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Thank you all very very much for all your support last year - you got me through - truly!

In the hospital, my surgeon said "no underwire" and to wear a bra preferably front closure....... to get 'em off my chest and incision (mind you we are talking pretty average size here - nothing crazy) (funny side note - picture husband at Target near the hospital not finding this "product"...

need some kind of guesstimate on when/how you all came off the major pain meds and went to the tylenol - I am doing the morphine low dose at 8am and 8pm and then using the tylenol every 4-6 hours - but that doesn't seem to be cutting the general muscle pain/fatigue - like my right arm or back -...

happy to see you all over the mtn - thanks so much for the thoughts prayers and well wishes -most of them were 100% you were right - the surgery was not as bad as I thought you were right - the hospital care was amazing you were right, however, that this is a VERY individual experience - I...

Report for Julie from Spousal Baggage. Julie is out!!! Just spoke to the Doctor. Everything is went well. Julie was tripping out a bit even after the versed was administered. A friend of mine stopped by that works at the hospital and had already received word that Julie was kind of a mess. So...

I have been so down after my "near miss" in 2005 (cath procedure only and held off surgery when about to be wheeled into the operating room). What a difference a good pre-op can make. I wish a great pre-op for all of you "valve friends" who are going in this week!!!! An RN with 22 years...

so I join the others who have logged in on June 21 and June 23 - while I have been in the "waiting room" for over 5 years - it still comes as a harsh reality - I thank everyone on here for helping make my choices and decisions! I think I am having the hardest time leaving all my little kids -...

I can't find a post on this - does anyone know if you have disussed this? I want to know if anyone used music before/during/after surgery - or if anyone utilized "guided imagery" before/during/after and what the results might be?

Did anyone try this? I have a family reunion I want to go to BEFORE the surgery - it fits the "keep your mind off the surgery" prescription. Anyone know of any pros/cons?

Has anyone had the issue where the surgeon/cardio say NOW but your family says WHAT? They say I don't look "sick" nor act very "sick" - how could it be time for surgery? Anyone else had this situation - is it because they just don't want to face it? :confused: