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Piece of cake my friend. I have not been around for over a year but decided to jump back in so as to offer possitive input on the whole deal. It will be 3 year for me in Nov. feel great, rock climbing, mountain biking, working out with kettle bells, Note : did take quite a while before I could...

Hi, Great to here everything is well. I have not been here in quite along time either and I am sneaking up on my 3 year anniversary in Nov. I think I am going to jump more back in to give people some of my un professional advice. 3 years and it's like it never happened.

Hey Brewer, Had mine done Nov. 19 2009 11 days before you. I know we chatted some. I'm doing great and glad to hear you are the same.........Like it never happened......have a great new year. I f you ever make it to Duluth dinners on me :-) Mac, from the snny shores of Lake Superior

Having so much fun I missed my anniversarie. Well folks, it's like it never happened except for the drugs every day to remind me, but I eat alot of supplements anyway so no big deal. Working out regular, pushing 200 plus on my bow flex, hiking, snow shoeing, bow hunting, ....etc, Had my first...

Hey Dude!!!!!! Welcome to the club, in no time you will be posting on post op helping other pre op scared people. I'am 13 month post op....LOL...shouldn't even be called post op anymore. More like, did it really happen. You will have so much to look forward to. Sucks to sneeze try not to...I...

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Hi all, I have not been here in along time...............SORRY!!, I know I should jump in more often to offer support. 13 months now and it seems like it never happened. Hiking, snowshoeing, deer hunting, pulling 65 lb's back with my bow, working out with my Bowflex pushing 200lb now...

You will be fine!!!!!!!!!! You will be fine!!!!!!!!!! Hi, It's been awhile since I have bee on the site, shame on me. It is important for us vets to help out the newbies and ease the worries. I'am alittle over 6 months post op now. Just came back from 2 weeks in Europe, climbed in the alps...

Hey Johnny!!!!!!! Great feeling isn't it? Very happy for you, be cool first week back. Ease into things. ..LOL, my first week back was more like a "meet and greet". I work as a facility maintenance mechanic ( building engineer) with 14 buildings of people who were worried about me. So alot of...

To much hair, I can't even see mine....LOL, not to mention I think they used a razor blade. I couldn't believe how thin it was. Mac AVR, single by-pass, carbomedics mechanical, Dr. Suri, Mayo Clinic

Everything tasted good for me right away. I ate like a pig....LOL. Hang in there and like everyone has said over and over. Walk, walk, walk, and one day at a time. Progress come fast. I'm 16 weeks and some days I forget that I even had it done. Later, Mac AVR, single by-pass 11/19/09...

Nice to hear you are healing fine. Driving at 19 days? Be very careful, sudden upper body turns checking traffic or slamming on the breaks and having the seat belt punish your sternum may not be a very good experience. Mac, 11/19/09 AVR, single by-pass carbomedics mechanical, Dr. Suri, Mayo Clinic

four weeks ago 1.8 so they bumped up to 41 mg a week 3 weeks ago 2.3, two weeks ago 3.5, they pulled 7mg from me to bring it down now last week 2.0. I've been doing 41mg a week. No big time diet changes, no eatting alot of vit k stuff. Beer, acouple pints a day, no big drunks. So we will see...

Welcome to the otherside! Welcome to the otherside! Strength will come back fast. Do your walking, don't be content to be waited on. It was a good thing that my wife had to work so I was at home along and managed cooking, dishes, whatever right away. Did the standard two hands opening doors...

pushups pushups My rehab people said 12 to 16 weeks for push up and kettle bells. Yes alittle tender, but no sense of damaging something. Hell, I've been throughing around 70 lb bags of salt like no big deal, strength is coming back fast.