OldGeezerWNC
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Good Morning All. Just a quick check in. I go to Surgeon tomorrow for the 30 day eval. It's been a crazy 29 days. I've only been out of the hospital 17 days now. I still have the wound pump hooked up to my right leg from where they harvested the vein they used in the single bypass they did at the same time the did my A-Valve replacement.
I had my son take a picture this morning and for those of you who remember we placed it side by side with my Superman cape shot.
There's only 29 days between the two pictures but as you can see I've lost a little over 40 pounds during that time. In the pix on the left you can see my walker with the fuzzy dice and the wound pump. I'm still kinda weak so the walker helps. We still have snow on the ground so I do my laps around the kitchen bar. Doc says he's keeping me on the 40/80 temp program. I can only go outside when the temp is above 40 and even then I have to wear a scarf over my mouth to pre-warm the air going in. And this summer he doesn't want me outside when the temp is above 80. All in all I feel so much better with the new valve. I'll take this any day over what the other end was going to be. Newbies, take the words of this old geezer, it gets better. Man so much better. Thanks friends. Rick
I had my son take a picture this morning and for those of you who remember we placed it side by side with my Superman cape shot.
There's only 29 days between the two pictures but as you can see I've lost a little over 40 pounds during that time. In the pix on the left you can see my walker with the fuzzy dice and the wound pump. I'm still kinda weak so the walker helps. We still have snow on the ground so I do my laps around the kitchen bar. Doc says he's keeping me on the 40/80 temp program. I can only go outside when the temp is above 40 and even then I have to wear a scarf over my mouth to pre-warm the air going in. And this summer he doesn't want me outside when the temp is above 80. All in all I feel so much better with the new valve. I'll take this any day over what the other end was going to be. Newbies, take the words of this old geezer, it gets better. Man so much better. Thanks friends. Rick