Kathy's Guestbook

Kathy Ozio  I cannot say enough about the care at the hospital.  There wasn't one person we came in contact with that wasn't nice and extremely helpful. I had a reaction to the tape used ( removal of central line on neck, chest tube and surgery site on side) and the nurse spent an hour with adhesive remover taking off the tape so it wouldn't rip my skin. She was awesome. No doubt on thehhigh volume, they run extremely efficiciently.
Not sure about robotic, because they do collapse your lung and move around. My husband says it's cosmetically more appealing, notrreally less invasive. I think there's  pros and cons to both. Since I had those problems during surgery, I had a tougher recovery time. My side is still so.ewhat numb and gets more irritated with exercise but really, the ICD implant is more bothersome. Hope that helps.  🙂

Kathy Ozio  Hahaha! That could possibly be it! I haven't had a donut in over a year. I love your posts - and your grandson looks like a real sweetie.

Richard Munson  Omg, a year without a donut. You need to make a dunkin run. My wife made me ginger bread for fathers day which i just had for breakfast with whipped cream on top. One of my all times. My daughter brought me sour patch kids. Are they trying to kill me? 2 pravastatin today. 

Kathy Ozio  Thanks! For the first month and a half, my rate was high (90s) but it started to go down. Then about a week or so, it has been high. I guess I just worry about every little thing now. LOL Keep improving!! Best of luck to you!

Kath Duggan  I am a worrier too….so bad for us. You will figure it out, but the blood pressure roller coaster is scary!

Kathy Ozio  Yes, I always was a natural at anxiety. Ha! Since the surgery, I don't stress about other things as much. I say it was because I realized what's really important and don't stress, but my husband says it's just the meds.

Rita Savelis  What you are experiencing is "normal" and it's too bad you weren't informed beforehand so that it wouldn't surprise you. Your heart has been through a lot. If your leg was broken you'd give it time to heal. The heart needs to heal as well even if you can't see it. Take care.

Paul Gill  Hi Kathy,
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I thought I would get an email notification (but didn't ).
It is now almost 4 months after my MV repair, and I am still having issues. 
How are you doing ? (your issues were way wise than mine!)
Paul