Glenn's Guestbook

hi glenn thank you for all your information it is really helping me the idea about not trying to get ahead of your self and trying to do things before it is time it takes time to heal and sometimes we think we feel good enough todo something and our body is not ready for it yet i hope they don't try to push me to fast in recovery your posts are a big help thanks again steve i am getting worse and i know it will have to be soon but i am still scared of the operation

Big Glenn You are doing great! So glad to read of your progress. You seem right on track. I love rehab and hope you benefit from it also. I am 25% done. Keep er up Glenn!

Glenn, Glad to hear you are doing so well. I'm so glad that you went to rehab It's so true that it gives one more confidence in the exercises they do. It's been almost 4 months for me and I still get the dull aching in my upper chest about 4 inches left and right of the incision. I always have to make sure I do the upper body stretching exercises 2 times a day...which seems to help. Again, so glad you are doing so well. God is good.

Glenn, I started rehab the middle of this week. My surgery was exactly 3 weeks ago today. I commented on that to he rehab nurses this morning while on the treadmill. I think that 3 weeks was a good starting point. But I have be walking indoors everyday. I also monitor my walking with pedometer. Have done 21K steps this week. Those are my thoughts and experience to date. We're on the road to recovery.

Glenn So glad that you are well. Great post. I am amazed you could write so much so soon after surgery. Your fitness will help you a great deal to recover. Two tips I would share with you. First, do what you can do each day but don't overdo it. There is a price to be paid after doing too much that I have paid a few times. Second, cardiac rehab is quite valuable. Keep healing, Glenn!

Glenn, your post was spot on. I was happy I purchased a spirometer a few weeks before surgery. Then I knew where I could and should be without thinking it was impossible. I love your comment about the blessings that others receive for helping us out. I'm still learning to ask for help. No request has been denied.

Glenn, Good to hear from you. Since I've been home (2 weeks today) I've been watching for updates from the December/January class. Sounds like you and most everyone is doing well and we are in similar paths to recovery. I just got home from the first cardio rehab session. 15 minutes on the treadmill. A good starting point. All the professionals that I talk with always comment on my surgeon (how good he does, how we'll the incision looks, and how quick his patients recover. This Friday will be 3 weeks since surgery. I was in the hospital 6 days. Not bad. I feel good, but I know I don't have the stamina to be at work(so sad-not!). I'll be back in that grind before I know it. Mostly I miss seeing and talking to my coworkers. Will be watching for your updates.i know that Marcia had her valve replaced on Friday the 3rd. And Annette's was the day before mine. So it is like a graduating class. Tom

good mornning glenn. glad to hear your doing well. i went into surgery 2 in one day so its taking me little long to get back into the grove. was out of frist surgery about 7 hrs then had a leak in the by pass. my hardest things so far is the coughing i don't think i have had a good cough yet. I keep pillows close that seem to work better for me as the heart pillow is to big for me to cross armes over.. one day at a time and all this welll be so behind us.