Hertz Donut

My wife took a knock to the head a few days ago when we were moving a calf shelter with the tractor, and woke up yesterday not feeling well at all, so it's up to me to keep the household moving. Hard to move stuff around with no free hands so I've abandoned my crutches and I'm relying on hobble-walking everywhere. Thankfully my son is able to do the school run now, and my daughter stepped up to do their lunches yesterday. I took care of dinner last night and the washing and their lunches this morning but I'm making do with comfort food for myself for the day since I still have to do my desk job. I think one of the cattle has broken through a temporary fence into a pre-grazed paddock but she can stay there for now to teach her to obey the wires. I'm also having to do the hay sales

Times like this make me realise just how co-dependent we are. My wife is tucked up in bed watching reruns of Frasier while I should probably be planning dinner. I'm also having to handle the hay sales, lifting 50lb bales probably isn't the best thing for me but we have to keep up the business. Busy times.

dlq04

Matt, that's a tough life you've picked. My wife very likely would have been good at it and enjoyed it but definitely not me.

Lainey

Matt, did you wife get checked out after getting hit in the head? I hope she's feeling better soon and you too!

Hertz Donut

Thanks. I'm working on persuading her but she's a tough nut to crack, no pun intended. She had a tumor removed from her head about 13 years ago and has lived with headaches ever since, but every time she hits her head (which is sadly quite often) it seems to affect her more than it should. We had to fight tooth and nail just to get them to look for the tumor in the first place, it was an intensely annoying time.

MsPerky

Slight mistake…it is actually $7100.

boltonblue

For the rest of s2k and Matt, When you have a hard time with a doctor ask to review their notes of symptoms and complaints with them before you leave the office since you want to make sure you have a consistent understanding of conditions and you would like a printed copy.
they tend to wake up a lot when they realize you can build a legal culpability from those notes.

Lainey

Sorry, Deb. I feel your pain. However, it's good to be able to eat without issue. If you have insurance and haven't used all your benefit, hopefully, there will be some reimbursement.

boltonblue

makes me want to run off and go brush.

Hertz Donut

Unfortunately suing isn't legally allowed in NZ due to our universal healthcare system. Doctors can be struck off, and they can be prosecuted if necessary, but the victim will never see a cent of the doctor's money. They'll be supported by government aid but the best case scenario should they never be able to return to work is 80% of their pre-injury salary until 65, then government superannuation. There's also support to buy things like wheelchair-friendly vehicles and in-home nursing, but no one's getting rich off medical misadventure.

We have private medical insurance to speed up access to specialist healthcare because going through the public system can take a very long time. I had my kidney stones out within 2 weeks of a confirmed diagnosis, whereas it could have been 6 months or more if I had to go public.

Lainey

In my case, the failed tooth was one that had basically deteriorated from inside out. I had a ridge in the tooth for years, near the gum line. Filling it was not recommended. There is a theory that the tooth may have been damaged due to orthodontic work I had done at age 25. Who knows...these things happen. I do have other fillings, caps/crowns, that I keep my fingers crossed hoping they don't fail.

There was no fluoride treatments or sealants for molars when we were kids. My son has one filling in his entire mouth. I don't know if he knows how lucky he is!