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Dawn-Marie
Hi everyone ~
I got the results of my bloodwork and it's perfect. Laura (my nurse) still wants to talk to my cardiologist and ask him to give me more diuretics and more potassium since i'm swelling quite a bit. In the hospital they kept me in bed except for 2 hours a day, so i didn't swell that much. So, if they put me back on the doses i was on before i went in i should be fine again (i hope).
I'm still feeling pretty good today. I have some chest pain and am a little bit out of breath, but it's not that bad. I had hoped to feel better, but since he didn't get the valve open as much as he had hoped, i probably won't get relief from my symptoms. He said they will do echocardiograms to keep a check on the valve to make sure it doesn't become calcified again, although he warned me that a bicuspid aortic valve is the valve most likely for a Valvuloplasty not to help for long. Right now, for today though, i am feeling pretty good, so i'll enjoy the day. Have to go on the internet and figure out what i can eat. They put me on a low fat, low chloresterol, low salt diet, so i have to find out what i can eat. I've been on a low salt diet, but not the low fat or low chloresterol. They didn't really tell me what to eat...they had me on that diet in the hospital, but they had really good low-fat, low-salt foods that tasted as good as the high fat food. I know chicken, vegetables and fruits are probably allowed. I'm sure i'll find plenty of information on the internet.
Nancy, no, they didn't say anything about trying to address the Pulmonary Hypertension. Thank you for the website address you gave me. I am going to go there too and check that out. Hopefully, i'll get some answers on how to live with it. Apparently, i have been living with it but didn't know i have it. I just thought i couldn't breathe or cough good because of the level of my paralysis.
Thanks again everyone and have a wonderful day!
I got the results of my bloodwork and it's perfect. Laura (my nurse) still wants to talk to my cardiologist and ask him to give me more diuretics and more potassium since i'm swelling quite a bit. In the hospital they kept me in bed except for 2 hours a day, so i didn't swell that much. So, if they put me back on the doses i was on before i went in i should be fine again (i hope).
I'm still feeling pretty good today. I have some chest pain and am a little bit out of breath, but it's not that bad. I had hoped to feel better, but since he didn't get the valve open as much as he had hoped, i probably won't get relief from my symptoms. He said they will do echocardiograms to keep a check on the valve to make sure it doesn't become calcified again, although he warned me that a bicuspid aortic valve is the valve most likely for a Valvuloplasty not to help for long. Right now, for today though, i am feeling pretty good, so i'll enjoy the day. Have to go on the internet and figure out what i can eat. They put me on a low fat, low chloresterol, low salt diet, so i have to find out what i can eat. I've been on a low salt diet, but not the low fat or low chloresterol. They didn't really tell me what to eat...they had me on that diet in the hospital, but they had really good low-fat, low-salt foods that tasted as good as the high fat food. I know chicken, vegetables and fruits are probably allowed. I'm sure i'll find plenty of information on the internet.
Nancy, no, they didn't say anything about trying to address the Pulmonary Hypertension. Thank you for the website address you gave me. I am going to go there too and check that out. Hopefully, i'll get some answers on how to live with it. Apparently, i have been living with it but didn't know i have it. I just thought i couldn't breathe or cough good because of the level of my paralysis.
Thanks again everyone and have a wonderful day!
