Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:27:38 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/45039/1218151025.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/45039 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1236749 i am just so sick of it all ! had to have the FIRST surgery cuz of my valve. then during surgery, they fix a different one. then ,not even a month later,fluid around my stupid heart. ever since that 1st surgery-BECAUSE of the stupid st.Jude's mechanical mitral valve,i now have to take coumadin e... Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:24:48 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1233030 i called monday to leave a message for my shrink-that i'm having trouble staying asleep. for some bizarre reason,he wanted to see me. so i went today. he had switched my clonazapam .05 mg at bedtime to lorazapam,.05 mg twice a day. so now the clonazapam is twice,same dose. AND he doubled my sero... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:28:30 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1231448 i sang "dancing with my self " by billy idol all the way thru! i couldn't do that b4 by surgery...and in other news....had coumadin clinic and rehab today. rehab kicked my ass! i feel like a wuss-i'm doing 6 minutes on the t-mill,1% incline at 2 mph. felt like an hour !!!!!! heart ... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:04:57 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1227753 had rehab today-man that treadmill kicked my ass toward the the end. i'm glad i have that lady to talk to there...moron yelled at me-of course he was drinking-cuz i didn't have the ringer on the phone and i'd called my doc and left a message for her. i didn't see the message,but he d... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:18:57 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1225877 rehab tomorrow....dunno how i feel about it still......i found someone to talk to-shes in her 70's maybe.....then wed-coumadin clinic. gee-i shoulda had the fucking surgery sooner. i mean-all this FUN-rehab and coumadin clinic. and not being able to eat/drink certain things cuz of the stupid cou... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:53:15 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1223064 still doing rehab...will be for 33 more sessions. i just hope that at the end i am in better shape than i am now!!!!!! i go mon-wed-fri. and i am very sore from today !thank god i have 2 days off !!!! on the way home,i was listening to the radio. AND-i was actually able to sing along with a song ! i... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:58:14 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1221178 i wish i never had that open heart surgery...and the one after to remove the fluid around my heart.....now i have this horrible pain in my incision-which is quite long btw. one doc called it  " neuropathy" i was on extra strength percocets....now lyrica and vicodin. started cardiac re... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:34:15 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1215157 well everyone-tomorrow i start cardiac rehab!!!!! dunno how i feel...part of me is excited and part is worried i won't be able to do any of the exercises on the machines-cuz i really haven't been walking like i should have....how can i walk in the neighborhood when i have fucking pain.....af... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:06:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1210455 hi everyone!!!!! well-still having god-awful pain in my incision/sternum !!!did a stress test yesterday. it was just to see what i can do. my cardiologist came in and she asked me to do 40 more seconds....so-i did 3 whole minutes.  didn't think i could do anything! so i guess fr a woman who... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:10:56 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1198750 GRRRRR!!!!!!!! more problems!!!!! saw my cardiologist yesterday. she wants me to do a stress test and then start cardiac rehab.sure-ok. told her about this god awful pain in my sternum~breast bone~.so-she thinks the pain is due to the wires in my sternum that were put there to keep my sternum togeth... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:32:38 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1194394 well......it was brought to my attention that i have not done a new entry in a while.....last was 6-15. on 6-16,i saw my surgeons nurse practitioner and i told here how HORRIBLY short of breath i was. when ya gotta rest after going DOWN 6 stairs.......she attributed it  to ANXIETY!!!!!!!!!! on ... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:06:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1123680 right now,at this moment,i wish i never had this goddamn surgery !!!!!!!!!i am tired,sorta hungry-yet sorta queasy. i am in pain. i am so short of breath-just like b4 this wonderful fucking surgery! i also have diarrhea. why did my  heart restart after surgery?! [fyi-they stop your heart and pu... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:52:44 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1120074 i haven't written in a while....had my surgery 5-27. my mitral valve was replaced with a brand new shiny mechanical one. some how-it had a hole in it!!!!!!!! my tricuspid valve was repaired. then i had the CABG-coronary artery bypass graft. a vein was taken from my left thigh and used to replace... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:11:41 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1075219 ok......well some of you know my surgery was rescheduled for  tuesday,the 27th. so-i get to shower TWO more times with that lovely surgical soap .  i was at the point of feeling somewhat "ready" and accepting of my surgery and then BAM-the rug was pulled out from under me ! ... Sat, 24 May 2008 14:45:40 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1065343 will have my mirtral valve repaired. if it can't be fixed-i'll get a mechanical one. also=i have a small blockage on a coronary artery. the surgeon said that if he doesn't repair it b4 he does the valve-i will have a heart attack on the table.....there is a question of other valves-one t... Tue, 20 May 2008 10:13:27 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1059062 well-i had my heart MRI thursday. it was awful-i'm kinda claustrophobic! and then you have to have your arms above your head-which is kinda hard normally. but i have bursitis in my left shoulder. about 3/4 into it i told them i couldn't take the pain in my shoulder anymore. so they pulled me... Sat, 17 May 2008 13:11:18 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/45039/journal/1037667 tomorrow,i am having the TEE done.....that's-trans esophageal echo cardiogram. they will do an echo via my esophagus cuz it's right  behind my heart and will tell more than a regular echo. so-gotta be there at 10:30. will be sedated during it! this will maybe confirm that my tricuspid a... Thu, 08 May 2008 12:22:22 +0100