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Amazing!
- By maureengraz · New reply 1:57 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- Vince spent three hours raking leaves and mowing the lawn today without any shortness of breath. All that with an EF of 25%!!!!!! Simply amazing ...
Feeling friskey?
- By StevieD67 · New reply 8:13 am
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 2 replies
- Have a question for you all, because I have not seen it mentioned, and its something I've been wondering about; so rather than wait until someone brings it up, I thought I would pick your brains... Has ...
6 weeks and my first big problem, my heart started to race.
- By Ainterne · New reply 8:05 am
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 3 replies
- I have been recoverting slowly but ok after my triple and then all of a sudden on Wed my heart rate jumped to 160 and wouldn't budge. So it to hospital I went and they got it fixed.....but even after ...
Swollen rib area and tenderness
- By yazz · Posted 7:30 am
- Discussion in Rehabilitation and continuing treatment · 0 replies
- Hi out there to you all. I hope you are having a good day. The left side of my ribs? the last 3 are very tender.....It is awollen from there and down to the top of my belly....It hurst like mad.....If ...
5 weeks post op.....Just!
- By yazz · New reply 7:25 am
- Journal · 2 replies
- Good day all......I thought i would share where i am with my health issues at the moment! I turned 5 weeks post op Fri just gone.....I have had a very good week and have been walking quite a bit.....It's ...
It's been awhile
- By pmob20 · New reply yesterday at 11:40 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- Sorry I haven't been on here in awhile but things are going great. I did miss the great conversations and can only say this site helped me get thru some very bad days... It's been four months since my ...
doctor said..
- By frankie42 · New reply yesterday at 7:21 pm
- Journal · 6 replies
- i talk to the doctor this morning about the bad shoulder pains and he said its all normal ,just healing .im so glad i found this site,it helps so much to reach out to others that have been where i am ...
7 Months after Bypass and now 2 Broken Ankles
- By feelinsquirrely · New reply yesterday at 1:20 pm
- Journal · 7 replies
- It's been over seven months since my triple bypass and I finally was recovering some of my ommph and getting over that awful depression when Voila!!! Friday morning leaving for work I missed a step and ...
no sleep
- By frankie42 · New reply yesterday at 1:02 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- i was just wondering if anyone has trouble sleeping,i go to bed and toss and turn for hours,no pain just cant sleep,then i guess i just wear myself out and i my sleep two hours,then wake in a cold sweat,i ...
4 weeks since my bypass
- By frankie42 · New reply yesterday at 12:56 pm
- Journal · 24 replies
- it been 4 weeks since my bypass surgery i went yesterday to sign up for rehab ,im alittle scared of doing it ,i guess its just me but i was wondering if anybody eles felt this way im afraid to get my ...
Still Smoking?
- By hermitmike · New reply yesterday at 3:18 am
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 10 replies
- I have to ask this,,after getting out and about a little now,I have seen an spoke with several folks who had bypass (s) and they are smoking as normal, I asked WHY? They sware they feel better smoking ...
Ferrous sulfate vs Iron pills
- By Mindymork · New reply yesterday at 2:49 am
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 2 replies
- My husband's Dr. prescribed Ferrous Sulfate 325 mg, when he came home from his by-pass last week, and I already had Iron tablets 27 mg. which I have been giving him instead of the other. Should I be giving ...
Chest Soreness
- By kingrex · New reply yesterday at 2:01 am
- Discussion in Rehabilitation and continuing treatment · 12 replies
- I'm now 10 weeks out from my quadruple bypass and my lingering problem is soreness in the chest, more so on the left...along the sternum and in the chest muscles. What are your experiences with this ...
collar bone problems
- By rtmret · New reply November 6, 2009
- Discussion in Rehabilitation and continuing treatment · 1 reply
- I experienced a rib separation problem, which lasted for about 8 weeks and is just now getting somewhat better, but I now can feel my right collar bone not being smooth (like my left side) and being painful ...
Has anyone a a near death experience during surgery?
- By Ef0168 · New reply November 6, 2009
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 8 replies
- Just wondering if anyone had a near death experience and what it was like, I was hoping to but didn't. Thanks Ed ...
who else is is listening?
- By lennyone123 · New reply November 5, 2009
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 14 replies
- had my surgery 2 weekjs ago tomm any one else feeling sad every day.pain goes from take my breath away to bearable ...
4 mile Walk
- By yazz · New reply November 5, 2009
- Journal · 8 replies
- Hi to everyone....I hope you are all feeling a little better than yesterday and thinking positive.....Positive mind means a good recovery of the body.....I know it's hard sometimes...but YOU can do it ...
H1N1
- By celeritas · New reply November 5, 2009
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 4 replies
- My wife and most/all of my friends said they are not going to get the swine flu shot (or mist). I am thinking I will (if my number ever comes up) ... just because I'm not sure about this body I live in ...
bad cramps in my left shoulder..
- By frankie42 · New reply November 5, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- its my 4 week since my bypass,not alot of pain till this sunday,wow started having severe cramp like pain in my left shoulder all nite all day for three days now comes and go"s pain med does notta for ...
Clicking Sternum
- By jabberwock · New reply November 3, 2009
- Discussion in Life after heart bypass surgery · 3 replies
- Hi everyone I'm a 62 years young male, 18 months post-op and a clicking sternum is still my biggest inconvenience. I say inconvenience, because I know it's not life-threatening and I know it's doing me ...
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