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Due to the availability of ACA or Obamacare, my wife is having hip replacement surgery tomorrow morning. Due to other pre-existing conditions, she would have been unable to buy health insurance until Obamacare came along, had her insurance company dropped her. She's self-employed, as am I.
So, thanks, Obama! Truly.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)CincyDem
(6,374 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,236 posts)And you will be very busy with her as well.
Wish her a speedy (although it'll be a long slog) recovery!
mcar
(42,356 posts)Best to your wife.
George II
(67,782 posts)cpmx2006
(35 posts)Great to hear your wife can have the procedure done.
Hope all goes well and I wish for a speedy recovery.
Why don't we hear more good news like this from folks that could not get health care before O care?...
Thanks to a real president Obama...
Maeve
(42,286 posts)We couldn't afford insurance until the ACA, so Hubby wouldn't have gone to the doctor when that rash appeared before Christmas....and untreated shingles can last for months. Instead, he had a couple of bad weeks, thanks to medication.
Thanks, Obama.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,026 posts)calimary
(81,383 posts)You're the last person I can, in good conscience, address as "my President". I don't have one now.
Hope your wife is on the mend soon, MM!
secondwind
(16,903 posts)MineralMan
(146,320 posts)She's also been dealing with a funky hip for a long time, now, and has mastered ways to compensate for it, so she'll figure out how to recover as quickly as possible, I'm sure. Besides they're doing the surgery with an anterior incision which makes it even easier to recover. Her surgeon virtually guaranteed she'd only spend one night in the hospital and come home the next afternoon. She's the first surgery of the day tomorrow.
We're not all that concerned about the recovery time. Knowing my wife, she'll be back at her desk the day after she comes home. I've already been through the house to clear all obstacles away for the walker. We're ready to go with this. She's a bit nervous about the surgery, but not terribly so. Today, she's finishing up a couple of projects on deadline.
homegirl
(1,432 posts)wishes for a speedy recovery to your wife.
I have had both knees replaced and can only give the same advice she has received from her doctor: Lots of rest and do that physical therapy. I joined the "Y" and did the exercises in the pool =3x a week. My neighbor recently had hip replacemet and did the same, she is doing marvelously,
Best to your wife and I am sure she will thank you for TLC.
Hekate
(90,755 posts)My shoulder surgeries were a godsend, but I had let it go too long and had to relearn how to move with ease.
All good wishes to your wife -- swift and gentle healing.
Ligyron
(7,637 posts)They're getting really good at hip replacement surgery.
keithbvadu2
(36,853 posts)Trump will fix it so you deadbeats will have to pay your way and quit mooching off hard working Americans.
(I have to quit listening to FOX, change channels faster.)
Good luck to you and yours.
pandr32
(11,595 posts)...afloat with pre-existing conditions and able to have procedures done.
Wishing your wife a quick recovery (I am sure you will be at her side), and thanks, Obama!
TNNurse
(6,928 posts)I had my knee replaced two weeks ago tomorrow. I wanted to get it scheduled as early in the year as possible before Paul Ryan got the chance to destroy Medicare.
MineralMan
(146,320 posts)I hope she does very well, indeed.
Rhiannon12866
(205,731 posts)Last edited Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:49 PM - Edit history (1)
canetoad
(17,175 posts)Best wishes to your wife MM.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)A long story, which I've posted once b4. There are thousands, millions maybe, of us out here.
Thanks Pres Obama. My real President
So sorry about what the Repubs did and are still doing to you and us. What a contrast we have now with DT and your class, dignity, and graciousness.
Cha
(297,445 posts)Best wishes for going smoothly.
MineralMan
(146,320 posts)this afternoon. I've been there all day, and came home to feed the dogs. I'll head back to the hospital shortly.