Thanks for the thoughts 2BNTV. It's been a interesting eight years now to say the least.
Living just outside of Charlotte should be a plus but I'm not 35 years old, not too much for a aging rock and roller!!!
As to joining groups, remember what Grouch Marx said,"I'm leery of a club that would have me as a member"!!! LOL
And being out to 12 or 1 might happen once in awhile but they better have a HUGE supply of spirits!
This is such great stuff from all of you.

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Thirty five years up north we have both had all healthcare with the best doctors at one of the most famous and best hospitals in the US and maybe the world.
IMO and many others TV is absolutely awesome, we love it...
Solution : Downsize up north, keep your healthcare (need it more now than ever as we get on the back nine) schedule all appt may thru October. And if $$$ is an issue... Simply downsize in TV too.
Healthcare is a major reason for this but another important one is not leaving an area and family that we hv always lived in..

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Well said.

Thanks Dave!!!

Look forward to seeing you at Crisper's in September :smiley:

I live in TV and still work in health care, involved in out patient surgery centers and then some. There are a couple of specialists here doing excellent work but they are few and far between. For major stuff I'd recommend UF in Gainesville/Shands Hospital -- university, teaching institution, trauma center, highly rated. However, locally are a couple of great internists, and several surgeons who are outstanding.

We moved here 2.5 years ago. My husband developed Multiple Myeloma. I was terrified, especially not knowing where to go for medical.
We are 55m from Shands Hospital in Gainesville. It is one of the only Trauma centers in the South. It is a teaching hospital. It is one of 13 Bone Marrow Transplant Units in the country. Shands has it's own Dental Hospital, Heart Hospital, Orthopedic Hospital, Children's Hospital, Cancer Hospital, etc etc etc. My husband's care has been exceptional. We were originally from the North East. I feel blessed to live in this community with this caliber of medical care so close! I have also found great physicians through word of mouth for an Endo, Cardiologist and Internist. They are all terrific. So do not worry about medical. I have a brother-in-law who is a surgeon in Pennsylvania and a nephew in Rhode Island who is ENT cancer and they BOTH say Shand's is tops!! I love living here..........you'll never find neighbors like you find in The Villages. I feel so lucky that I chose to live here. My neighbors and I say that we are growing young again together. I love waking up in The Villages. Good luck in your decision.

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Huh, not trying to be a wise guy, but did you seriously mean what you said, "Why would you do that & P$$$ing everyone off". I'm sure people weren't honking to get there attention & waving, I really think it was to get their attention so this person would for sure see their 1 finger salute.

It was a JOKE son. Sons.

I gotcha Joyce.

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You know when I moved here 5 yrs. ago, all I heard was how great the TV hospital was, but that was from the hospital, employees & the paper. But if you talk to the real source, us older people that live here I hear more people say more negitive things than positive things. Almost everyone that I talk to say they would go to Ocala or Leesburg for an emergency. Myself I'm only 67 yrs. (only I said, that's a laugh) & I've had a 5 ways heart bypass & now I know that TV doesn't have a cardiac ward, they stablilize you & then send you to another hospital. I just don't understand how anybody would make it through a serious heart problem to make it to another hospital, do they? As far as all the Drs. clinic's we have how do we know if any of these Drs. are top notch. Yea, you can go online & look at their qualifications, but really what does that tell you, that they've lost 9 out of 10 patients, it'll only tell you the good things, not the things they botched up. Personally I think I've got a good Family Dr. & Cardiologist but I really don't know. Back home I had 60+ yrs. to hear people talk about what Drs. to stay away from. OK, enough criticizing!:spoken:

Leesburg is operated by the holding company that also operates TV Regional Hospital. Leesburg has an excellent cardiac and open heart program. Therefore it makes perfect sense for TV to stabilize and transfer cardiac patients to Leesburg. Excellent cardiac programs are very expensive and take time and talent to develop. Why duplicate something that already works.


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Concerning health care: My wife was a first rate cardiologist in an elite practice in Indianapolis. I was a former medical librarian in university medical schools most of my career.

Like everywhere, there is a range of quality among physicians in the area. Our observation is the quality of physicians in TV is not particularly good. Florida, in general, is known for physicians gaming the system and ripping off Medicare. I, like a lot of others, have just been deceived and kicked out of TV Healthcare, to make higher profits from Advantage MEDICARE. The wife, goes to ZepherHills for her health care.

If your major concern is health care, stay in Charlotte. There is no finer medical care (on average) than your area with Bowman Gray and Duke near by.

But -- what the hay, there is more to life than longevity. Come to TV. If you are an active, curious, still bright person, there is more living to be done in TV in a month, than a year anywhere else.

Welcome to the Gunshine state. Live between Orlando & Tampa for good health care... not here.

Charlotte is about 3+ hours from Duke. Gainesville, if you demand to go to a good teaching center, is 1.5 hours from TV. I feel comfortable selecting hospitals and physicians.


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Healthcare here is what you make of the research you do - you can find good docs and decent providers if you look - if you just "settle" you won't like it, just as so many despise TVH. There are outstanding research/cancer/cardiac hospitals in the surrounding area (Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville) - if you need specialty care, there's few states where you can find better physicians. Also, don't look for "truth or consequences" on this forum - you can't say anything negative or you get hammered. Best concept - come down, rent during the winter months (when the population is at its' peak) and figure out if you like it/can take it/get involved/get a Dr's appointment, and talk to people live. It's all about your involvement and desire to do things - the more you research and get involved, the more you find out - and most likely, the more you will like it.

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run the other way DONT DO IT

U of Florida in Gainesville is a little over an hour away. The Mayo Clinic in southern Jacksonville is about 2.5 hours away. I have been to both and have been quite happy with the outcome.

So....why would you say that? Are you MD, RN, PA or other person with a reasonable healthcare background.


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Right..... And live in a 55+ community that's boring as a cemetery and sit on I-4 in traffic that's a parking lot, to get to either city.

The o.p.'s wife died fairly young. He wants to live life, not live at the hospital door because he's sickly. (At least that's what I got from it.)

O.P. can rest assured that 115,000 villagers are not here because we're stupid or don't care if we have quacky doctors.

It's like anywhere else: you do your homework, get a primary doctor you trust, and if needed, go to the specialists the primary and others recommend here in the TV area. If it's something rare or other specialists can't handle it, Gainesville, Orlando and Tampa are all and hour or hour and a half away by car.

Live your life while you have it.

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.

--Benjamin Franklin

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Wow sorry WOW
 

[QUOTE=IndianaJones;1287873]Healthcare here is what you make of the research you do - you can find good docs and decent providers if you look - if you just "settle" you won't like it, just as so many despise TVH. There are outstanding research/cancer/cardiac hospitals in the surrounding area (Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville) - if you need specialty care, there's few states where you can find better physicians. Also, don't look for "truth or consequences" on this forum - you can't say anything negative or you get hammered. Best concept - come down, rent during the winter months (when the population is at its' peak) and figure out if you like it/can take it/get involved/get a Dr's appointment, and talk to people live. It's all about your involvement and desire to do things - the more you research and get involved, the more you find out - and most likely, the more you will like it.[/QUOTE
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I totally agree. Almost everyone moves to TV to live and not be in GOD's waiting room for those who move to a more quite retirement community.. I am sure some people have medical problems but the majority are very active and really enjoy the lifestyle.

Four saddest words are, "it might have been".

I think that 115,000 can't be wrong!!! :smiley:

No. Not if you are trying to promote the "friendliest hometown" claim.

Ah a day off and time to check into TOTV. Glad to see everyone still commenting. Have talked to some insurance companies, county tax people, friends that do live in TV, etc., etc., still contemplating and it's not easy. The good is GREAT and the other stuff....not so much. As I've said before guess I could just travel or hop a plane if the needed specialist for whatever might ail ya is not available.
LOL, having trouble with starting happy hour at 3:00 PM though. Need to do some advanced training before getting there!
Oh and remember, what do they call a doctor who graduated last in their class......doctor.