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As above, eyes open tube in, blinked and tube out. Well at least that's how fast the time went while your still under and very sleepy. I have to add, that for me there was NEVER any pain or any discomfort was dealt with immediately when in ICU and very swiftly once out.

I haven't purposefully walked in the last week, but am walking more and more, I'm doing about 4 miles a day but not in one hit. I'll give one a go tonight and see how we go. (walking being free it would be a great answer)

It seems to be I wake after about 6 hours sleep. Last night on the 6 week anniversary of being in the critical care unit I went out for the night with some friends to my local towns nightlife area. Apart from feeling a little insecure about being bumped, pushed etc I had a great night and...

Hello all, Thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas. For the last week, I've had very bad nights sleep. I'm 6 weeks out after MVR, everything is going great I can get to sleep fine however I'm waking up at 4:45am every morning almost exactly the same time each day, there are no noises to wake...

I have a similar issue, my heart varys from 75 to 115 over the course of a day. I'm not on any medication for this and am 6 weeks post op. I'm told by my doctor, surgeon and a surgeon who's a frind from Cleveland that this is normal and I have noticed my heart rate dropping back to normal, and...

I started driving at week 4 (a week ago) everything was fine, changing gear was a little tough e.g 4th to 2nd and 4th to 5th gear. But after a few days the chest mucsels came back to life and all is fine now.

Hello all, I'm 5 weeks post op and feel better in most ways than before, still some tenderness and I KNOW when I've over done it as my body just screams for sleep. Pre surgery I couldn't work out or swim or run or ride a bike at any decent pace without fainting or almost fainting with chest...