL said:
Thanks for asking, guys. I was at the doc on Monday and it's going well, although a little slow for the healing of the leg bones. Not concerning to them since it's only been a little over 6 weeks since surgery as of Monday (7 weeks tomorrow). They checked my vitamin D level and it's low, so they upped my vitamin D from 2,000 IU/day to 50,000 IU twice a week. 10 more days of keeping it elevated. PT and being able to put weight on it begins on April 14th. I'm really looking forward to that. Not the least of the reasons is being able to take a real standing shower again. Sitting showers have been a big step up from sponge baths, but not as good as a standing one.

I was glad to see my insurance covered the $116k hospital bill for the surgery. Jeez, and it was just outpatient! $14k for just the hardware. Who knew that one 4" screw costs $636.? :rolleyes:
The surgeon was another $45k. I got more details of the damage and repairs from his bill. Broken fibula, tibia, ankle, foot, 3 broken metatarsals, ligament repair. Adding up his bill, the ER bill, the hospital bill, and other bills, I'll be approaching $200k before long. Think about that as an aging do it yourselfer when you think you're saving money by doing it yourself! Overall, I'm doing great and still feeling fortunate knowing it could have been worse.
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Glad to hear you're makin progress Dave!
 
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