Hip Replacement Surgery Research Paper

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James P. Mallon (8181) here. I consulted you several months ago as to why I delay my hip replacement surgery. Thank you for your guidance and problem-solving suggestions. Per your suggestion, I contacted the social worker at the St. Petersburg clinic and the Patient Advocate at Bay Pines asking for help in reference to my dilemma. They told me post-surgical care is determined by the medical social worker after the procedure, not before, although I explained my circumstance in detail. I canceled X-rays and blood work appointments for the lack of a workable and responsible after-surgery care plan; in my best interest. To refresh your memory, I wrote an outline. Please preface and forward it to whom it may concern. Two Bay Pines VA surgeons diagnosed me as needing a left hip replacement. The severe pain, a cane and knee braces cause me to tenuously hang on to my $150 per week …show more content…
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