3rd week post op....1 week at home

Hi all.....I thought i would share my progess with you all....As you may know this is my second bypass in 4 months....I have good days and bad days.....On the bad days i feel like i am loosing the plot big time and despression set in very quickly....On my good days i am very positive and smile an awful lot....I hope the good days will out weigh the bad soon....I still sleep realy propped up on lots of pillows as find this most comfey....My eating habits are still zero. However i do eat good things to feed my body.....Lots of fruit and very small portions.....Even a little is better than nothing.....I am plodding around in the house on my good days or even in the garden.....My bad days i just get as comfy as i can and stay there....Forcing a few little plods in the day time.....My scar is healing well though still a bit tender...It's like pins and needles are being stuck in the sometimes but by all accounts this is the nerve ending healing themself....It helps if i gently tap arounf my scar....gently is the key word!....I do have a small problem with the scar as it passes my clevage at the bottom of my breats.....There is an inch of scar tissue and very raised....I can't wear a bra at the moment so i will have to see how it heals.....You know when yuor scar is healing as it pulls? and becomes tight?....Just simple breathing exercises can relieve the tightness......My left breat is till numbe from the first surgery as they had the mammory vein form it and it does give me some jip now and again....This time they took the vein from my left leg at the bottom......I have been lucky and have had no problems with this....I forget it's there......

I must admit.....Keep your painkilling drugs up.....Even if you feel ok....Stay with them....I stopped the Tramadol and suffered for 2 a good day or so before my pain was in control again.....Of course if you want to wien off do it through the day....Have all your painkillers in the morning and night....

I could go on forever...but i wont.....I think the basic thing is i feel a hell of a lot better from the first day on the ward to now....Thats good enough for me ....... I am sure i will progress back to my old self again....

T/C all....Hope yuo are having a good day....
Yazz......xxxxx