Thanks, Obama!

[MineralMan]

Due to the availability of ACA or Obamacare, my wife is having hip replacement surgery tomorrow morning. Due to other pre-existing conditions, she would have been unable to buy health insurance until Obamacare came along, had her insurance company dropped her. She's self-employed, as am I.

So, thanks, Obama! Truly.

[femmocrat]

1. Best wishes to your wife.

Thanks, Obama.

[CincyDem]

2. Good luck with the day...and the recovery. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Oh boy and good luck to her!

And you will be very busy with her as well.

Wish her a speedy (although it'll be a long slog) recovery!

[mcar]

4. Glad to hear it

Best to your wife.

[George II]

5. Hope it goes well, and yes....thanks Obama!

[cpmx2006]

8. Thanks to O and the Dems for O care.

Great to hear your wife can have the procedure done.
Hope all goes well and I wish for a speedy recovery.
Why don't we hear more good news like this from folks that could not get health care before O care?...

Thanks to a real president Obama...

[Maeve]

6. Best wishes to your wife

We couldn't afford insurance until the ACA, so Hubby wouldn't have gone to the doctor when that rash appeared before Christmas....and untreated shingles can last for months. Instead, he had a couple of bad weeks, thanks to medication.
Thanks, Obama.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. We hope she heals well and heals deeply. And thank you Obama, too! . . . nt

[calimary]

9. YES! Thank you, President Obama!

You're the last person I can, in good conscience, address as "my President". I don't have one now.

Hope your wife is on the mend soon, MM!

[secondwind]

10. Piece of cake! she will be walking in no time.... Thanks, Obama!

[MineralMan]

11. Yup. She's only 60 years old.

She's also been dealing with a funky hip for a long time, now, and has mastered ways to compensate for it, so she'll figure out how to recover as quickly as possible, I'm sure. Besides they're doing the surgery with an anterior incision which makes it even easier to recover. Her surgeon virtually guaranteed she'd only spend one night in the hospital and come home the next afternoon. She's the first surgery of the day tomorrow.

We're not all that concerned about the recovery time. Knowing my wife, she'll be back at her desk the day after she comes home. I've already been through the house to clear all obstacles away for the walker. We're ready to go with this. She's a bit nervous about the surgery, but not terribly so. Today, she's finishing up a couple of projects on deadline.

[homegirl]

12. Good luck and

wishes for a speedy recovery to your wife.
I have had both knees replaced and can only give the same advice she has received from her doctor: Lots of rest and do that physical therapy. I joined the "Y" and did the exercises in the pool =3x a week. My neighbor recently had hip replacemet and did the same, she is doing marvelously,

Best to your wife and I am sure she will thank you for TLC.

[Hekate]

16. Speaking from my experience, she'll have to un-learn all her compensatory movements...

My shoulder surgeries were a godsend, but I had let it go too long and had to relearn how to move with ease.

All good wishes to your wife -- swift and gentle healing.

[Ligyron]

13. That's great news.

They're getting really good at hip replacement surgery.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Trump will fix it so you deadbeats will have to pay your way and quit mooching off hard working Amer

Trump will fix it so you deadbeats will have to pay your way and quit mooching off hard working Americans.



(I have to quit listening to FOX, change channels faster.)

Good luck to you and yours.

[pandr32]

15. So many of us in the same boat

...afloat with pre-existing conditions and able to have procedures done.
Wishing your wife a quick recovery (I am sure you will be at her side), and thanks, Obama!

[TNNurse]

17. Hope her surgery goes well and her rehab is not bad.

I had my knee replaced two weeks ago tomorrow. I wanted to get it scheduled as early in the year as possible before Paul Ryan got the chance to destroy Medicare.

[MineralMan]

18. Hips seem to have an easier recovery than knees.

I hope she does very well, indeed.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Good luck to her and best wishes for a safe and speedy recovery!

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[canetoad]

20. Thanks Obama

Best wishes to your wife MM.

[Alice11111]

21. Healing vibes for your wife! Obamacare saved me too

A long story, which I've posted once b4. There are thousands, millions maybe, of us out here.
Thanks Pres Obama. My real President

So sorry about what the Repubs did and are still doing to you and us. What a contrast we have now with DT and your class, dignity, and graciousness.

[Cha]

22. Wonderful she's able to get with it done with Obamacare..

Best wishes for going smoothly.

[MineralMan]

23. Update: The surgery went fine, and she's starting physical therapy

this afternoon. I've been there all day, and came home to feed the dogs. I'll head back to the hospital shortly.