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I had a hip replacement done recently [mid October], and it went very well. It was a continuous struggle to get everything scheduled so as to NOT miss gun deer season here, but we managed to get it all scheduled and put together. Hunting has been my love for nigh unto 45 years here, and I have only missed one hunt in all that time. But now, after about two weeks into healing, an infection developed which required me to go in and get opened up all over again this past Saturday, and flushed out. Doc said it was shallow, and should not be to hard to treat with intervenes anti-bio tics, so my hope was still there to get out into the woods and hunt. Unfortunately, Medicare, and consequently my secondary insurance, would not cover in home treatments [Doc called them "in hunting cabin" treatments - he's a great guy!
]. After some serious negotiating and side stepping, the people at the hospital where the surgery was done [ almost 35 miles away from my home] managed to get me transferred to a network in Milwaukee for the out patient treatments. Otherwise that would have been some serious travel time and half-a-day time slots for the treatments. I am grateful for that for sure!
So anyhow, I am now diminished to daily treatments for two weeks at a nearby facility, and will be forced to miss the entire 2015 deer season.


On the other hand, my hip feels great, and I might be able to maneuver around KC again, and all other activities should improve exponentially in the future, so......I guess it is not all bad. Still - I felt obligated to rant about it somewhere, and since I am not on facebook or twitter, this was my only option. Sorry guys.........:tongue:
Good luck to all my fellow Wisconsinites heading into the woods this gun deer season!
So anyhow, I am now diminished to daily treatments for two weeks at a nearby facility, and will be forced to miss the entire 2015 deer season.
On the other hand, my hip feels great, and I might be able to maneuver around KC again, and all other activities should improve exponentially in the future, so......I guess it is not all bad. Still - I felt obligated to rant about it somewhere, and since I am not on facebook or twitter, this was my only option. Sorry guys.........:tongue:
Good luck to all my fellow Wisconsinites heading into the woods this gun deer season!