Best thing!

[psalmist]

I had a thought after posting "hmmmmm" this morning. What are some of your best memories about life before you had to climb the mountain and what are your best memories now that the mountain is behind you. Some of mine. . . my sons being born, meeting my wife (our first kiss) by the way the kids came later! Ha Ha. My wife going car shopping for the car she always wanted! Some crazy road trips that we've been on. I will have to wait for the latter.

 

[Dennis S]

A half a response:

A half a response:

I have a memory from a few days after surgery that still chokes me up if I try to explain. I had been in the hospital for a week, then home for a few days. I was in the recliner that had been my bed my bed since I came home from the hospital. It was the first morning I was hungry for normal food.

My wife was in the kitchen cooking up a wonderful breakfast. I think this was the first time that she knew in her heart that her husband was going t be fine, and we were getting our old life back. There was a sense of joy, peace and love that came right through the walls. And there were tears in my eyes at being so loved and so blest. I tried to will that memory, and those feelings, to stay in my heart forever. Two years later they are still there, right at the top. I hope to never lose them.

 

[WayneGM]

There's so many good memories in the 50 years pre-op and really don't know where to begin, and it'd probably be too long anyway. I'll share one of my best memories post-op though......it was actually when I first became conscious of my surroundings in the ICU and I recall my very first thought...."Is it over already?". I can still recall that moment like it was yesterday....and it felt good to wake up not feeling nearly as a bad I envisioned I would.

Since then, my "post-mountain" good memories are not really much different from my "pre-mountain" good memories....simply enjoying the normal pleasures of life as they happen.

 

[Ross]

I have a memory from a few days after surgery that still chokes me up if I try to explain. I had been in the hospital for a week, then home for a few days. I was in the recliner that had been my bed my bed since I came home from the hospital. It was the first morning I was hungry for normal food.

My wife was in the kitchen cooking up a wonderful breakfast. I think this was the first time that she knew in her heart that her husband was going t be fine, and we were getting our old life back. There was a sense of joy, peace and love that came right through the walls. And there were tears in my eyes at being so loved and so blest. I tried to will that memory, and those feelings, to stay in my heart forever. Two years later they are still there, right at the top. I hope to never lose them.

Don't worry Dennis, you NEVER WILL.

 

[Cooker]

Favorite memory?..now that could be incriminating. I have always enjoyed life. I have enjoyed most of the people I have met. From the first school girl to steal my heart to the last woman that left me breathless and all the ones in between?..

I love life and OHS has given me a chance to love a little longer???.

PS: will someone please bail me out?

 

[Ross]

PS: will someone please bail me out?

Not so fast Monkeyboy. Just what did you do to become incarcerated?

 

[Karlynn]

Best memory - having my children. It was the pregnancy with my daughter that ruined my valve. People often ask me if I knew that would happen would I have gotten pregnant. My response is that I never, ever have regretted having my daughter for a split second. She has been a total joy from her first breath and continues to be. She was the world's best baby, almost like she knew that Mama didn't feel very well and that she needed to be easy for me.

I wouldn't redo anything - because life has been sweet and wonderful. It's really hard to pick the best from my post VR life, because I wouldn't have wanted to miss anything. God never told me life would be easy - just worth it!

 

[BDMc]

Sweet Thread

Sweet Thread

Seth, I wrote a long reply, but was interupted. Before I could send it I "timed out" and it was lost. So here is the short list: Pre-op: joys and beauty of life and nature; family and friends; cycling; skiing; swimming; kayaking; music; girls; family uniting to build my parent's little house... Post-op: girls; the same sports plus beachcat sailing; becoming more adult; meeting my half sister; my first nephew at two days old, and then last summer when at 16+, he hugged me and told me he loved me in front of a large group of his peers at wrestling camp; the other nieces and nephews; and my father's death. He died at home following a series of strokes. It was his choice, as he could've been kept alive, but he chose to go home to die. The family took turns in a vigil that lasted about two weeks. We all gathered around him the last few days, and were all with him when he passed. Like Dennis' experience, the love was so pervasive it was palpable. You could feel it like a physical thing. I am certain he felt it too. Despite all his flaws, he'd earned that love. Because of the mutual love, we were all blessed during a very trying time. Brian

 

[Guest]

Best memories before?

None.

My first was when I was 4 years old.


Best memories after?

Oh my stars ... it would take too many pages and too much time to list 'em all . But, each "best memory" revolves around either road trippin' or visiting friends/family....



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[Praline]

One of my best pre OHS memory is walking down the hospital hall to my brother's room and seeing with my own eyes that he was fine... no jaundice, no more dialysis... and knowing that my kidney was responsible for this miracle. I have never had children but I felt like I gave someone life on that day.

My best post OHS memory has to be my first one. I opened my eyes and realized that surgery was over ALREADY and I was ALIVE. I was still on the vent but that did not matter. Thanks to people here , I knew that was not a big deal. I felt ready to conquer the rest of the mountain.

 

[OldManEmu]

Great things

Great things

I can't say one thing was stand out in the 41 years pre surgery it was all great, if this challenge causes some type of epiphany then you were not living the life you really should have!! Post surgery I would have to say not having any adverse effects from surgery and 1 year on after heart remodelling being able to continue on from were I had to take a break from life when the endocarditis set in.