Belgium and My BHR - Surface Hippy Guide to Hip Resurfacing

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We all had lunch at a vegetarian restaurant. We did not realize it was vegetarian until we were seated, but certainly did not mind. We had delicious vegetable soup, breads and tea. It was a very nice “last supper” for my old hip. It would never get to experience another lunch again since it was about to be replaced. We said our goodbyes and Nancy escorted us to the front door of the Jan Palfijn Hospital. 25
Jan Palfijn Hospital The Jan Palfjin Hospital looks like any other American hospital that I have seen. Fortunately, my hospital experience has been limited to a few hospitals in Ohio. It appeared clean and normal except that all the signs were in Dutch. Check in is a very simple matter in Belgium. In the US, it seems there are always mountains of paper work to fill out and many hospital associates to talk to. I just walked up to the nice lady and said I would like to check in. She was able to speak some English, but was somewhat limited in her conversational skills. I thought to myself, I don’t believe I am doing this. Sitting in front of a Dutch lady speaking bits of English and staring at papers which don’t mean a thing to me since they were all in Dutch. I knew why I was there and decided to have faith and continue with my registration. I had known many other hippies had gone before me and their outcomes were great. So I signed my name one time at the place she pointed to. To this day, I have no idea what I signed, but I do have a copy of the papers. It only took my signature on one piece of paper to be admitted. Of course, I did have to hand her my credit card to make the full payment of six thousand Euros to cover my hospital stay and all the medical expenses. She did not need to know English to swipe the card and take the payment. It was painless and I signed my name just one more time to the credit card form. That was it – I was a 26
Page 2 and 3: Belgium and My BHR A Story About Hi
Page 4 and 5: Birmingham Hip Replacement I feel v
Page 6 and 7: Why a BHR I had pain in my hip for
Page 8 and 9: in the rest of the world. In Canada
Page 10 and 11: have talked with so many people in
Page 12 and 13: need great dedication. Usually they
Page 14 and 15: The Trip to Belgium March 11 Saturd
Page 16 and 17: another walk toward the back and st
Page 18 and 19: Sunday March 12 Our First Days in G
Page 20 and 21: was astoundingly beautiful. The fou
Page 22 and 23: We continued to walk the streets, s
Page 24 and 25: Nancy and Margareta & Goran The Cas
Page 28 and 29: patient at the Jan Palfjin Hospital
Page 30 and 31: Then we each had our hips x-rayed.
Page 32 and 33: Dinner at the hospital. Dr. De Smet
Page 34 and 35: Post Op at Jan Palfijn I don’t re
Page 36 and 37: catheter did its job. I believe thi
Page 38 and 39: The two nice ladies in the x-ray ro
Page 40 and 41: I was once again able to talk with
Page 42 and 43: odies over our operated leg more th
Page 44 and 45: two or three hours at a time. This
Page 46 and 47: Marc teaching Pat to climb stairs a
Page 48 and 49: Ghent once again, but Marc wanted m
Page 50 and 51: Wednesday March 22 Wednesday became
Page 52 and 53: estaurants. I am sorry that we did
Page 54 and 55: Hugo, Bart & Pat We made sure we or
Page 56 and 57: have quite long legs. I was able to
Page 58 and 59: Our trip home took six hours by car
Page 60 and 61: weeks wore on, my speed picked up.
Page 62 and 63: The Last Chapter The Last Chapter h
Page 64: Appendix - Hip Resurfacing Informat

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