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Penny, Happy things are working themselves out, welcome home & back to the forum soon & do post your experience. Remember breathe, walk, sleep and eat ....have a very smooth ferry ride home. Gil

Sean, Welcome to the forum, ask away if fears or concerns. All the best with Wedensday surgery and speedy recovery GIl

Robb, Good news is you are over the worst already, yep coughing not much fun, but if you are busy on the spyro, you should be done with coughing in next few days. Robb, think you will agree that coughing while sitting and upright is so much easier than when you are prone like 1st few days...

Larry, That does sound very appealing, safe and some fun, wish we had such a programme up here, bus alas but the only one I know of would be a long difficult drive to the city of 90+ minutes. Just made an inquiry and think I'll join a gym close by, with some personal training/coach for initial...

Cardiologist's Funeral A very prestigious cardiologist died, and was given a very elaborate funeral by the hospital he worked for most of his life.... A huge heart... covered in flowers stood behind the casket during the service as all the doctors from the hospital sat in awe. Following the...

Am approaching 2 months and have been lifting objects above my head with no issue for weeks already. Lifting a 30 lb carry on bag to an overhead, would not be an issue. Did a one week car trip in my 4th week post op, lugging 40 lb luggage in and out of car and up and down stairs was not a...

Good for you Liz and heading home already, wow, all the best with recovery Gil

Angel, Thanks for the post, good to hear and sounds like you are right on track for recovery at 3 weeks post op. You still have quite a list of meds though? At 4 weeks, my cardio switched me from 50MG metropolol daily to 1 10MG Bisoprolol and this seemed to wake me up some Because of the...

Have it and am very glad for it. Feel very lucky that my surgeon was curious enough about Kryptonite and gaining experience on me as his 1st test case, for his other possible cases and patients, where the sternum closure could be complicated and difficult. Surgeon pre op did not think i needed...

Robb, Wlecome back and on the other side, all the best at getting home soon. Gil

Welcome Doug, I have discontinued supplementation while on the post surgery medications of beta blocker and Coumadin. In my case (Bio AVR), meds are likely coming to and end in next few weeks, at which time I will resume supplementation and add a daily aspirin dose. All the best with the...

Thanks Lindsey, moving to a regular room is very good news, Penny should be up and about shortly all the best Gil

Luana, Concerning the eyes (not being able to see while in ICU), I had the same issue during my 1st spousal visit about 7 hours post op, while in ICU. My wife said in her 1st visit to me in ICU, that my eyes were covered with some vaseline type substance and with breathing tube still in, my only...

Ok, beat the mech vs. bio valve choice to death yesterday in debating with LynW (she won, or at least got in the last post) :biggrin2: so today my preference is for milk chocolate, tomorrow it may be dark chocolate, or milk chocolate...heck I like them both..must be andropause settling in:thumbup:

Judy, Welcome to the forum and your forced crash course on preparing for OHS. It will be Ok and ask away as there are several of us on the forum that have recently been through the process. You should normally have a pre op clinic, meeting surgical team professionals and some pre op tests, this...

Great news, Penny has crossed to the other side, thanks for posting Lindsey.

Wow Freddie, 25th, big congrats Gil & Marisa

As we Silver Surfers know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers. I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come over. Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking...