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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 ...
Amazing!
- By maureengraz · Posted yesterday at 7:01 pm
- Journal · 4 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 · Posted yesterday at 3:05 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 ...
no sleep
- By frankie42 · Posted November 6, 2009
- 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 ...
collar bone problems
- By rtmret · Posted November 5, 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 ...
doctor said..
- By frankie42 · Posted November 5, 2009
- 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 ...
bad cramps in my left shoulder..
- By frankie42 · Posted November 4, 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 ...
7 Months after Bypass and now 2 Broken Ankles
- By feelinsquirrely · Posted November 3, 2009
- 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 ...
4 weeks since my bypass
- By frankie42 · Posted November 3, 2009
- 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 ...
Clicking Sternum
- By jabberwock · Posted November 2, 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 ...
5 weeks post op.....Just!
- By yazz · Posted November 1, 2009
- 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 ...
6 weeks and my first big problem, my heart started to race.
- By Ainterne · Posted October 31, 2009
- 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 ...
It's been awhile
- By pmob20 · Posted October 30, 2009
- 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 ...
High Blood Pressure just before Rehab
- By Mindymork · Posted October 28, 2009
- Discussion in Rehabilitation and continuing treatment · 2 replies
- My husband had bypass Sept 23, and had gone to rehab 4 times. The last 2 times he went they took his blood pressure before he started his tredmill and it was 180/86. Then after he has been on the tredmill ...
4 mile Walk
- By yazz · Posted October 28, 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 ...
Bad gut bacteria infection, really stubborn bug
- By nisoa · Posted October 28, 2009
- Discussion in Rehabilitation and continuing treatment · 3 replies
- Hi all: Hope this note find you on the way to recovery. Today, my friend is 2 mos. post bypass. He had multiple complications, finally at home after almost 2 mos in icu, inpt and rehab. He is losing the ...
Has anyone a a near death experience during surgery?
- By Ef0168 · Posted October 28, 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 · Posted October 27, 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 ...
H1N1
- By celeritas · Posted October 25, 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 ...
sleep ha...
- By frankie42 · Posted October 25, 2009
- Journal · 7 replies
- 16 day since my bypasses and i can sleep good at all maybe 3 hours with meds mornings are terrable i fill like a train ran over me...i have night sweats around 4 am those are fun...does anyone eles have ...
