For those of you who read this blog and are interested in our journey, you should know that we are staying at the Privatklinik run by Dr. Ursula Jacob. The clinic is brand new and there is still some construction going on but just finishing touches. Here is a link to her website which is very rudimentary: http://www.dr.ursula-jacob.de/ The official address is Silberwaldstr. 34
72280 Domstetten-Hallwangen. Telephone is +49 7443 964 24 0 . E-mail is klinik@ursula-jacob.de
The clinic is located in the BlackForest section of Germany. The air is clean, except for the smell of wood burning from all the fireplaces. It is a very bucolic setting with farms and small houses nearby.
The staff of 3 doctors and 12 nurses are extremely competent and very friendly. They are always around. The administrators are exceeding nice. The food is wholesome, tasty and plentiful.
The clinic can accommodate 17 patients but there are less than 10 here now I would guess. There is an extra bed in each room so a spouse/guest can stay and keep the patient company. We will be here one week on an inpatient basis and then move to a nearby guest house (small hotel) and walk to the clinic but still have our meals at the clinic and use its facilities.
Everyone on staff speaks fluent English and it seems like everyone in Germany speaks English. We do not speak German but I recognize a word here and there since my parents spoke Yiddish at home.
The food is excellent - wholesome and fresh and a very nice variety.
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Do you know how many patients are there now? Is the clinic full? Do you get to meet other patients and their families? I know that Jeannette speaks fluent French, does she know German? Do you, Alan?
ReplyDeleteThe clinic can accommodate 17 patients. There is an extra bed in each room so a spouse/significant other can be there to keep the patient company. I would guess that there are less than 10 patients in treatment now. We will stay at the clinic for one week and then go to a nearby guest house (small hotel) and Jeannette will be an outpatient. We will still have our meals at the clinic and use their facilities. I just did my yoga routine in a giant fitness room here that is mostly empty. We are having no problem with the language as everyone speaks English. Neither Jeannette nor I speak German but every once in awhile I hear a word I remember from my youth as my parents spoke Yiddish at home when they didn't want the kids to know what they were saying.
ReplyDeleteHope that Ziccor will cure your back ache. For any special food you enjoy there, get their recipes, so that Jeannette can cook it after you two get back to NY.
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