SD>I was oddly released on a Sunday evening (I was
  >doing well and they were short beds) but the night before, the nurses were
  >going to Taco Bell and bought me dinner as I was not on any dietary
  >resterictions at that time.  I greatly appreciated that gesture.

Yes, that was definitely a nice thing for them to do.
I've never been in a hospital long enough to eat there but I have
to wonder if the bad reputation of hospital food is true or not..  B)

RM> and doctors walking past
RM> your room sticking their head in and just saying, How you doing?,
RM> and then carrying on.. and billing for a 'consultation'..

SD>That's real also.  I am currently being billed by a radiology group for an
  >x-ray at an external hospital's ER ... that I've never been to.

That takes it to a whole new level..

SD>I am thinking that once I get a car, I might go back to work part-time
  >at a job I an physically handle.

That can be important, both for self esteem and the activity might
help to keep one in better shape.. I think giving up on things
kills a lot of people. There are so many people you hear who were
in poor health but still somewhat acive and then they end up in
the hospital, and a few days or weeks later they are gone.

My mother really wasn't all that bad healthwise (for 92) but ended
up in hospital for a broken leg and she really should have been
okay but just wasted away there and died a couple of weeks later..

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