No one will help me with wound care, dressing or follow up coumadin treatments. 3. I beg and pay others for rides or ride the malfunctioning bus system to and from medical appointments, for daily essentials, as well as for my job. Rides are not guaranteed since they have their owner's schedule. So my ability to adhere to the required rehab and clinic appointments presents undue hardship. I am poor, alone, borderline homeless and tenuously employed. At work, I limp and cringe from pain unbecoming of a representative. Successful hip replacement will improve my quality of life and upward