Re: Recovering From Surgery

September 25, 2004

I also want to thank all of you who remain active in the groups. Iso look forward to reading the postings everyday as it is my onlycontact with the outside world.Gail

Prayers and well wishes are being sent your way for a fast recovery !

Les

September 25, 2004

Gail, I am so relieved to hear from you and glad you are posting. Bless you

so much.

Give your son a huge thanks for getting word out you made it thru.

You listen to the doc and take it slow and let your family take care of you.

My prayers and hopes for your quick recovery and healing.

Jill

Recovering From Surgery

> HI All,

>

> Thank you for the prayers and good wishes that were offered by many

> of you. I had the surgery on Wednesday, Sept 22. The surgeon did not

> attempt to do the surgery as discussed. When he opened up my chest

> he found it was far too risky to cut through the sternum as it is

> basically touching the heart. There was not even a millimetre of

> space separating them. Instead the surgeon just took out the old

> wire as it was broken in several spots and rewired the sternum. He

> is hoping that since the ends of the wire were poking inwards

> instead of outwards that some of the problems I was experiencing

> before the surgery will be gone. He did try scraping the sternum

> without cutting it. I can't tell yet if there is any difference

> since the surgery.

>

> There is a large swelling at the top of the incision as well as 2

> small infected areas along the incision.They are being monitored

> daily. There is a lot of post surgery pain but that is to be

> expected. This time I have pain in the middle of my back, didn't

> have that before. During the surgery I still had the same tubes,

> IV's as during the original bypass.

>

> I am on complete rest except for daily walks for 3 months which will

> take me right to Christmas. It will be interesting to see how my

> family copes as I have been forbidden to do any cooking, cleaning or

> laundry.

>

> I now have vertigo - caused by fluid in the inner ear. To most this

> might not seem such a bothersome problem but I absolutely cannot

> stand motion of any kind so this constant spinning feeling is making

> me very nauseous.

>

> My blood sugars have been very good and are remaining stable -

> between 5.1 and 5.5 so that is good.

>

> I continue to take Lipitor - 10mg without problems but I do take

> CoQ10 also. I mention this since I am posting this message to all

> groups that I belong to. Even though I can take the Lipitor I watch

> the statin postings as a person can never have too much knowledge

> and I realize at some point I might no longer be able to take them.

>

> I also want to thank all of you who remain active in the groups. I

> so look forward to reading the postings everyday as it is my only

> contact with the outside world.

>

> Gail

>

September 25, 2004

Jill,

Thanks - I can always count on you for a quick posting

Gail

> Gail, I am so relieved to hear from you and glad you are posting.

Bless you

> so much.

> Give your son a huge thanks for getting word out you made it thru.

> You listen to the doc and take it slow and let your family take

care of you.

> My prayers and hopes for your quick recovery and healing.

> Jill

> Recovering From Surgery

>

> > HI All,

> >

> > Thank you for the prayers and good wishes that were offered by

many

> > of you. I had the surgery on Wednesday, Sept 22. The surgeon did

not

> > attempt to do the surgery as discussed. When he opened up my

chest

> > he found it was far too risky to cut through the sternum as it is

> > basically touching the heart. There was not even a millimetre of

> > space separating them. Instead the surgeon just took out the old

> > wire as it was broken in several spots and rewired the sternum.

He

> > is hoping that since the ends of the wire were poking inwards

> > instead of outwards that some of the problems I was experiencing

> > before the surgery will be gone. He did try scraping the sternum

> > without cutting it. I can't tell yet if there is any difference

> > since the surgery.

> >

> > There is a large swelling at the top of the incision as well as 2

> > small infected areas along the incision.They are being monitored

> > daily. There is a lot of post surgery pain but that is to be

> > expected. This time I have pain in the middle of my back, didn't

> > have that before. During the surgery I still had the same tubes,

> > IV's as during the original bypass.

> >

> > I am on complete rest except for daily walks for 3 months which

will

> > take me right to Christmas. It will be interesting to see how my

> > family copes as I have been forbidden to do any cooking,

cleaning or

> > laundry.

> >

> > I now have vertigo - caused by fluid in the inner ear. To most

this

> > might not seem such a bothersome problem but I absolutely cannot

> > stand motion of any kind so this constant spinning feeling is

making

> > me very nauseous.

> >

> > My blood sugars have been very good and are remaining stable -

> > between 5.1 and 5.5 so that is good.

> >

> > I continue to take Lipitor - 10mg without problems but I do take

> > CoQ10 also. I mention this since I am posting this message to all

> > groups that I belong to. Even though I can take the Lipitor I

watch

> > the statin postings as a person can never have too much knowledge

> > and I realize at some point I might no longer be able to take

them.

> >

> > I also want to thank all of you who remain active in the groups.

I

> > so look forward to reading the postings everyday as it is my only

> > contact with the outside world.

> >

> > Gail

> >

September 26, 2004

Gail,

I am so glad that the surgery is over for you.

Been doing a lot of thinking of you over the past several

days and am glad to hear that it well relatively well.

I am so hoping that this time, it will have a much better

result for you than the last time around.

Please do keep us posted on your well being AND continue

to take the CoQ10

Ed