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Friday, July 04, 2025

This surgery is coming up quickly

The date's been set, July 30th.  My pre-op is July 17th.  My work is trying to figure out about getting a temp, so the idea is to get FMLA for 12 weeks since there will be two surgeries, one right after the other, first on the left knee, the second on the right. I've applied for FMLA/Short-Term Disability through our vendor, New York Life, but I can't activate the claim until a week before.  So I'm just focusing on trying to get everything ready at home, assistive aids, that sort of thing.  I've even ordered glides for the back of my walker that work like tennis balls with the wheels as far as gliding, but when you put them down, they act as brakes.  I ordered them through eBay.  The nice thing is I'm still avoiding Amazon, but they came in an Amazon package because the seller does so much business through Amazon. :)

Anyway, I am very nervous, but I'm trying not to be.  I'm trying to just prepare as much as I can. I've read what I can.  I have:

  • A leg lifter
  • A raised toilet seat
  • A sock aid (left over from the rotator cuff surgery)
  • A shoehorn tool (left over from the rotator cuff surgery)
  • A bed rail (left over from the rotator cuff surgery)
  • a wedge pillow (left over from the rotator cuff surgery)
  • A cold therapy machine (left over from the rotator cuff surgery)
  • A steel quad cane (I already had it, left over from when I was over 300 lbs. and I needed something sturdy that could support that weight)
  • My regular collapible aluminum cane
  • A walker with wheels and the aforementioned glides, plus an organiser/bag for carrying stuff, including my handicapped parking placard so my driver can park near the entrance of my appointment buildings
There is a device that's supposed to be delivered to my home called ROMTech, which is a range-of-motion bike I'll use during recovery as well.

I hope this all helps.

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