Recent content by LiamF

Hi - It doesn't hurt - just unpleasant in a cracking knuckles sort of way... I tends to happen when I'm sitting upright or erect (i.e. not in an armchair) or when there is some sideways force or movement (my wonderful daughter at the steering wheel). Thanks for your replies; its very...

It's six weeks since I had the plumbers in to do some remodelling and all is going far better that I could have hoped... At the 4 week mark I had a follow-up and the surgeon was happy with me and wrote me down for a six month follow-up but I have a very gentle and occasional clicking in my...

Five week anniversary yesterday. Still sleeping on my back - although I get off to sleep better on my left side it seems to leave me with terrible muscle aches for the following day. The downside is that I am told my snoring is terrible!

Because I've not been sleeping too well I've had the radio on and listening through headphones. The side effect is that I keep having dreams in which I have a role to play in news events (the other day I had to go to the hardware store to buy materials to help fix the cabling problems at CERN...

It was about three years from when my murmur was first heard (by my son) and the aortic dilation noticed and the time when the doctors decided that my valve was stenosed enough to merit surgery. TBH as soon as I started to get symptoms they stepped in. So from the day when the surgeon said...

This made me smile! I remember my frantic efforts to stop a sneeze coming! I had a AVR and Aortic Root plus single bypass a fortnight ago and so far so good. After about four days I was visited by two wise-cracking friends which was fantastic for my morale but I'm now planning serious payback...

Thanks guys - this is very reassuring. I hadn't actually given much thought to the mental health side of things - it's funny what you assume in life until reality teaches you otherwise. I'm in the UK and I'm wondering what kind of rehab provision is available on the health service (you get...