A few days ago, I got a call from my insurance company letting me know my surgeon had prescribed a ROMtech machine for me. That was the first I’d heard of this thing. With all the other stuff going on, I didn’t give it another thought until a woman called on 12/29/24 and said they’d be delivering this on Thursday and someone would call me on 12/31/24 to tell me the time. She only asked me what room i wanted it in, my height, if I had a straight back chair and confirmed my surgery date.
Of course they didn’t call on New Year’s Eve so I didn’t give it another thought until the next day, New Year’s Day. A guy from Texas with several kids yelling in the background called on 1/1/25 and said he’d see me on 1/2/25 between 8:30 and 8:45.
So, I decided to look into this thing. I checked in one of my Facebook groups – some people had used one of these things successfully. I came across some YouTube videos – mostly company produced – and it looked good. Full of happy, smiling people. Looking back to my first day of PT for my left leg, no way was I happy or smiling.
So, I finally found some other information – even through their videos don’t show it, my chair should be against a wall. We don’t have many of those – we have book cases, pianos, organs, sofas, beds, and stuff. No blank walls. And somewhere I read that I should be wearing shorts when the delivery guy came. I finally settled for capris that I could roll up.
Delivery guy was on time at 8:30. Didn’t care about the shorts at all. <Whew>. He says he delivers/picks up 15 of these things a day! Who knew?
This morning’s PREOP TESTING ORDERS:
Medical Clearance for Surgery by RHC PAT Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
CBC w/ DIFF CMP CHEST XRAY
PT/INR PTT HEMOGLOBIN A1C
UA EKG MRSA/MSSA (Nasal)
This afternoon I have an hour training on the ROMtech machine.
Another day gone.
Meanwhile
For the saga of my left knee, see these posts: Bee’s Knees
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