Recent content by danb1983

Im not on any beta blockers, they gave me some nasty side effects when I tried them a couple of months back - I was on bisoprolol, but maybe ill try a different on in the future if i dont stabalize? Im just trying to do anything and everything I can to stop this. In the last 2 months ive lost...

Okay, I'm still crazy, my heartrate had a couple of normal days, and it is still regular, but now walking instead of going to 88ish, thats where it starts and rises up to 95 - up to 100+ after walking up a hill for the rest of the walk. Just walking around my house it is 90, and now rising up...

Good luck, rhythm issues aren't fun so I hope this is the end of them for you! Good luck!!!

Did you already have the oppt pre-booked and it was a coincidence it was just before your surgery? If not then call them and ask for a sooner one as an emergency - I called my dentist and got an appointment 2 days later when I told them why I needed it... But if this isn't possible you should...

Wow, this forum is like a healing fountain. Well, at least my head feels a bit better, and I swear I slept better last night - without the deep thud of my heart and wondering if it was fast or not. Im going to keep walking for the next few weeks, and I weighed myself today and I've lost 13lbs...

Thanks for the quick comments, maybe I am just going crazy thinking about it all day and not talking to anyone or having any reference points on normality. I don't want this to consume my life, from reading around other forums it seems people get all sorts of anxiety and even ruin their lives...

Hey everyone, I sheepishly return to the board after a long spell of absence, after promising to stick around. Truth is I didn't want to come back here because my recovery hasnt been the positive, easy return to health I was hoping for... quite the opposite... My head is a mess with concerns...

Great, glad it was a success! No more waiting :)

congratulations! That feeling of getting home is great! Keep doing those breathing exercises to make sure your lungs are clear of fluid - youll recover much faster now youre home and can get some proper sleep and rest :) Good luck!!

The self regulated morphine works as it will let you have a small dose of morphine every 10-20 minutes or so - you will press a button yourself and receive it - it's safe. But youll be on LOTS of other painkillers which will really take the pain away and make you pretty spaced out anyway - I...

Im sending the men in white coats for you - if they haven't been round already :)

I'm at the 2 month mark now after OHS for a valve repair - I'd say for doing normal easy day to day things i feel 95%+ - there are no tiredness / lack of energy issues, just no heavy lifting.... when having a busy day - I mean walking 3 or 4 miles + / and going shopping, out to bars on a night...

Thanks again everyone, didn't know I'd been so missed! :) I will definitely stick around - I'm going to do another post next week from my new house, involving the stanaic burning of my surgical stockings - a ritual to mark the start of my new life! :P lynlw - I am a member of GUCH, but I've...

Laughing was a big problem for me too, not just regular laughing - but those ones where you can't stop laughing, it was a total nightmare and created a LOT of muscle tension pain around the cut one time in the early weeks! I don't have any cure for this :( I just had to run away from whoever was...

haha - no - I even got some new ones for Christmas as the old ones were a little scruffy and worn out on the bottoms :) I don't actually think my feet have warmed up - I don't really feel any difference to before my operation... well I have moved into the warmer bedroom in the house as my room...