Stephanie's Journal

So much going on. had OHS mitral replacement/tricuspid repair. diagnosed with seizures in August. now they are worse. Updated my online video surgery diary today.  https://youtu.be/pV7JSRPPrk8

So much going on. had OHS mitral replacement/tricuspid repair April 2018. diagnosed with seizures in August. now they are worse. Updated my online video surgery diary today.  https://youtu.be/pV7JSRPPrk8

https://youtu.be/zKBTu6l_eF4 I have blood / inr checked every week. on Wed. it was 1.2 and NO ONE CALLED ME!!!!!!! today is Monday. last time it was 1.2 I had TIA's and was left with double vision. I'm not happy.

stupid stupid stupid! My daughter got on it , balanced right away. was standing still, moving slowly, turning fast, completely in control. "It will balance for you" My ex-husband says. reluctantly I got on to try. Was just standing still at first. then made it go forward a bit, then backward a bit. then i started getting scared and decided to get off. Only I didn't know how to get off. they said you just have to hop off. well, this thing..... starting swirling, and i lost complete control, my ex husband lunged off the couch to catch me knowing it wasn't going to be good. before he had his hands on me, I went flying 4 feet back and on my side. landed on my right side (ribs) right arm/elbow and wrist. right away I started feeling a pain in my chest, like when you have a bruise that someone pushes on. i felt like a complete idiot. what a stupid thing to do. I was scared and didn't want to cry and upset my daughter. her dad could tell i was holding it in and asked where i was hurting? the incision? no, deep in my bone. just stupid of me. it just looked safe and easy. I feel fine now. ... except feeling like an idiot. what a poor decision.

Having some serious room spinning vertigo. Just one episode a day but three days in a row. Entire room spinning and tilting. I can't pinpoint anything that's triggering it. But it's always when I'm walking, never when I'm sitting. I called my surgeons office they thought maybe I just had an ear infection. My ears don't hurt and I don't have a fever. If it happens again tomorrow I'm going to call them again.