Katherine's Posts

Katherine, I know exactly how you feel. I am also a CRNA, vintage 1979. It was soooo hard having a positive and cheerful attitude about the whole idea of open heart surgery. The only times i spent in a hospital overnight prior to my surgery at age 63 were on-call!!! I was well aware of all the possible problems and pitfalls. But, you do have to trust the science! Let me know if you have any specific questions. If you would like to chat, my cell # is 561-843-2845.

Katherine, I know how scary this can be. I'm 5 months out and remember how terrified I was. You will get through this and be better than ever!' Although I'm still not quite 100&, I feel like my life is mine again and I can look forward to many years of enjoying it! I am happy you will get this behind you ! If I look back now, even though I thought I was asymptomatic, I feel so much better already , mentally and physically! You will too!

Richard, they won't touch it until it's at least 4.8 or higher, so guess we just have to have faith and don't do any heavy lifting, which I am stubborn about myself. Brought up my super heavy tree a couple weeks ago from basement and sometimes forget I am not supposed to do that. I just hate asking for help! Mine is 4.1 also and has been for years. I've been getting better at asking my 17 year old son to do the heavy stuff for me. Happy, Healthy Holidays to everyone❤️🙏

Richard, my Dr. told me to keep it under 20 lbs for me. I think it depends on the individual also. Like I said, I am stubborn though and very often am lifting more than that, like when I try to get ALL the bags of groceries in one trip into the house, LOL! Just habit I need to stop and take my time. Or when I lifted my 10 foot heavy duty ladder to put up my lights outside. My son offers, but sometimes I just want to do things myself like I always have.