maxximom
Well-known member
Hello to all my old friends and a big hello to all the my new ones.
I haven't posted very often in the past 6 months,,but I do come arround and lurk from time to time.
It has been a pretty good year for me after my AVR and triple bypass last September. You were all so helpful to me. I was a pretty scared 70year old women..who never had a surgery before.You helped me in every possible way from bolstering my morale to educating me in ways that the doctors have no clue in knowing Pillow advise, recliner advise,comfortable cloths and on and on.
I started rehab about 4 weeks post op and I continue to work out at least twice a week at the Duke Center for Living (I should go more often. The year has been pretty uneventful for me..but not entirely free from minor (I hope) problems. The visual disturbances that I had immediatly post op have lesssend somewhat, but still continue..I am seeing a Neuro Opthomolagist..but my guess is that this is something that I will just have to live with.It isn't to bad and if that's the worst I have to deal with..I can accept it. My scare has formed some Keloids and still itches a lot and is very tender..I may go for steroid shots if it doesen't improve with some ointment that I just started to use.I do remember someone posting that they had Cortisone shots into their scare about 6 months ago..If any one remembers who that was, can you let me know.
The other problem (?) About 3 months ago when I went to take a stress test so I could go medically unsupervised for working out at the health club..it was discovered that I had a Left Bundle Branch block..I freaked out..because that was new for me. The last EKG that I had in January was normal. I was told that this could happen after surgery..but for four months post op everything was normal..why should it happen so late after surgery. So far I have not received a answer from the Cardio..I am seeing another cardio at the end of October..I will push for answers then.
It has been a hectic for me in the last four months..but a happy time My youngeat daughter became engaged and is getting married in the Philadelphia area on the 20th of October..and we have been goping back and forth between Raleigh NC and Philly trying to make the "dream wedding"come true.
Once the wedding is over..I will try and get back here and taaaaaake a more active part and maybe be of some help to anyone who needs support from a older person who has had both a AVR and a triple bypass. Thank you all again for your help when I needed it the most.
With great affection
Joan
AVR St Judes Porcine Toronto valve,triple Bypass, Duke Medical Center, Dr. Donald Glower
I haven't posted very often in the past 6 months,,but I do come arround and lurk from time to time.
It has been a pretty good year for me after my AVR and triple bypass last September. You were all so helpful to me. I was a pretty scared 70year old women..who never had a surgery before.You helped me in every possible way from bolstering my morale to educating me in ways that the doctors have no clue in knowing Pillow advise, recliner advise,comfortable cloths and on and on.
I started rehab about 4 weeks post op and I continue to work out at least twice a week at the Duke Center for Living (I should go more often. The year has been pretty uneventful for me..but not entirely free from minor (I hope) problems. The visual disturbances that I had immediatly post op have lesssend somewhat, but still continue..I am seeing a Neuro Opthomolagist..but my guess is that this is something that I will just have to live with.It isn't to bad and if that's the worst I have to deal with..I can accept it. My scare has formed some Keloids and still itches a lot and is very tender..I may go for steroid shots if it doesen't improve with some ointment that I just started to use.I do remember someone posting that they had Cortisone shots into their scare about 6 months ago..If any one remembers who that was, can you let me know.
The other problem (?) About 3 months ago when I went to take a stress test so I could go medically unsupervised for working out at the health club..it was discovered that I had a Left Bundle Branch block..I freaked out..because that was new for me. The last EKG that I had in January was normal. I was told that this could happen after surgery..but for four months post op everything was normal..why should it happen so late after surgery. So far I have not received a answer from the Cardio..I am seeing another cardio at the end of October..I will push for answers then.
It has been a hectic for me in the last four months..but a happy time My youngeat daughter became engaged and is getting married in the Philadelphia area on the 20th of October..and we have been goping back and forth between Raleigh NC and Philly trying to make the "dream wedding"come true.
Once the wedding is over..I will try and get back here and taaaaaake a more active part and maybe be of some help to anyone who needs support from a older person who has had both a AVR and a triple bypass. Thank you all again for your help when I needed it the most.
With great affection
Joan
AVR St Judes Porcine Toronto valve,triple Bypass, Duke Medical Center, Dr. Donald Glower