Recent content by MiraLaura

Six weeks post-op and: The good: I woke up without pain all this week Have not taken a painkiller in almost four weeks Can sleep on my left side again Am walking 1.75 - 2.25 miles a day - rain or shine. Today it was rain and I'm still cold Started cardiac rehab yesterday. I am the youngest...

At five weeks, I'm driving locally when necessary, and never more than once a day. Doc says fine, but I'm avoiding things like rush hour and parkways (if you've never driven in the NYC metro area, count your blessings!). Driving hurts, I feel every bump. Being a solo parent makes it rough...

That moment of panic is understandable. Glad it was a glitch not a return visit to surgery. My first visit with my cardiologist was amusing: I read the surgical report while waiting for him. He sat down and asked for a few minutes to read, I closed my eyes and tried to relax. "Do you know...

Thank you for the warm welcome! Off I go to cardiac rehab this evening (much better for me than a second Seder) for evaluation. I'm guessing that my BP will spike - I'm highly reactive - and they'll send me back to my cardio for meds adjustment. Rehab didn't want to see me until six...

Members of these fora: I have been reading for the past two weeks or so and am grateful to have found answers to all the questions I came home from the hospital with - as well as a place to feel not quite so alone. For the record: I am a 49 year old solo parent of a fifteen year old. On...

What a wonderful thread. I wish I'd read it before surgery, but since it was emergency, with no symptoms or indicators, that wasn't meant to be. At 5 weeks post-op I'm surprised by -Not recalling being transported from one hospital to the next -Remembering the surgeon telling me his name but...