Today's encounter with health care
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@Horace said in Today's encounter with health care:
@taiwan_girl said in Today's encounter with health care:
Hope he gets better soon!!BTW @horace How did your hand surgery go?
It went well! I can move my thumb again. Still paranoid that it'll far apart spontaneously like after last surgery. But I guess the repair last time was DOA since I couldn't twitch the thumb immediately after waking up from the anaesthesia. I will never know what went wrong. Maybe she tied a trick knot as a goof. Those wacky hand surgeons.
@taiwan_girl said in Today's encounter with health care:
Good news indeed. It'll be weeks/months before you really know. However, it sounds like it's a good thing so far.
Please keep us posted.
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Best wishes to your dog, Horace! That sounds awful for him, really miserable. Anything to do with the face is miserable for a human, so I would think it's as bad for a pet, too.
So glad you're able to move your thumb again. Use of your hand pretty much requires the thumb to participate fully and be social with the rest of the gang. Can you send your bill for this one to the doc who messed up the first time?
Seriously, what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this? -
Best wishes to your dog, Horace! That sounds awful for him, really miserable. Anything to do with the face is miserable for a human, so I would think it's as bad for a pet, too.
So glad you're able to move your thumb again. Use of your hand pretty much requires the thumb to participate fully and be social with the rest of the gang. Can you send your bill for this one to the doc who messed up the first time?
Seriously, what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this?@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this
I'll bet zero.
"Shit happens" will be the response.
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@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this
I'll bet zero.
"Shit happens" will be the response.
@George-K said in Today's encounter with health care:
@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this
I'll bet zero.
"Shit happens" will be the response.
That's what I would expect, too. No guarantees are typically given for medical procedures.
Are there ever any exceptions?
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@George-K said in Today's encounter with health care:
@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this
I'll bet zero.
"Shit happens" will be the response.
That's what I would expect, too. No guarantees are typically given for medical procedures.
Are there ever any exceptions?
@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
That's what I would expect, too. No guarantees are typically given for medical procedures.
That's right. Your only recourse is legal.
When Boris had his trachea lacerated during his neutering, resulting in $2K of hospital bills, all I got was "Gee, we've never seen this before, sorry it happened."
At least he was insured.
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@George-K said in Today's encounter with health care:
@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this
I'll bet zero.
"Shit happens" will be the response.
That's what I would expect, too. No guarantees are typically given for medical procedures.
Are there ever any exceptions?
@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
@George-K said in Today's encounter with health care:
@brenda said in Today's encounter with health care:
what recourse is there for you on the financial side for all this
I'll bet zero.
"Shit happens" will be the response.
That's what I would expect, too. No guarantees are typically given for medical procedures.
Are there ever any exceptions?
I suppose the idea is that insurance covers it and insurance covers the redo if necessary.
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Dog is doing well the past couple days. Giving him antibiotic (amox clav) twice per day. The vet gave me a contraption I didn't recognize but which I figured out to be a pill halver. The amox clav pills are too big for it though.
Education is extremely important.
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Dog is doing well the past couple days. Giving him antibiotic (amox clav) twice per day. The vet gave me a contraption I didn't recognize but which I figured out to be a pill halver. The amox clav pills are too big for it though.
