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My Friend Sue Sommer sent me here. Looks like a great place to learn and share.
I've been out a week now and am doing very well, walking 1 mile on my treadmill (in 4 separate laps) most days and getting ready to do (hopefully) an easy hour on my exercise bike..
I'm wondering if my new bovine aortic valve will allow my heart to pump the extra fluid out of my lungs. I don't have a lot (and none any other place that I know of) but am curious as to that.
I take furosemide to help control blood pressure and it tends to dry up my lungs so much that breathing (I'm asthmatic) becomes hard.
For years before the heart surgery - I used to use a spritz bottle to moisten my airways - then I was able to cough up the mucus. It never caused a problem for over 15 years.
When I went in to the hospital, they said I had far too much fluid in my body because my heart was too weak (with the bad aortic valve) to pump it out.
As long as I use furosemide (and it is great for blood pressure - although I've lost a lot of weight and might not have high blood pressure much longer, my lungs will need an occasional light misting from a spray bottle. I even took one along to the hospital and it helps alot as they were using intravenous furosemide to bring my total body fluids down.
I told one of the interns about it and he didn't object.
I'm assuming that will a new valve and a heart that the cardiologists already said was strong - that i need not worry about the misting spray.
Two other questions - after quite a strong heart beat for over 50 years of running and weightlifting, now my pulse is very strong - is there a possibility that the new pressure could result in damage to some blood vessel that hasn't had that much pressure anytime recently.
Also I keep reading of people's pulses being fast - I'm relearning meditation but my pulse runs 75 to 100 alot, and I take diltiazem which slows the heart rate.
Is this because I've only been out of the hospital since 11-19-2007? When I breathe it hurts - even though I walk and use that little plastic breathing device - when I lay on my left side in bed, that's more uncomfortable than on the right. Will the breathing pains stop soon.
Anyway - I'm delighted at the results and appear to be getting better fast - although my energy level hasn't come up alot yet - I have a lot more wind but it still gets short when I do anything physical.
Thanks for any information and observations you can give.
John Hansen Email address removed for security.
I've been out a week now and am doing very well, walking 1 mile on my treadmill (in 4 separate laps) most days and getting ready to do (hopefully) an easy hour on my exercise bike..
I'm wondering if my new bovine aortic valve will allow my heart to pump the extra fluid out of my lungs. I don't have a lot (and none any other place that I know of) but am curious as to that.
I take furosemide to help control blood pressure and it tends to dry up my lungs so much that breathing (I'm asthmatic) becomes hard.
For years before the heart surgery - I used to use a spritz bottle to moisten my airways - then I was able to cough up the mucus. It never caused a problem for over 15 years.
When I went in to the hospital, they said I had far too much fluid in my body because my heart was too weak (with the bad aortic valve) to pump it out.
As long as I use furosemide (and it is great for blood pressure - although I've lost a lot of weight and might not have high blood pressure much longer, my lungs will need an occasional light misting from a spray bottle. I even took one along to the hospital and it helps alot as they were using intravenous furosemide to bring my total body fluids down.
I told one of the interns about it and he didn't object.
I'm assuming that will a new valve and a heart that the cardiologists already said was strong - that i need not worry about the misting spray.
Two other questions - after quite a strong heart beat for over 50 years of running and weightlifting, now my pulse is very strong - is there a possibility that the new pressure could result in damage to some blood vessel that hasn't had that much pressure anytime recently.
Also I keep reading of people's pulses being fast - I'm relearning meditation but my pulse runs 75 to 100 alot, and I take diltiazem which slows the heart rate.
Is this because I've only been out of the hospital since 11-19-2007? When I breathe it hurts - even though I walk and use that little plastic breathing device - when I lay on my left side in bed, that's more uncomfortable than on the right. Will the breathing pains stop soon.
Anyway - I'm delighted at the results and appear to be getting better fast - although my energy level hasn't come up alot yet - I have a lot more wind but it still gets short when I do anything physical.
Thanks for any information and observations you can give.
John Hansen Email address removed for security.