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Journals
Nice to have choices
- By NewAllie · Posted July 12, 2009
- 13 replies
- I saw the vascular surgeon on Friday. I'm scheduled to have an arteriogram and hopeful femoral artery stents on the 24th. I had a lot of questions. Why was I having this done? Was the leg critical? Or ...
wires have dissapeared
- By Nonie · Posted July 11, 2009
- 2 replies
- My husban had his 3x by-pass surgery in March. He felt movement in his chest from the beginning, some of the wires disappeared, apparently this is a problem for a lot of people. The doctor is going to ...
Week 5
- By MTL9 · Posted July 11, 2009
- 3 replies
- I went to see both My cardio and my surgeon this week. I was taken off another med! . Atenonol. Hooray! My BP is 118/68! I was 90/60 before, when I was on two (Lisinopril). I believe I will have more ...
Open Journal to HomH
- By manderskat · Posted July 11, 2009
- 3 replies
- Homh, While it is on my mind, I wanted to go ahead and get this down. I just wanted to let you know that everyone out here on the board is thinking about you and your surgery on Tuesday. I would say "good ...
Now 10 weeks after bypass...
- By Carl58 · Posted July 7, 2009
- 3 replies
- Just thought I should update my journal so here goes. I am now 10 weeks after double bypass and things are really flying past. Go to rehab 3 time a week and that is going good. I do feel a lot better ...
Post-Surgery Day 21
- By manderskat · Posted July 6, 2009
- 3 replies
- Well, I am three weeks out and I can't believe how good I feel. I just finished day 5 of my walks, and each day it gets easier. To think that three weeks ago I had 5 bypasses and was hospitalized for ...
Pre-Op testing
- By homh · Posted July 6, 2009
- 4 replies
- I had my day of pre-op tests today. Arrived at the hospital at 10 a.m. and went to the lab on the first floor to have blood drawn and give them a urine sample. Then up to the Cardiovascular Clinic on ...
Big Loss (I hope)
- By blkrino · Posted July 6, 2009
- 5 replies
- Well as of tomorrow I will not be my happy go lucky, helpful and otherwise nice guy. So if I seem grumpy and miserable forgive me ahead of time. I am going back on a fairly strict diet for about 5 months ...
Follow up and First Walk
- By manderskat · Posted July 3, 2009
- 4 replies
- Well, I got a clean bill of health from the surgeon and received my marching orders. I have to walk a mile in under 30 minutes every day for the next three weeks, and the same for 3 days a week thereafter ...
First follow-up tomorrow
- By manderskat · Posted July 2, 2009
- 1 reply
- My first follow-up with the surgeon is tomorrow, and I am anxious as to how it will go - not nervous per se, but I am looking forward to seeing how he rates my progress. I have been extremely tired the ...
Still can't sleep in bed
- By manderskat · Posted June 28, 2009
- 16 replies
- Anyone else have a similar problem? I am a "side sleeper", one of those people who cannot lie down flat in bed on their back, nor spend much time in that position. Since my surgery, I have not been able ...
Post-Surgery Day 10
- By manderskat · Posted June 25, 2009
- 6 replies
- After a couple of days of seemingly boundless energy (relatively speaking), I find myself dragging a little bit today. I don't feel poorly, but I am definitely not where I was yesterday. I am told this ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- 28 replies
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
Was given my surgery date
- By homh · Posted June 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- I hadn't heard when my surgery was scheduled so today I contacted a Nurse Practioner in Cardiology and left a voice message asking if she knew when my next appointment would be. About a half hour later ...
Still waiting
- By homh · Posted June 12, 2009
- 10 replies
- I am still waiting for my next step to find out when my surgery date will be. May 15 was when I was told that I would need surgery. On the 23rd I talked to a Nurse Practioner from cardiology and she told ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- 32 replies
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
5 Weeks from surgury and now a strange thing happened
- By Carl58 · Posted June 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- I was just wondering if anything like this happened to anyone else. First I have been very lucky and have had few problems. For that I am very thankful. The worst is not being able to sleep without taking ...
Interesting day at the Hospital
- By homh · Posted June 4, 2009
- 2 replies
- Today turned into an interesting and rather stimulating day. My doctor wanted a Cardiac CT Scan done on my heart. So all-innocent like, I check in with Radiology today. The previous day I had gotten a ...
Wednesday
- By watercolors4me · Posted June 4, 2009
- 9 replies
- Yesterday went into the cardiologist for my 8th week checkup. He's putting me into cardio rehab for 3 days a week for 3 months. Hope this gets me back to where I was before. He also said it would help ...
My sister
- By homh · Posted June 4, 2009
- 3 replies
- Tomorrow I go in for a Cardiac CT scan. Maybe I will write about it tomorrow night. Reading about the procedure its stated that there is a small chance that it could cause a cancer to develop, which made ...
