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Ron K
Well, it's been an interesting month.
In some ways, it seems like it couldn't have been a month ago that I had my AVR, but other times, it seems like it was much longer ago.
Anyway, I'm doing fine and feeling better every day. With the exception of the first couple of days on percoset, which I still don't remember, every day has been a little better than the day before.
I'm now walking 2 miles in about 45 minutes almost every day. I missed a few days due to bad weather, but I have been pretty good about getting plenty of exercise. I've been cleared to drive again and I have no more side effects from any of my medications. In fact, most of them are finished and I'm now off them.
The only real restriction I have now is on lifting. I still have the 5 - 10 lb. limit. This bothers me most when I'm not able to do some of the things around the house that I normally do, like carry out the recycling buckets, carry in groceries,etc. I do feel that I'm losing upper body strength from not doing these normal activities. And of course I'm not back to bowling yet and probably won't be until the end of May or so.
I'm still very optimistic about life and so grateful for the successful outcome of my surgery. Now my wife and I can really begin enjoying retirement together, (Her last day of work was on January 25th, her 55th birthday!)
We just booked a trip to NYC to see a Braodway play in April, we have a bus trip to Atlantic City schedule in a couple of weeks, and in May we are going to a resort in North Jersey for a week. In June, we'll head back up to Vt. to visit our son and daughter-in-law for a while.
Life is GRAND!
Ron K
In some ways, it seems like it couldn't have been a month ago that I had my AVR, but other times, it seems like it was much longer ago.
Anyway, I'm doing fine and feeling better every day. With the exception of the first couple of days on percoset, which I still don't remember, every day has been a little better than the day before.
I'm now walking 2 miles in about 45 minutes almost every day. I missed a few days due to bad weather, but I have been pretty good about getting plenty of exercise. I've been cleared to drive again and I have no more side effects from any of my medications. In fact, most of them are finished and I'm now off them.
The only real restriction I have now is on lifting. I still have the 5 - 10 lb. limit. This bothers me most when I'm not able to do some of the things around the house that I normally do, like carry out the recycling buckets, carry in groceries,etc. I do feel that I'm losing upper body strength from not doing these normal activities. And of course I'm not back to bowling yet and probably won't be until the end of May or so.
I'm still very optimistic about life and so grateful for the successful outcome of my surgery. Now my wife and I can really begin enjoying retirement together, (Her last day of work was on January 25th, her 55th birthday!)
We just booked a trip to NYC to see a Braodway play in April, we have a bus trip to Atlantic City schedule in a couple of weeks, and in May we are going to a resort in North Jersey for a week. In June, we'll head back up to Vt. to visit our son and daughter-in-law for a while.
Life is GRAND!
Ron K