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Hi All, Apologies for not getting in touch earlier to let you know how my Surgery went. I don?t know where the time has gone since I came home ! .
Thanks for the messages posted wishing me luck for the Op. In event my Surgery actually took place a day later it was originally planned. I ended up going down late afternoon on 5th June. However the Surgeon was able to give me the Valve I had wanted, namely the Bovine Tissue valve, and I was back and awake in the Intensive care suite by 20:00.
I was pleasantly surprised at how good I felt after the Surgery, and the Doctors must have been happy too because they let me go home on the Monday Morning ( 9th ) . Apart from the obvious discomfort caused by Sneezing or Coughing etc , I felt pretty good, and over the last few weeks I have made sure I get out and do a couple of walks a day. I have now built up to two walks of 45 minutes each a day. Because I am feeling so good I find the difficult thing Is remembering not to put too much strain on my chest by lifting to much, but when I do my chest soon reminds me !! .
As for the next few weeks it just more of the same, keeping up with the walking and increasing the amount of tasks I can do around the house. Also because our planned Summer Holiday to France had to be cancelled this year due to my Op, we are now planning to take a bigger Holiday next year to Califonia, so that should keep me busy, planning routes and places to see.
I am due to go back to see my Surgeon on 29th July to see how I am progressing. Hopefully at that time he will clear me to start Driving again.I also hope to be able to get on to a 6 week rehab course at the hospital around that time. This is something I am very keen on doing, because in the future I hope to get back to the sport I was doing previously and I am hoping this course will be able to show me how hard i can work my heart safely. Otherwise I think in the back of my mind I will be unsure if I am pushing it a bit too much.
Now all I need is for the Sun to come back out so I can take my book and go and sit in the garden. Otherwise it's back to the Jigsaw.
Cheers for now
Alan
Thanks for the messages posted wishing me luck for the Op. In event my Surgery actually took place a day later it was originally planned. I ended up going down late afternoon on 5th June. However the Surgeon was able to give me the Valve I had wanted, namely the Bovine Tissue valve, and I was back and awake in the Intensive care suite by 20:00.
I was pleasantly surprised at how good I felt after the Surgery, and the Doctors must have been happy too because they let me go home on the Monday Morning ( 9th ) . Apart from the obvious discomfort caused by Sneezing or Coughing etc , I felt pretty good, and over the last few weeks I have made sure I get out and do a couple of walks a day. I have now built up to two walks of 45 minutes each a day. Because I am feeling so good I find the difficult thing Is remembering not to put too much strain on my chest by lifting to much, but when I do my chest soon reminds me !! .
As for the next few weeks it just more of the same, keeping up with the walking and increasing the amount of tasks I can do around the house. Also because our planned Summer Holiday to France had to be cancelled this year due to my Op, we are now planning to take a bigger Holiday next year to Califonia, so that should keep me busy, planning routes and places to see.
I am due to go back to see my Surgeon on 29th July to see how I am progressing. Hopefully at that time he will clear me to start Driving again.I also hope to be able to get on to a 6 week rehab course at the hospital around that time. This is something I am very keen on doing, because in the future I hope to get back to the sport I was doing previously and I am hoping this course will be able to show me how hard i can work my heart safely. Otherwise I think in the back of my mind I will be unsure if I am pushing it a bit too much.
Now all I need is for the Sun to come back out so I can take my book and go and sit in the garden. Otherwise it's back to the Jigsaw.
Cheers for now
Alan
