Kenneth's Journal

Today was exactly five weeks from my robotic mitral valve repair by Dr. Guy in NYC. I highly recommend getting the Nike Run App to track your post op walking progress. I would like to get back to running but it bounces my chest too much in the areas where the robotics arms were inserted and is very uncomfortable. I walked a half mile daily for the first week after surgery at a 32 minute mile pace and was tired when I finished. I built my distance up about a mile every week, not too concerned about speed - just being out for a walk felt good. Today I pushed a little and did eight miles at a 14,2 minute mile pace and felt good afterwards. I walked the halls of the hospital the day after my surgery and would highly recommend walking and doing deep breathing while you walk and charting it with a phone app or manually, to anyone on their road to recovery.