This is unimportant re heart op, so it is just curiosity. Nails since op have seemingly stopped growing. Plus 3 o4 of nails have heavy ridge horizontally ...Read more
This is unimportant re heart op, so it is just curiosity. Nails since op have seemingly stopped growing. Plus 3 o4 of nails have heavy ridge horizontally from? Op. One is cracked and catches on material, so when long enough will cut it to quick. Just curious.
Lynda Ruiz Mine used to break regularly but since surgery they are growing long & strong. Figure it's because I' ... Read more
Lynda Ruiz Mine used to break regularly but since surgery they are growing long & strong. Figure it's because I'm not cleaning & cooking.
Marie Myers Mine also grew well and stayed nice with no laundry, cooking , and hand sanitizer at work.
Catie B My nails have all kept on growing, but my two big toes have horizontal ridges from a few months ago-- ... Read more
Catie B My nails have all kept on growing, but my two big toes have horizontal ridges from a few months ago--perhaps the time of surgery. Strange.
Joan Sleight Fingernails have seemingly taken time out re growth. Not a big deal, just curious. Continue to feel ... Read more
Joan Sleight Fingernails have seemingly taken time out re growth. Not a big deal, just curious. Continue to feel more normal, 2 months after aortic replacement, good luck to fellow members of our not so rare club.
Still recovering. Would appreciate others take on aortic valve replacement. Thanks
Marie Myers The condensed version : it is a big surgery with a long slow recovery... I turned the corner around 6 ... Read more
Marie Myers The condensed version : it is a big surgery with a long slow recovery... I turned the corner around 6 weeks post op and started feeling a lot better. Started part time work at 8 weeks...
Civita Fahey Marie is right. I'm at 7 weeks and I've had good progress but still get tired. I'm doing about 4 hour ... Read more
Civita Fahey Marie is right. I'm at 7 weeks and I've had good progress but still get tired. I'm doing about 4 hours of computer work a day and it's ok. It's going to take time to get back to myself but it's coming
Rita Savelis It's like nothing you've ever experienced. And then you get over it slowly, and move on, taking each ... Read more
Rita Savelis It's like nothing you've ever experienced. And then you get over it slowly, and move on, taking each day at a time. I wasn't in pain, just incredibly uncomfortable and exhausted, exhausted, exhausted.
There is a before surgery and an after surgery and although many strive to quickly get back to what they were before surgery or even a brand new improved version.... instead I think one becomes something different. And that takes adjusting. And patience.
Rita Savelis Yes, I hear you Joan. I also went through a depression after OHS, a common "side effect". It's hard. ... Read more
Rita Savelis Yes, I hear you Joan. I also went through a depression after OHS, a common "side effect". It's hard. It's all hard. If you can find a therapist to help you process and talk out what you are going through, and if you can take some antidepression meds or whatever works for you, do it. Be vocal about your needs and what you are going through. After the physical ordeal, the emotional ordeal. You held it together for the physical part, and now you feel the intense effects of what you went through. There is not enough said about depression and how common it is after OHS.
Take care.
Marie Myers For the first few weeks, I could burst out crying just because... I was weak, I Was tired, I was sore ... Read more
Marie Myers For the first few weeks, I could burst out crying just because... I was weak, I Was tired, I was sore, and it was like everything changed in my healthy, carefree life. Then, I slowly started getting stronger, getting out a little, sleeping better, and finally accepting that my life has changed...It is a process of acceptance . Reading others stories, some much more serious than mine, put a new perspective into my life. Prayers to you for healing in every way!
Joan Sleight Thanks. Not alone. Not tired, just fed up and doom and gloom,ugh
I am from: Goole, United Kingdom
