csziggy :
you are exactly right.
Yesterday that is what she told me.
Interesting about the cold water. Much better for you than drugs.
I doubt they have that in Mexico.
thank you - I hope she can hike too.
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SheilaT:
I learned that she caught her foot and fell forward. Some people I was talking to about it, said sometimes a person can have an undiagnosed problem with hip, and that the hip breaks, and then the person falls.
But in this case that didn't happen.
And she is very healthy- good diet, and does yoga every morning--
sigh... I guess that cannot protect us in some circumstances.
Yes, she must stay in Mexico for the recuperative period, 6-8 weeks.
Apparently flying risks a blood clot and stroke.
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She is upset bec. the doctor told her she could not start physical therapy for 6 weeks. In the states, acc. to what I read, and acc. to many people I talked to who had or know someone who had, a hip replacement, it is common to begin p.t. before the person even gets out of bed.
there could be some situation with my friend that I don't know about to explain the different approach, or maybe that is how they do things where she is.
In another stroke of luck, the person she will be staying with (she is to be released from hospital today or tomorrow) has a niece who is a physical therapist, and my friend is going to talk to her about getting p.t.
I'm going to ask her today about a rehab. facility.
I don't know if they have them there - well, they must.
Unfortunately medicare does not cover her expenses so she is paying out of pocket.
perhaps if there is a rehab facility, it would be prohibitively expensive, even tho less than in the US.
I am concerned, we know how important the recuperative period is to how active she can be when it is healed.
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