Magic8Ball
Well-known member
Well its six weeks since AVR via bentalls and i thought i'd post an update...
I'm almost watertight again, the bullet wound at the top of my chest is a tiny pimple and thankfully the groin wound that was created which was the biggest inconvenience is almost healed although bloody ugly.
I had my first bath a few days ago based on this near watertight status and it was gooooood.
Also been to the beach twice with the family and kids and even went for a swim....it felt good.
Also been in the pool twice...a bit weird to swim under water when you can hear the tick tick tick but i guess it will stop me thinking about the sharks
Chest has healed well, i'm picking up my 4 year old who is a solid lump of meat.
Everything heart related seems fine, not recalled a dizzy spell for some time and am able to sleep on left or right as required..
My back is a little fragile from sleeping on it but twisting the top half to get comfortable during the early days but hopefully the swimming will help that.
Driving again which is great.
Managed to get through xmas, new year etc without blowing my INR and finding that the INR/Warafin thing is no big deal.
Starting rehab tomorrow which should be interesting and also seeing my surgeon for a follow up on Wednesday so hopefully i will get a mini thumbs up from him before getting a full thumbs up from the cardiologist later this month..
Anyhow, thats all i can think of, just thought i'd post a few bits and bobs to show that life quickly returns to normal if you are sitting there worrying about an upcomming surgery.
Regards.
I'm almost watertight again, the bullet wound at the top of my chest is a tiny pimple and thankfully the groin wound that was created which was the biggest inconvenience is almost healed although bloody ugly.
I had my first bath a few days ago based on this near watertight status and it was gooooood.
Also been to the beach twice with the family and kids and even went for a swim....it felt good.
Also been in the pool twice...a bit weird to swim under water when you can hear the tick tick tick but i guess it will stop me thinking about the sharks
Chest has healed well, i'm picking up my 4 year old who is a solid lump of meat.
Everything heart related seems fine, not recalled a dizzy spell for some time and am able to sleep on left or right as required..
My back is a little fragile from sleeping on it but twisting the top half to get comfortable during the early days but hopefully the swimming will help that.
Driving again which is great.
Managed to get through xmas, new year etc without blowing my INR and finding that the INR/Warafin thing is no big deal.
Starting rehab tomorrow which should be interesting and also seeing my surgeon for a follow up on Wednesday so hopefully i will get a mini thumbs up from him before getting a full thumbs up from the cardiologist later this month..
Anyhow, thats all i can think of, just thought i'd post a few bits and bobs to show that life quickly returns to normal if you are sitting there worrying about an upcomming surgery.
Regards.
