TomG
Active member
Hello to all,
Well it has been exactly a month ago today I had my OHS and my mitral valve repaired. I must say that the recovery is a lot harder than I thought that it would be, at least for me. For one thing my right arm has been bothering me ever sine the OHS, as it is numb in a few spots as well as I get a pain that gets worse and where I have to try and not move it and at that point I usally take an Advil which gets rid of the pain but not the numbness. I also still have issues with trying to sleep at nights, infact I either try and go to sleep on my recliner or my sofa and it at times is hard to fall asleep. I do two walks a day, which the distance must be a half a mile round trip, however I have to stop several times to take a break. My blood pressure seems to be running on the low side as I had problems with that while I was in ICU. I also had problems with my oxygen level while in ICU, infact I was told typicaLLY a person stay in ICU for one to two days but I was in ICU for four days, as I even developed fluid in my lungs and that had to do a broniscope to suck all the fluid and I was told that even part of my left part pf my left lung collapsed. Then when I seen my surgeon about two weeks after my surgery he found more fluid in the left lung and he had to drain it using a cather, which he was able to do in his office and to my amazement he took out 52 ounzes of fluid.
As of today October 13th, 2012 all in all I am doing fairly well and I think as more time passes the better I will get. As I have seen just how far I came by the photos that my friend took from right before the surgery up until about a week or so later. I found that the biggest help to recovery is too try and keep busy which helps you keep your mind focused on other things besides just trying to recover.
TomG
Well it has been exactly a month ago today I had my OHS and my mitral valve repaired. I must say that the recovery is a lot harder than I thought that it would be, at least for me. For one thing my right arm has been bothering me ever sine the OHS, as it is numb in a few spots as well as I get a pain that gets worse and where I have to try and not move it and at that point I usally take an Advil which gets rid of the pain but not the numbness. I also still have issues with trying to sleep at nights, infact I either try and go to sleep on my recliner or my sofa and it at times is hard to fall asleep. I do two walks a day, which the distance must be a half a mile round trip, however I have to stop several times to take a break. My blood pressure seems to be running on the low side as I had problems with that while I was in ICU. I also had problems with my oxygen level while in ICU, infact I was told typicaLLY a person stay in ICU for one to two days but I was in ICU for four days, as I even developed fluid in my lungs and that had to do a broniscope to suck all the fluid and I was told that even part of my left part pf my left lung collapsed. Then when I seen my surgeon about two weeks after my surgery he found more fluid in the left lung and he had to drain it using a cather, which he was able to do in his office and to my amazement he took out 52 ounzes of fluid.
As of today October 13th, 2012 all in all I am doing fairly well and I think as more time passes the better I will get. As I have seen just how far I came by the photos that my friend took from right before the surgery up until about a week or so later. I found that the biggest help to recovery is too try and keep busy which helps you keep your mind focused on other things besides just trying to recover.
TomG