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johnfreeman62

johnfreeman62

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A few days after my valve replacement surgery, November 13, 2008, I had a small sneeze. I managed to confine it to my head with little resultant pain, however I immediately felt a much larger second sneeze coming on. With the wound in my chest and the pains I had felt from as little as raising my head wrong, I was instantly aware of the freight train of pain that would accompany that sneeze. As I frantically reached for my bear, my entire body went into some kind of code red hyper drive and in an instant that second sneeze was just gone, like a bad dream, leaving only a terrifying memory of what could have been. It was like a magic trick.

I confess that I have been a frequent sneezer most of life, welcoming them as little mini-orgasms, but there have always been times when a sneeze was inappropriate or unwelcome but I could never stop them. Try as I might, plug my nose, think about something else, cough, blow out, jedi vulcan mind meld, I could not stop a sneeze to save my life; or so I thought.

I have not sneezed one time since.

Amazing what your body can do when it really wants to. It should come with a book of cheat codes on how to access these special features.

Wonder what else I can and can't do now if I really want to.
 
Hey there John, there is one trick that works for me when I feel a sneeze coming on.
When you start to feel the tickle in your nose, rub that side of your nose. I just get a drippy nose afterword's.

Good Luck to you.
 
hi john,shouldnt laugh i know but am sure most people on here will chuckle at your post,we all know what its like and it always brings a smile to my face when i remember my first sneeze,just remember when you do,dont go towards the light lol, glad your doing well,keep it up,
 
Freddie said:
Hey there John, there is one trick that works for me when I feel a sneeze coming on.
When you start to feel the tickle in your nose, rub that side of your nose. I just get a drippy nose afterword's.

Good Luck to you.
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Freddie, that is exactly what I did....several times a day while in hospital.
I think I finally let go of a wicked sneeze several weeks later;
(It was hardly orgasmic) But I did scream!
 
My husband is a sneezer....every morning he has many. After surgery in July he didn't sneeze for almost 4 months! He started again in Oct. and even today screams when he does! I keep telling him to hold his chest but that doesn't seem to help.
Makes me wonder about the power of the mind....he was able to suppress the sneezing for months then....baammm back to sneezing mode!
LOL
 
I'm a huge sneezer...20 times in a row a couple of times a day at least. I think I got away with almost one month of NO sneezing post op...it was amazing.

Kim
 
I didn't sneeze or hiccough for about a month after my first surgery. Second time around, everything was easier and less painful seeming so I sneezed (a little 'choo thing) while I was still in the hospital and began to hiccough within 2 weeks. Those hurt though and luckily, a glass of water and some positive thinking got rid of them.
 
Freddie said:
Hey there John, there is one trick that works for me when I feel a sneeze coming on.
When you start to feel the tickle in your nose, rub that side of your nose. I just get a drippy nose afterword's.

This really works. when I sneeze I sneeze 10 times in a row. The other night I was laying in bed and felt a sneeze coming on and i rubbed my nose and I never sneezed. It was amazing, My sneezing attacks have been with me for as long as I can remember. Thank you for the very valuable info. When my boy's were young they would hide somewhere when I started, they would count each sneeze up to 10 and then say "Mom that's enough".
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Super John..I like that.
I was diagnosed with my bicuspid valve and enlarged heart muscle (always forget the big word for that) when I was twelve. Over the years I gradually ignored all the doctor's restrictions and did whatever I wanted and I wanted to do a lot. I played football, rugby and basketball. I worked as a forest fire fighter and ranch cowboy (family business). I compete(d) in professional rodeos..I own and operate my own business and could always outwork anybody. When I took a stress test at 40 they told me to run on the treadmill until exhaustion, then eventually told me to quit, they needed the machine. I was a far as I knew, asymptomatic

Despite 30+years of being told I would need a valve job someday I was still stupidly shocked when told I needed the valve job sooner rather than later, like within 30 days. My valve was so bad it didn't really close at all and the muscle blockage completely closed the chamber.

My girlfriend decided that since I had so much energy with a bad valve etc that post surgery I would be a super hero. She even began researching , umm..working girls, to help with the work load she feared from my increased blood flow.

I liked that idea but I gotta confess the power to suppress sneezes,while very valuable right now, isn't likely to catch a lot criminals or get me my own comic book and movie deal...do I have any other powers yet to be discovered?

Stay tuned
 
Hello from another Idahoan!

Hello from another Idahoan!

John,

Welcome to the forum. I had my OHS December 12th 2007, at St. Luke's Boise. Dr. Scott Huerd was my surgeon. Who was yours? Did you get your surgery done in Idaho, too? My own surgery was quite unexpected, as I had little more than mitral valve prolapse with trivial regurgitation diagnosed in 1996 and most recent echocardiogram prior to the emergency in 2005 showing the same. My family lives on a farm outside of Buhl.

As for the sneezing question, I told my story several months ago. I don't know how to link to old threads, so I'll just summarize.

I was about eight weeks post surgery, still carrying around my "Sir-Koff-a-Lot" bear most of the time, but not then. I was merely carrying in my jacket outside my back door when the urge to sneeze came on. I thought I would finally understand the cliche "I feel like I've been hit by a Mack truck." means. The sneeze, with full force happened and the truck 'missed.' Though I felt a few back vertebra shift out of place--I firmly slammed my back against a door frame to realign them--I otherwise felt little pain.

The trick about sneezes that always worked for me until that day was to push my two index fingers firmly inside my nostrils and both squeeze my septum and press forward toward my nose's tip until the urge passed. It always worked until I could not put down what I was carrying that day I described above. I normally sneeze a few times a day, sometimes skipping when allergy season fades away. Glare also causes me to sneeze--I like to wear dark neutral tinted goggles (yes the big ones with an elastic band) and never have that problem when I wear them. Just an eccentric taste I have.:cool:

I hope this helps. When the sternum bone knits properly, sneezes shouldn't feel any worse than before surgery. Welcome to the forum and we look forward to getting to know you. Stop by the Small Talk thread and you'll find some pretty fun topics to discuss and controversies to debate. Lots of fun characters here. Some people have posted thousands of times here. After all that we've read here, we can see why. We? My wife also like to post here, too.

Chris
 
Hey Pair O Docs

Hey Pair O Docs

I did have my surgery done at St Lukes by Dr. Forbes. Sof ar things have gone amazingly well - still haven't had a big sneeze.

I can walk and drive a little over two weeks out. I own and operate the F Bar Arena in Kuna where we produce barrel races and team ropings as well as train and sell horses. Its gonna be tough to stay out of the saddle eight weeks...
 
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