[Rhodes22-list] My Left Knee Replacement Got Delayed & Rescheduled

[Chris Geankoplis]

Bummer.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 11:50 AM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> What a shame Roger. The older we get the more time we seem to spend waiting
> for things.
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> Graham Stewart
> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
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> ROGER PIHLAJA
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 9:32 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] My Left Knee Replacement Got Delayed & Rescheduled
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> Hi All,
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> As many of you know, I have been waiting all winter to get my left knee
> replaced.  My surgery was finally going to happen last Monday, March 21st.
> But, they gave me a rapid response COVID test at the hospital the morning
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> the surgery and I tested positive.  Despite having no symptoms, they sent
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> home.  From home, I contacted my family doctor and she thought it might
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> been a false positive.  So, she sent me to Gladwin Hospital for a  Cobas
> 6800 SARS-CoV-2 test.  This test has to be sent out to a central lab
> facility for evaluation, which takes longer; but, it's much more accurate
> vs. the rapid response test.  Sure enough, the test result came back
> negative!  So, I contacted my orthopedic surgeon.  COVID created a huge
> backlog for surgical procedures in the hospitals.  Because of this stupid
> unreliable test, I lost my place in line and the next available surgical
> date is May 23rd.  That's 2 months away!  I was supposed to be pretty much
> recovered by then, not just having the surgery.  Despite the situation,
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> wouldn't bump me up in line.  They did tell me they would call me if there
> was a cancellation, but not to get my hopes up.
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> Oh well, at least I don't have COVID!  I'm scheduled to get a cortisone
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> in my left knee next week, which should help a little.
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> This situation throws cold water on a family High Adventure Trip this
> summer.  We'll see how I'm doing by mid July; but, that's awfully late in
> the year to be reserving campsites for that summer.
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> Sigh, I'm bummed.  I hope everybody else's week is going better than this.
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> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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