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Such a good feeling, my life has started again at 31!

Thanks everyone, I had a great day. It was my birthday yesterday New Zealand time so its just like having two birthdays. Hopefully that doesnt mean I am 32 now :)

Just had an appointment with my cardiologist. Aortic valve is fine, pulmonary valve has a slight leak but they arent worried about it. Had the all clear to start trying for babies. He said I can resume life as normal now :D Has anyone else had a leaky pulmonary valve?

My 3 cats prefer to drink the water on the bottom of the shower rather than drinking out of their bowl I dont know why they insist on bringing in the bird they caught to show me and my husband

Just a bit hopefully it will pass

very thought provoking

Congrats, enjoy it

Thanks for the advice everyone, the morning was horrible but the afternoon not too bad. After reading some people's posts I should be grateful that my bosses have been so understanding in giving me paid time off otherwise we would have paid our mortgage on my husbands wages and thats about it...

Back to work tomorrow :( was getting used to being paid for sitting at home, pity the mortgage doesnt pay itself Has anybody else had the realisation in their recovery that the job they were doing wasnt what they want to do for the rest of their life? The booklet I was sent home with says to...

7 weeks post op feel like shifting the excess weight! weight day before surgery 25/11/09 92.1 kg/203 pounds today 88.6kg/194 pounds

And back to work next week :(

Wow, six weeks post op and I just went for an hour long walk with only a couple of stops, hard to believe two weeks ago I struggled to reach the end of the street I live in which I can walk in five minutes now

Five weeks post op today, and two days till I can drive again! Does anyone know how long I should wait until starting swimming again, bearing in mind the healing of the incision. Kind of getting frustrating going to the beach and only going up to my knees, cant quite remember how long the...

I had a chest binder while in hospital. Before I went into hospital i bought some cheap sports bras and cut the underwires out of them to use when I got home. They were comfortable and just gave enough support

Its Christmas Eve here in New Zealand and I just wanted to say I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Christmas. And to anyone who is still in hospital, I hope everything goes smoothly for you

4 weeks post op tomorrow yay, have had trouble breathing the past couple of days but my doctor confirmed today it's just asthma not fluid on my lungs or anything like that which is a relief I have had two of my dissolving stitches come through my skin, but my doctor said its better just to...

I'm thinking velcro might irritate the incision too?

Thanks everyone for the advice, I havent sneezed once since using all your suggestions.

Wow, that works! Thanks heaps

Does anyone have any strategies to deal with sneezing and a healing sternum? I will be a month post op on Christmas Day, and suffer from hayfever and just found out today that my sister in law has a real Christmas tree in her house.