Susan's Guestbook

I was sorry to read that your husband passed shortly after your 58th anniversary. I pray that we both get to see our 60 th. I am very lucky to have shared my life with such a fantastic wife and mother. She has made me a better person. Hope you are still doing well after your surgery. As i write this at 5:30 am having been up an hour due to someone with 4 legs saying rise and shine dad, i feel blessed to have reached 82 and still have the ability to work, walk shadow and enjoy driving my car to shows. Not ready to go quite yet. Stay well. 

Hi Susan ,
You are doing great .
Having a shower post op and then actually getting home both feel wonderful .
You are almost going home .
Pace yourself and take care xxx

Here is a little bedtime tip that was very helpful to this 80 year older after my surgery.i had no recliner and the old, swing your legs over the side of the bed theory was very painful. Ringing a bell for my wife was also very painful in another way. So i took 2 belts and hooked them together for length and attached one end to the bottom bed post. Just that little extra boost gave me enough oomph, so i could exit the bed with no pain. A year later i tried ringing the bell just for kicks. Not good. 

I just read your kidney post. I think you can “what if “ yourself out of anything if you only concentrate on the sad stories and not the good. If you read this site long enough you will see that the success stories far exceed the not so good by a huge percentage. What in life is 100%. Probably nothing. Not knowing your particular situation other than you are up there in age ( like me) contrast the odds of you recovering and living out your life in good health versus doing nothing and spending it with a failing heart valve. Lord knows, being over 80 comes with its share of aches and pains ( i know being 82) but you only have one heart. I have them and try not to let them get me down. How often have you said i used to be able to do this without breaking a sweat. Maybe i should fed ex shadow down to you for a week or 2 to get your blood pumping.Of course you are nervous, we all were. I offer you prayers and the strength to get this done. There are a bunch of success stories here rooting for you. Sorry you live so far away or you could join me, nancy and shadow on our daily 3 miler. 

Hi Susan ,
Welcome .
I know that you are feeling very worried and very apprehensive but you know that you need the surgery . 
We all needed our open heart surgery and it saved our life . 
We are still here to tell the tale and you will be too. 
This lovely community is here to listen to you before surgery and after surgery .