INRtest
Well-known member
Today is a big day in my life & though I haven't been on the site much lately, I had to share. First I must thank all of the members who were (are) so supportive and gave me so much knowledge. I don't know where I would be today without your help. 730 days ago, today, I (barely) survived my MVR surgery and began a very, very long arduous recovery.
Aug. 17, 2004 was almost 3 wks. after I had entered CICU where I was apparently too ill to be moved to another hospital, too ill to survive certain procedures and in desperate need of my new-ish St Jude MV. I didn't get to go home until Sept. 20th, but at least the worst was over.
Numerous complications, a badly infected gall-bladder (10 more days in hosp. in Oct.), a mild stroke rendering my swallow reflex unusable (a G-tube for 2 months), massive weight loss and ... voila. As a note to anybody with pending surgery, it's rarely, rarely as bad as I had it, yet in many ways healthier (& definitely stronger) than before I got sick.
Tick. Tick.
Aug. 17, 2004 was almost 3 wks. after I had entered CICU where I was apparently too ill to be moved to another hospital, too ill to survive certain procedures and in desperate need of my new-ish St Jude MV. I didn't get to go home until Sept. 20th, but at least the worst was over.
Numerous complications, a badly infected gall-bladder (10 more days in hosp. in Oct.), a mild stroke rendering my swallow reflex unusable (a G-tube for 2 months), massive weight loss and ... voila. As a note to anybody with pending surgery, it's rarely, rarely as bad as I had it, yet in many ways healthier (& definitely stronger) than before I got sick.
Tick. Tick.
