[LakeCleElum]

Had my 2nd knee replacement recently. I was shocked when Dr. Dan did a house call 4 days after I was released from hospital. Could only happen in a small town.

I learned a lesson from my other knee replacement in 2011. I went to my old Knee Doc in the City; 200 miles round trip. One appointment turns into 12 appointments. I put on over 2,000 miles crossing a mountain pass each trip on that deal.

With motorcycles and snowmobiles, I tend to keep an orthopedic surgeon on speed dial. 3 years ago, a dirt bike crash required 2 surgeries to fix the shoulder. I tried Dr Dan locally and was happy. His office is at the hospital 23 miles away in a college town of 23,000 population.

I gave Dr. Dan the nod for my 2nd knee replacement. On one pre-op appointment: He examined me, sent me to the hospital for Xrays and told me to came back to his office for results. Total time for the 3 appointments was 45 minutes.

On this knee job, I had a private Hosp room for 2 nites. I was at the end of the hall with no one in the room across from me, nor next door.......

I'm at 2 weeks and walking w/o a cane. Anyone else have a house call in recent history? I haven't heard of that since the early 1960's....