Hip Replacement Surgery: "Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution"
Authored by M E Hecht
Suppose you’ve just been told you need hip surgery, have a
cardiac condition, or you’ve developed diabetes. At this moment
you are most likely to be in a doctor’s office, in point of fact the
diagnosing doctor’s office, possibly in some state of undress, or
having just come from an x-ray, or EKG. There’s no doubt about it, as an experience, it’s up front
and personal, not matter how succinct and professional the announcement-
up front, personal, and threatening as hell. I mean
the doctor may have run several miles this morning, had a carb
loaded breakfast, or not a scrap of pain in any of his major or minor
joints, he’s in good shape. But you’ve just been told your body
has betrayed you. What’s more, if you’re a card player you could
say at this point, that you’re the doctor holds cards, spades, and
big Casino. In short, it can be a moment of inequality second to none.
However, at this moment when you may feel at your most physically
and possibly emotionally vulnerable, you actually can turn
the situation to your advantage. I mean you may not be able to
alter the diagnosis, BUT it is both your right and responsibility
on your own behalf to pose YOUR questions, about the diagnosis,
what it means, what can be done, how to handle it. And these are
only the beginning of what you can do on your own behalf. Let
there be no uncertainty, if you have the answers to these questions,
if you insist on understanding what has happened to your
body, you are on the road to being part of the solution, not part of
the problem. How you may reasonably ask.
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