Just had a similar if less momentous experience with a fractured ankle in Rome. Your piece beautifully captured my impression as well. There's a great deal of humanity in health care here-- both for better and worse.But it's good to be reminded that in the end, we're cured by people, not only medicines and procedures. Wishing you a good recovery.
Beautifully written and dear Frances, I love how you find the beauty in all of Italy, even the health care. We send love and healing thoughts. Hope you are home by now.
We are both retired from U.S. healthcare, have lived in and loved Cuenca, Ecuador for six and a half years, and are here visiting Perugia and Umbria for a month, as we read your tale and laugh with you. My wife has enjoyed your books for years. We have visited Cortona and love this part of the country. And, alas, we have experienced foreign healthcare, surgery and hospitalization, a mere six months after we arrived. We felt an absolutely loved, despite our lack of Spanish and knowledge of the system at that time. I wish that we had more kind words for the U.S. healthcare system, even though we saw it from the inside from the early 80s until retirement in 2019, but it was mostly a frightening experience for our patients throughout this period (despite our best efforts). Happy that appendix is in the biohazard and you are back, safe and sound, at Bramasole 🌻❤️🇮🇹
Best wishes for a quick recovery. And for my part, thank you for giving us such a wonderful vision of your time in hospital. Thank you for giving me something wonderful to think about instead of the doom scrolling I've started.
You wrote a blurb years ago for a book of poems I wrote called "Fine," where every poem sprang from a single word. Sure wish spatchcock had been in my lexicon. Wonderful entry.
Nothing like a hospital stay to reawaken appreciation for everything from the medical staff to the trees that line Italian roads. Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery.
So sorry that you have been in this ordeal and glad you will be home soon. It's so fascinating to read of the Italian hospital version of appendicitis. Recover gently and well.
Your Bramasole was always a pilgrim stop for me whenever I was in Tuscany. Wishing you a gentle and complete healing journey — and a swift return home to Ed soon. 💐
Frances, I am very sorry for this scary episode, and I hope you heal well! Your rendition of the Italian hospital was so perfect and delightful, not unlike the one Rob had 27 years ago in Cortona/Arezzo with kidney stones. You have described Italian culture to a tee through the lens of the hospital and medical system. I love this, thank you, I enjoyed every word!
Glad everything went reasonably well, Frances. I had emergency gall bladder surgery in Mexico. Language differences made it challenging. Fortunately, I had travel insurance. How wonderful that Italians never need to worry about paying astronomical medical bills. Hope you’re feeling better.
Wow, glad you are doing well. I hope you stop and get some wine on your way home. Sounds like the healthcare system is really good there. Thanks for sharing a very intimate experience. Please take care of yourself.❤️☕️🍫
Just had a similar if less momentous experience with a fractured ankle in Rome. Your piece beautifully captured my impression as well. There's a great deal of humanity in health care here-- both for better and worse.But it's good to be reminded that in the end, we're cured by people, not only medicines and procedures. Wishing you a good recovery.
Beautifully written and dear Frances, I love how you find the beauty in all of Italy, even the health care. We send love and healing thoughts. Hope you are home by now.
We are both retired from U.S. healthcare, have lived in and loved Cuenca, Ecuador for six and a half years, and are here visiting Perugia and Umbria for a month, as we read your tale and laugh with you. My wife has enjoyed your books for years. We have visited Cortona and love this part of the country. And, alas, we have experienced foreign healthcare, surgery and hospitalization, a mere six months after we arrived. We felt an absolutely loved, despite our lack of Spanish and knowledge of the system at that time. I wish that we had more kind words for the U.S. healthcare system, even though we saw it from the inside from the early 80s until retirement in 2019, but it was mostly a frightening experience for our patients throughout this period (despite our best efforts). Happy that appendix is in the biohazard and you are back, safe and sound, at Bramasole 🌻❤️🇮🇹
Best wishes for a quick recovery. And for my part, thank you for giving us such a wonderful vision of your time in hospital. Thank you for giving me something wonderful to think about instead of the doom scrolling I've started.
You wrote a blurb years ago for a book of poems I wrote called "Fine," where every poem sprang from a single word. Sure wish spatchcock had been in my lexicon. Wonderful entry.
Nothing like a hospital stay to reawaken appreciation for everything from the medical staff to the trees that line Italian roads. Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery.
Best wishes in recovery, Frances. An enlightening read. 💕
Love and prayers for a speedy recovery. Thank you for sharing your experience with so many♥️
So sorry that you have been in this ordeal and glad you will be home soon. It's so fascinating to read of the Italian hospital version of appendicitis. Recover gently and well.
So sorry for your ordeal! Feel better soon! Thanks for the insights. I love that you get to eat at a table.
That photo is not me btw??
Oh Francis, wishing you a gentle recovery ❤️🩹. Good to know you were well taken care of. If I were your neighbor I’d bring you Italian wedding soup.
Diane Monterotti Whitman.
Your Bramasole was always a pilgrim stop for me whenever I was in Tuscany. Wishing you a gentle and complete healing journey — and a swift return home to Ed soon. 💐
Frances, I am very sorry for this scary episode, and I hope you heal well! Your rendition of the Italian hospital was so perfect and delightful, not unlike the one Rob had 27 years ago in Cortona/Arezzo with kidney stones. You have described Italian culture to a tee through the lens of the hospital and medical system. I love this, thank you, I enjoyed every word!
In bocca al lupo for a quick recovery!
Glad everything went reasonably well, Frances. I had emergency gall bladder surgery in Mexico. Language differences made it challenging. Fortunately, I had travel insurance. How wonderful that Italians never need to worry about paying astronomical medical bills. Hope you’re feeling better.
Wow, glad you are doing well. I hope you stop and get some wine on your way home. Sounds like the healthcare system is really good there. Thanks for sharing a very intimate experience. Please take care of yourself.❤️☕️🍫