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Generally pleased with Toronto Western. Edible food, excellent pain management, only one snippy nurse- which in the middle of a pandemic is a miracle- cheerful and informative physiotherapist. Hell, heated blankets prior to surgery, what luxury.
But I'd like a word with whoever wrote their manual. Buy a Cryocuff to reduce swelling, staff will put it on you in the recovery room. No they won't- not then and not after, because you have to put water and ice in and attach hoses and it's all too complicated, here have a bag of ice cubes instead. Well, that's $250 of my money that I'll never see again. And imagine if I'd rented it for $500 plus sales tax? Presumably there are people with help to fill and empty the things for them but I couldn't use it even before surgery owing to a dearth of outlets in the downstairs where the ice cubes live. Weird that my bedroom has plenty of outlets but the living room only two and a half, all in inaccessible places. What *was* my electrician thinking of? Actually I know. He was cursing Mr. Damiani who put wire mesh through all the downstairs walls for reasons best known to his concrete layer's heart. Plaster doesn't need wire mesh but Damiani thought it did.
And then there were those 'closed-toe non-slip easy-on wide shoes to deal with swollen feet' that I was advised to buy. Now some of that is down to the perils of online shopping, but some is simply that I don't feel stable in those boats. Ended up wearing my New Balance runners and no problem. But that's another $200 and change gone forever.
The two-wheeled walker was probably not a bad idea because there was no guarantee that I could just use my Gandalf staff instead. But still an unnecessay expense even if not a horrendous one.
The shower stools I knew would be a problem because of my very deep tub that I won't be able to lift my leg high enough to get into and out of. Physio suggests a wide stool that fits over the edge of the tub so you can slide in and out. Still requires lifting bad knee over tub edge and at the moment my knee Doesn't Do That so no, I think not. Sponge baths for the foreseeable future which will let my body flora return to a natural state. This is not the first time I've gone a week or two without showering: holes in the tum and broken bones in the feet alike conduce to avoidance of anything more than cursory washing.
But I'd like a word with whoever wrote their manual. Buy a Cryocuff to reduce swelling, staff will put it on you in the recovery room. No they won't- not then and not after, because you have to put water and ice in and attach hoses and it's all too complicated, here have a bag of ice cubes instead. Well, that's $250 of my money that I'll never see again. And imagine if I'd rented it for $500 plus sales tax? Presumably there are people with help to fill and empty the things for them but I couldn't use it even before surgery owing to a dearth of outlets in the downstairs where the ice cubes live. Weird that my bedroom has plenty of outlets but the living room only two and a half, all in inaccessible places. What *was* my electrician thinking of? Actually I know. He was cursing Mr. Damiani who put wire mesh through all the downstairs walls for reasons best known to his concrete layer's heart. Plaster doesn't need wire mesh but Damiani thought it did.
And then there were those 'closed-toe non-slip easy-on wide shoes to deal with swollen feet' that I was advised to buy. Now some of that is down to the perils of online shopping, but some is simply that I don't feel stable in those boats. Ended up wearing my New Balance runners and no problem. But that's another $200 and change gone forever.
The two-wheeled walker was probably not a bad idea because there was no guarantee that I could just use my Gandalf staff instead. But still an unnecessay expense even if not a horrendous one.
The shower stools I knew would be a problem because of my very deep tub that I won't be able to lift my leg high enough to get into and out of. Physio suggests a wide stool that fits over the edge of the tub so you can slide in and out. Still requires lifting bad knee over tub edge and at the moment my knee Doesn't Do That so no, I think not. Sponge baths for the foreseeable future which will let my body flora return to a natural state. This is not the first time I've gone a week or two without showering: holes in the tum and broken bones in the feet alike conduce to avoidance of anything more than cursory washing.
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I wanted a deep deep tub like the one I had in Japan so I could soak up to my neck in hot water. This is a good thing in a cold country and if you're prone to muscle aches but I could see how it wouldn't be much use in the tropics.