Yes, I thought people who have my read my texts would appreciate that, ha ha!For those of you who know doddg can you imagine him talking a lot? HA HA!
Especially those who actually have met me and
had to endure my constant chatter!
Yes, I thought people who have my read my texts would appreciate that, ha ha!For those of you who know doddg can you imagine him talking a lot? HA HA!
Glad you are doing wellTAVR procedure done.
New valve in place: amazing!
Took me back to surgery at 10am & by noon I was running my mouth to everyone in the room & had them laughing.
Glad your new valve procedure went good and was quick...most automotive valve jobs take a lot longer ... LOL. Hope your recovery continues and you can get back to normal activities soon...so you can get that blood pumping unrestricted now!Things going better today:
– sore/swollen throat is very tolerable today
– when I breathe in deep my chest/heart doesn't ache at all
– Last night and in the middle of the night my blood pressure shot up to 170/80
Just now it was 148/52,
So,
Looks like it will get down to the usual 130/70
All the above things are normal for getting a new valve,
but,
since I've never had a new one before it did make me wonder, ha ha!
Absolute funniest thing I've heard all day talking about automotive valves taking longer, ha ha!Glad your new valve procedure went good and was quick...most automotive valve jobs take a lot longer ... LOL. Hope your recovery continues and you can get back to normal activities soon...so you can get that blood pumping unrestricted now!
But, make sure you follow doctors orders and don't try to do TOO MUCH TOO SOON! Increase your workouts over time...slow and steady wins the race.
Glad you have a self propelled mower to make things easier but be careful lifting those heavy bags.Absolute funniest thing I've heard all day talking about automotive valves taking longer, ha ha!
For me, that is the hard part:
Don't try to do too much, too soon.
I have been fairly limited
&
moving slow because of fatigue.
I'm hoping that simply resuming what I'm doing will be a piece a cake
but
I will be slow about getting back to the gym.
I do have a small yard in my lawnmower has power in all four wheels so it's long but can walk I think I'll be fine mulching leaves and the sort of thing I would normally do this time of year.
I hoisted up the 50 pound salt bags into the water softener even before
I came in the hospital
so
I don't have to do that for another month, ha ha!
I do intend to go to the range Friday, ha ha!
My wife might pitch a fit,
so
we'll see how that goes, ha ha!
Those 50# bags are hard enough b/c of no handles like the 40#Glad you have a self propelled mower to make things easier but be careful lifting those heavy bags.
Maybe she'll let you go to the range if you let her drive you there, carry your gear, setup your targets, gather your brass...nah...forget that suggestion...LOL
But with winter and snow right around the corner DON"T think you can go right out and shovel snow. We see WAY too many chest pains medical calls for guys doing that much strenuous work so quickly. You're all bundled up...temperature shoots up...heart rate and blood pressure skyrocket...bad combo! That's a very risky activity especially during recovery!
Take it easy so you are still around to ENJOY the things you really like to do.
Well just be careful ENJOYING your shoveling during recovery...moderation, moderation...got it?those 50 pound bags are hard enough,
I wouldn't even think of trying it trying it till about 6 weeks from now when I would have to put two more bags in.
good point about the range.
My range bag can get quite heavy
&
I never even thought of that!
I have a snowblower for snow that I haven't had to use the past two years but this could be the winner I got to get it out.
I always enjoy the work out shoveling a little driveway
and
sidewalk now that I moved
&
I don't have 50yds and a landing to shovel.
I'm no doctor, but pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and getting after it shortly after major surgery is asking for trouble. I'm fairly certain we lost our CEO after heart valve replacement because she felt so great. Great enough that two weeks post surgery, she jumped her car and drove 14 hours non-stop, visited her mother the next day and then drove 14 hours back the following. The next day walking her dog she died from a clot.Got home Wednesday mid-afternoon after the surgery.
Didn't feel that great mid-afternoon & evening & mostly slept, then slept some more, then went to bed about 9 pm.
I think I'd been running on adrenaline since right after the surgery b/c of the relief & happiness of getting it behind me.
I just crashed after getting home, since I could feel it in the car driving home (Carol drove, ha).
I don't feel like doing much b/c it took more out of me than I realized.
It's usually hard for me to take it easy after hospitalizations, but I'll not renew my gym membership this week or this month, haha!
Being homebound certainly doesn't do anything for my mental health.
Perhaps I'll channel my wanting to be running errands hither & thither by traveling out to the garage & shed to organize the shelves & the tools, haha!
I take to heart what you are saying,I'm no doctor, but pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and getting after it shortly after major surgery is asking for trouble. I'm fairly certain we lost our CEO after heart valve replacement because she felt so great. Great enough that two weeks post surgery, she jumped her car and drove 14 hours non-stop, visited her mother the next day and then drove 14 hours back the following. The next day walking her dog she died from a clot.
It may be hard mentally to stay down, but find something that will occupy your mind. Your body is telling you it needs rest. Don't override it because you are typically a high energy guy.
There has been too many deaths this year from people I know. I/we don't want to hear that you added to the count.
I have a snow blower that will facilitate snow removal, haha!Glad you have a self propelled mower to make things easier but be careful lifting those heavy bags.
Maybe she'll let you go to the range if you let her drive you there, carry your gear, setup your targets, gather your brass...nah...forget that suggestion...LOL
But with winter and snow right around the corner DON"T think you can go right out and shovel snow. We see WAY too many chest pains medical calls for guys doing that much strenuous work so quickly. You're all bundled up...temperature shoots up...heart rate and blood pressure skyrocket...bad combo! That's a very risky activity especially during recovery!
Take it easy so you are still around to ENJOY the things you really like to do.
Still...heed the great advice you got above and realize that YOUR body is telling...no demanding...you back off. You don't want to get to the point that it's screaming at you.... "Hey DA...aren't you listening to me?"I have a snow blower that will facilitate snow removal, haha!
I thought that organizing the shelves would be the most mundane & safe thing I could think of to keep out of trouble, which is why they don't get organized, haha!Still...heed the great advice you got above and realize that YOUR body is telling...no demanding...you back off. You don't want to get to the point that it's screaming at you.... "Hey DA...aren't you listening to me?"
Any thing that you think you need to get done right now can't be more important than your recovery and it will STILL be there after you get stronger. Organizing shelves? Sorry that kinda stuff can wait. Instead find something to binge watch on Netflix...like Ozark or Punisher or The Last Kingdom...or watch Extraction again...
The last thing you want is to slip backwards in your recovery or make matters worse.
Give it time, it takes longer to heal the older we get! Get it? Got it! Good!
I hear you!Got my range invoice for 2022 and found they upped the cost 40 bucks.
Started looking at other places and found one that has a discount for age 62 and up.
I'm sure the rangemasters would agree!It may sound funny to most, but I kinda wish they would increase our range membership rate. More money for improvements and hopefully less riff raff.
I go almost every week so I get my money's worth.