I am really wondering if some of those complications are the result of patients overthinking what is going on in their bodies. I know we are destined to feel different twinges, imagine we are a little short of breath, maybe (certainly my case) that I am doing things that I am not supposed to. I tend to wonder that when I put my hands over my head, stoop to pick something up I think is a little heavy, etc.

I have a pig valve so of course one of the huge topics in my imagination is will my body accept it, how long will it last. All questions from a “control freak” which I readily admit to being. I am making a HUGE effort to accept my pain free recovery with gratitude and trust that all that other stuff is just my imagination. After all, if I am charting all of the things I do on the chart I sent you in my last e-mail then if anything was radically wrong I should be getting clues.

Thank you again for all your work and as usual I am looking forward to reading the next e-mail from you. By the way, I am using the book as a resource text when I have questions. Looking at your picture showing your incision it is no wonder you needed lots of Vicodin. Gosh, my 4 inch scar is rookie stuff.