{"id":17998,"date":"2022-05-19T20:57:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/doreens-patient-experience\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:24:04","slug":"doreens-patient-experience","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/doreens-patient-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"O percurso do doente ortop\u00e9dico da Doreen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Era um dia normal como outro qualquer para Doreen Woollam. Estava a cuidar dos seus cinco netos na sua casa em Swansea, quando se virou demasiado depressa para fechar o port\u00e3o de seguran\u00e7a no cimo das escadas e sentiu uma dor s\u00fabita e aguda no joelho. \"Percebi que algo estava muito errado quando n\u00e3o conseguia manter-me de p\u00e9 ou andar\", conta Doreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depois de uma visita ao Hospital Memorial de Charlton<\/a> Nas urg\u00eancias, foi diagnosticada a Doreen uma rotura do menisco e o seu m\u00e9dico de fam\u00edlia encaminhou-a imediatamente para um especialista em ortopedia na Southcoast Health. Mal sabia Doreen que este seria o in\u00edcio da sua longa viagem pela sa\u00fade ortop\u00e9dica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Durante a minha cirurgia bem sucedida ao menisco, foi-me tamb\u00e9m diagnosticada osteoporose, uma doen\u00e7a que provoca a fraqueza dos meus ossos\", diz ela. Osteoporose<\/a> \u00e9 mais comum nas mulheres mais velhas, uma vez que os seus n\u00edveis de estrog\u00e9nio diminuem ap\u00f3s a menopausa e a perda \u00f3ssea acelera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A minha m\u00e3e tamb\u00e9m sofre de osteoporose, por isso sabia como era importante ter uma boa equipa de cuidados para gerir esta doen\u00e7a. Fiquei grata por ter sido cuidada por Joan Wildenhain, NP<\/a> desde a minha cirurgia ao menisco, passando pelo tratamento da osteoporose e por a\u00ed fora\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uma vez recuperada da sua cirurgia ao menisco, Doreen iniciou o seu plano de tratamento personalizado da osteoporose e recebeu injec\u00e7\u00f5es frequentes para aumentar a sua for\u00e7a e densidade \u00f3ssea. Embora estivesse a progredir, Doreen n\u00e3o conseguia ignorar a dor crescente da osteoartrite nos joelhos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\u00c0 medida que as minhas outras dores foram sendo aliviadas, a minha artrite foi piorando com a idade\", diz Doreen. \"Falei com a minha equipa de cuidados e foi a\u00ed que conheci Dr. Lifrak<\/a>Lifrak, Cirurgi\u00e3o Ortop\u00e9dico, que me recomendou uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o total do joelho\". Sob a supervis\u00e3o do Dr. Lifrak, Doreen foi submetida a uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o total do joelho em novembro de 2021, quase quatro anos depois de ter sido diagnosticada pela primeira vez com uma rutura do menisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gra\u00e7as a Deus pelo Dr. Lifrak e pela minha equipa de cuidados ainda maior. Uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o total do joelho n\u00e3o \u00e9 uma tarefa f\u00e1cil, mas senti-me apoiada e respeitada durante todo o processo de recupera\u00e7\u00e3o\", afirma Doreen. Ap\u00f3s semanas de fisioterapia em casa e no consult\u00f3rio, Doreen estava a fazer progressos fenomenais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O meu joelho estava t\u00e3o bem e a sentir-se t\u00e3o bem que, no meu exame de seis meses, consultei o Dr. Lifrak para uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do meu outro joelho. As pessoas perguntam-me sempre quem \u00e9 o meu m\u00e9dico e, claro, tenho de lhes dizer\", ri-se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agora - uma jovem - com 65 anos de idade, Doreen diz que se sente \"99%\" e est\u00e1 grata pelas rela\u00e7\u00f5es que tem na Southcoast Health. Reflectindo sobre a sua jornada de cuidados de sa\u00fade ortop\u00e9dicos, ela atribui o m\u00e9rito aos \"excelentes m\u00e9dicos e enfermeiros\" da sua equipa de cuidados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embora Doreen esteja ansiosamente \u00e0 espera da sua segunda substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho, marcou intencionalmente a cirurgia para o outono, para poder desfrutar dos meses de ver\u00e3o a acampar com os seus cinco netos, com idades entre os 13 e os 4 anos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tal como a Doreen, os seus dias de vida com uma dor latejante no joelho ou na anca acabaram. Southcoast Health oferece cuidados ortop\u00e9dicos em Fall River, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Swansea, Wareham, MA e Providence, RI atrav\u00e9s do Charlton Memorial Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital e Tobey Hospital. 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