Recent content by SD Surfer

I can't speak to the Warfarin part of your post, but just wanted to say that your language was better than some of my English speaking friends. :giggle: So I played volleyball on Sunday for the first time in well over a year, used to be nearly every weekend. It's how my wife and I met...

Out-freakin'-standing!!

I remember my first walk in ICU was about 40' with the nurse pushing the freaking recliner from my room right behind me in case I got tired! Next time was 80-100 feet, and so on. When I got downgraded and moved over to the regular cardiac ward and started walking the halls (one lap around was...

Well no wonder it hurts so flippin' bad! :ROFLMAO:

You got this!! I had my bicuspid Aortic valve replaced Nov. 27th and was surfing again on March 10th. (and that's at 61 years old) Yeah, the sternectomy is not something I'd do for fun, but if you follow Dr's orders and don't do anything to compromise it, it's not as bad as you'd expect. I...

Hey, welcome to the club! Your age will serve you well in recovery and this will just be a little speed bump in the rearview mirror before you know it. I'm 61, and it only took 3 1/2 months to get back to my happy place. This is my very first wave post op, and one of the dolphins that came by...

Man the Interwebz is a strange place. :oops:

Yeah, not really a big wave guy anymore. Anything more than a couple feet overhead and I find myself going around sections rather than attacking them. I just enjoy playful little stuff now. Here's a couple of spots about 20 minutes from home that I used to surf when I was young and...

Out-freaking-standing!! 👏👍 The two things they told me to be vigilant about was to do my breathing exercises, and get up and walk. I remember getting the drain tubes removed... that was interesting. As he pulled them out I felt one rubbing across muscles up in my traps/neck area. "Jesus...

Yep ^^^ This right there! When my wife would see me starting to reach or do something stupid (not unusual) she'd tell me "C'mon surfer boy, stay in the tube!"

Do NOT drop in on the locals!! My first surf after surgery was March 10th, right at 3 1/2 months post op. Some Dolphins came by to welcome me back. I rode the foamy, waves were small, mixed up and blown out, but my first wave stayed open and let me feel the glide for a few sections... It...

Hug that heart pillow! We have an adjustable bed, so having the head end raised definitely helped with getting out of bed, and raised with pillows on both sides of me helped with sleeping (I'm normally a side sleeper but that was too painful for some time.) Yeah, walk as much as you feel able...

Wow, I have to say... it does my heart good to know that my experience has in some small way helped you. Thanks for saying that. There was a gentleman in another forum I'm on ( Toyota Tundra owners, completely unrelated to this stuff) who shared his experience about having an episode and...

Good morning Jeff, First let me say that your artwork is amazing and beautiful. I'm sure your surgeon will be inspired to perform equally beautiful and amazing work. I had my bicuspid Aortic valve and ascending Aorta replaced on Nov. 27th and my surgery and recovery went (are going) as well as...