I am at home for a few days now recovering from my second hip operation. The first operation back in March didn’t quite fix the problem correctly so the surgeon wanted another go at it. So I slipped in to hospital a few days ago where my hip with pulled out again. The surgeon reckons he’s fixed it now. I just have to put up with crutches for a little while now and get back to physio again. Hopefully I’ll be running and jumping again by Christmas.
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Ouch!
I’m not sure which hurt the most this past week… my hip or my hip pocket. I’ve been paying the high level of health insurance possible for the past 23 years and last week I had my first trip to a hospital. With all the fees (and the bills still seem to be arriving) the following is who paid what of the $5833.99 bill.
Medicare (Govt) $1040.65
Health Fund $1096.80
Phillip $3696.54
I could have had it done for free in a public hospital but I would had to have waited a much longer time (like years). I was really surprised by the breakdown of the costs. I always thought that my health fund would pay for everything. I pay around $2600 a year for my health fund and usually make around $300 worth of claims each year. It really makes you wonder whether it is worth having.
The photo above is the entrance to the Mercy Private Hospital in Grey Street, East Melbourne.
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Not the Best of Weeks
Things can only get better from here.
Yesterday I checked into the Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne. Have you ever noticed that TV hospital shows always talk about the other hospital in the area being the Mercy Hospital. Both Grey’s Anatomy and ER do this. So I checked in for a “Hip Scope”. Sounds like fun right…. mmm… well the only fun was the mixture of temazapan and zanax I was given before being wheeled to the theatre. I must have almost shaken the operating table to pieces before the anesthetic took over. I woke up back in the ward bed 5 hours later. It was all done and I was feeling like I had just left a Mardi Gras party after the last song at 10am.
Today I was fairly sick as I headed home… actually jumping out of the cab to hurl before I got to my place. About an hour later I was fine. I still have a few affects of the drugs left now. I really hate the druggy feeling. I still have to take pain killers for the next few days as my hip heals. I had to have my leg dislocated and some rough bone removed from within my hip joint. So I guess I won’t be doing those squats at the gym anytime soon. I now have a week to recover before I have to start working again. My little brother told me tonite that I needed to update the site so this update and photo is for him. Photo taken by Jake at the Mercy earlier today.