Beth's Posts

Time has flown by. Tuesday will be two months since my surgery and I feel great. I am thrilled with how well I feel and how quickly I am healing. I had an echocardiogram done about two weeks ago and my doctor said that everything looks great. Even the pulmonary hypertension that the surgeons were so concerned about has gone back to normal. Monday August 1st will be my first day back to work and it will also be my first day of cardiac rehab. I think it may be an exhausting day but I am excited that life is going on and I am part of it!!! Thank you to all who have been praying for me. God has answered your prayers. I am ever so thankful that He is so good to me.

Tomorrow is four weeks since my surgery. I am doing amazingly well according to those around me. I have been told that I sound strong and that my color is much better than it was before. The only real problem is trying to get my coumadin levels correct. But I think that will just take time. I went for a follow-up with my surgeon (Dr. Edward Savage) yesterday and he said I was doing great and that he didn't want to see me again. Now I just need to see my cardiologist here in Lakeland and find out how he wants me to proceed. I would like to go to cardiac rehab but they have not contacted me yet. I am very happy with my progress and can't wait to see how much better I will feel.

2 weeks ago today I still didn't know what day it was. It's amazing what can happen in a couple weeks. I came home Saturday June 11th and a home health care nurse came out on Monday. She checked all my vitals and my incision and told me it all looks good. Home health will continue to check on me for about 3 weeks. I'm not sure what was expected during my recuperation? The people I have seen or talked tell to me how well I am doing and how strong I sound. I get up every morning. I shower, dress and have breakfast. I try to do a few things around the house and then I take a nap. Some days the naps are longer than other days. Then my husband and I will have lunch and run an errand or I might take another nap. I try to do enough to keep getting stronger but not so much that I set myself back. Is this so different than others?