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Journals
First Week Back to Work
- By manderskat · Posted August 6, 2009
- 11 replies
- Well, I am almost to the end of my first week back at work. I am much more tired than I expected to be, to the point where I have only walked once this week. I really felt fine during the day, but the ...
My Journey #1
- By boogielu_23 · Posted August 6, 2009
- 1 reply
- I wanted to start a journal back in 2007 but it somehow just never happened. So I would like to start it now but beginning back in 07. I had been on the computer for awhile and had just finished talking ...
Leg is swollen after 6 weeks.
- By survive · Posted August 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello everyone, My leg still hurts @ times as expected but I noticed some swelling all around it. The scar is very soft and smooth but the leg itself seems to be swollen. My BP is good, on the lower side ...
Doctor Appt Mon 3 Aug
- By homh · Posted August 1, 2009
- 9 replies
- This Monday I have an appointment with my primary care doctor, my first doctor appointment since my surgery. She is a new doctor for me. Im trying to put together my complaints and concerns. My BP seems ...
Bored
- By homh · Posted July 30, 2009
- 4 replies
- Its been 16 days since my bypass surgery and everything seems to be coming along, not a lot of problems. Except I am bored. I am tired of watching TV all day and sitting in my easy chair is tiresome ...
Leg Pain where graft was taken
- By survive · Posted July 30, 2009
- 4 replies
- Does anyone has leg pain and sensitivity after graft removed for the bypass surgery? It has been 5 weeks from my surgery and my leg still hurts and is so sensible to touch. The doctor says is normal ...
Not MIA; Returning to Work
- By manderskat · Posted July 29, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi all, I have not posted in a little over a week, but I have actually been on vacation. My wife has a life-long friend that has a house on the beach in south Texas and we go there just about every year ...
Confusing Days
- By boogielu_23 · Posted July 29, 2009
- 4 replies
- Yesterday I had a bad day where all I wanted to do was take a pain pill and stay in bed. Is this normal? Today is a better day..I feel wonderful. The only thing bothering me is the "tightening" of the ...
Goals and Expectations
- By NewAllie · Posted July 25, 2009
- 20 replies
- When I checked into the hospitals at 5:45 AM yesterday, one of the forms I filled out asked this question, "What are your goals and expectations regarding the procedure you are having done today?" That ...
A New Beginning
- By boogielu_23 · Posted July 23, 2009
- 12 replies
- I came home from hospital yesterday. I was admitted on the 10th of July with chest pains and jaw pain. I had a heart attack in 07 and my cardiologist had tried to keep the other arteries open with meds ...
Good week
- By yazz · Posted July 23, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi everyone. Just to let you all know i am having an excellent week. I have been walking 3/4 miles per day and starting to feel more positive about the future. I am also booked into rehab next Wed which ...
Sleeping
- By pmob20 · Posted July 23, 2009
- 9 replies
- Does anyone have a problem with sleeping. This just started last week which would have been my 5th week post-op. I go to sleep around 11:30pm and I'm up at 2 am and can't get back to sleep. This has been ...
today i go for my 6 month checkup
- By nanamo · Posted July 22, 2009
- 6 replies
- for my heart and my check on my icd she will let me now how many times i came close to it firing and all i havent been feeling well but have alot on my plate right now i try to puch aside and i do i just ...
Need advice about this...
- By Carl58 · Posted July 20, 2009
- 11 replies
- I had a chest wirs removed on 7/15/09. The wire was poking up and caused pain. Well the surgeon removed a wire and stiched it up. Now that the swelling has gone down I noticed that the problem wire is ...
Doctor visit today
- By pmob20 · Posted July 20, 2009
- 4 replies
- WOW>>>> That's all I can say. I went to the surgeon today and he dismissed me from his office. He said that after 4 weeks everything looks great and the healing is much better than he expected. I've been ...
SURGERY + DAY 5
- By homh · Posted July 19, 2009
- 8 replies
- Out of the hospital and back with the living. Everyone told me that it went very well and i feel good. Its a lot nicer being back home. A little tenderness along the incesssion and a little tired but ...
Removal of chest wire
- By Carl58 · Posted July 17, 2009
- 3 replies
- I went to the surgeon for removal of the chest wire that was poking up. The procedure is done in his office. He used a local anastedic (shot) and cut on the bypass scar. About 1 1/2" long. Used a wire ...
1 Month Today
- By manderskat · Posted July 15, 2009
- 1 reply
- It has been exactly one month today since my surgery, and what a month it has been. The way I feel now versus pre-surgery is so much a night & day phenomenon that I am not sure it adequately describes ...
Surgery tomorrow!
- By homh · Posted July 13, 2009
- 9 replies
- Been waiting for this date for the past two months, lots of tests and preparations and mostly waiting. The last few hours are going fast. I will try to go to bed early to get some rest, though I dont ...
Hospital Appointment 10 am 13th July
- By yazz · Posted July 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- I have a hospital appointment which my doctor has brought forward due to me having bad chest pains and needing my GTN spray quite a bit.....I remain positive and just hope i am wrong in thinking it is ...
