Member Count

[RandyL]

Anybody know how many members we have?

 

[Mary]

Anybody know how many members we have?

According to the item at the bottom of the VR page, there are 1849 members.
You gonna ask us all to come by for a fish fry?

 

[Superbob]

I'd like hush puppies with mine!

 

[Susan BAV]

Randy, you would be hard pressed to beat Grandbonnie's canned Possum ala Roadkill with your fish...

 

[hensylee]

when you check in go to the bottom of the page and you will find lots of info as to who's online, how many guests, how many members, etc.

 

[RandyL]

Thanks

Unfortunately I release most of my fish I catch however I do keep the flounder I stab. So come on over. My wife makes killer southern Alabama hush puppies too.

 

[Bina]

Well, all I know is that as of today, you can add one more.
I have been reading for about a year and finally am joined up.

 

[Ross]

1849 ACTIVE members. We've deleted bunches of dead accounts where people haven't logged in nor posted in over a year. If we hadn't done that, the number would be 3408.

 

[Ross]

Well, all I know is that as of today, you can add one more.
I have been reading for about a year and finally am joined up.

Why for you lurk so long? Glad you came in from the outland.

 

[Bina]

I had a REALLY rough time with the surgery; before and after.
So, I guess I was too embarrassed to join and be a depressed and miserable person....as if the frigid canadian winters weren't enough!!!!

 

[weekycat]

1849 ACTIVE members. We've deleted bunches of dead accounts where people haven't logged in nor posted in over a year. If we hadn't done that, the number would be 3408.

That's really amazing when you think about it. When I joined almost 5 years ago, IIRC there were under 500 of us. So, as long as I keep posting at least once a year, you won't kick me off, right Ross?

 

[EireCara]

*Hi Bina...welcome to this wonderful site full of wonderful people. I hope your feeling LOTS better. Best Wishes.

 

[WayneGM]

Welcome Bina from a fellow Canuck. Hopefully spring is just around the corner if the past couple of days are any indication. At least the snow is melting.

 

[Ross]

I had a REALLY rough time with the surgery; before and after.
So, I guess I was too embarrassed to join and be a depressed and miserable person....as if the frigid canadian winters weren't enough!!!!

I had a really rough time through both of mine and to be honest, if it weren't for the people here writing me and convincing me that I would turn the corner during my last surgery, I really don't think I'd of made it. I pretty much gave up and was ready to go. Of course I was in CSICU for 50 days to and that alone will take a huge toll on a person.

 

[Ross]

That's really amazing when you think about it. When I joined almost 5 years ago, IIRC there were under 500 of us. So, as long as I keep posting at least once a year, you won't kick me off, right Ross?

Oh I don't know. Are you going to give me trouble?

 

[Bina]

Thanks for the warm welcome!
I feel as if I already know some of you from all of my readings.

My post surgery story is really different compared to some of you fit and strong types...I was a hopeless mess.
16 days in hospital, 6 weeks in pyjamas,
9 weeks of home care nurse for wound management and blood draws,
4 months of husband working from home.
poor guy, he deserves a medal for sure; instead I agreeded to a lovely antique farm tractor.

 

[Ross]

50 days in CSICU, another 10 days in rehab learning to walk and write again, Sent home on IV Antibiotics for a Staph infection and home health care for 8 weeks afterwards. Yeap, I know what you mean by a mess.

 

[Bina]

Ross, What happened to bring about your disaster?
I thought AVRs were generally safe these days.

Maybe I need to go on the story page and learn some more....

 

[Ross]

I have lung disease in addition to the heart problems. On my AVR, they decided to go snipping on my lungs as well as remove some growth in the apex of my heart plus repair a incisional hernia all in the same swoop. It was a bit more then my body could handle. My lung collapsed shortly after surgery, I got a Staph infection off of an IV line that nearly killed me, and well just everything that could go wrong, did.

 

[Bina]

There sure are some scary stories to share, and still we survive

......had to go to the ER friday night.
I was eating supper, a treat of vegetarian pizza, when my heart starts pounding and I'm getting very faint and seeing black; hubby brings me to lie down, blackness passes. BP is higher than I like, so I take my meds 1 hour early. I thought now I'm okay, then my heart starts to dance around, so we call 911.

ECG, blood work, all seem fine, stayed on a monitor for a couple of hours and went home.

Any ideas on why I would get faint from borderline high BP?

I take metoprolol 37 mg twice a day.