A quick before photo with my new favorite t shirt.
Just a quick update. Thanks to all of you for your support prayers and well-wishes. Let me tell you this, they give you some really good stuff when they operate on you but as soon as that wears off then reality sets in. I had a rough morning this morning had a hard time breathing, very shallow and if you cough it just about kills you but then I needed to cough because I had some phlegm in my throat but all is getting better once we got on top of the pain meds. I've been sitting up in a chair for a few hours at a time and I'm breathing through one of these little machines and doing quite well I'm doing a better job of transitioning between the bed and the chair without hurting a lot. I have 3 drain tubes in. They're about the size of a dime or maybe a penny and hopefully those will come out in a day or two two. Problem is they go up in between your rib cage and your lungs so it really hurts on both sides your ribs when you have to cough or even the hiccups LOL. They say I'm really doing very very well for just getting out of surgery yesterday afternoon so if that's good news thanks again for all your support guys it really means a lot.
It's awsome you feel well enough to type out an update.Just a quick update. Thanks to all of you for your support prayers and well-wishes. Let me tell you this, they give you some really good stuff when they operate on you but as soon as that wears off then reality sets in. I had a rough morning this morning had a hard time breathing, very shallow and if you cough it just about kills you but then I needed to cough because I had some phlegm in my throat but all is getting better once we got on top of the pain meds. I've been sitting up in a chair for a few hours at a time and I'm breathing through one of these little machines and doing quite well I'm doing a better job of transitioning between the bed and the chair without hurting a lot. I have 3 drain tubes in. They're about the size of a dime or maybe a penny and hopefully those will come out in a day or two two. Problem is they go up in between your rib cage and your lungs so it really hurts on both sides your ribs when you have to cough or even the hiccups LOL. They say I'm really doing very very well for just getting out of surgery yesterday afternoon so if that's good news thanks again for all your support guys it really means a lot.
I like the shirt..
That is an awesome shirt for the heart surgery!!!! Now don't laugh... but I am dang glad you didn't have prostate surgery!!!!! Get well soon TMM!!!
Your body has been through a lot in the last week or so... all the stress of thinking about the surgery, all the tests leading up to it, and the surgery itself, then you have the recovery with all the poking and prodding and it all adds up to needing rest. Very understandable that you are so tired. But that will get better! Just think about how you will feel this fall when the leaves start turning, apples are ripening and pumpkins need carving and cooler temperatures!!!So tired today
Yo TMM, Hemi and I came to visit you on the Cardio floor. We had a sack full of greasy burgers, a couple of pizza slices and a fair amount of Shandy tucked under our arm. We were unceremoniously tossed off the floor by one of those cute little nurses you were talking about with no sense of humor. She was muttering something about the grease dripping on the floor after it had soaked thru the bag and we may or may not have been sipping a nice single malt on the way. She started explaining about your new diet or something. Hah! We said we could trade out for a more healthy version and so we came back with some fried chicken and sausage gravy, she looked at us like WTF? We explained it was health food, to no avail. So we left yet again and returned with option three, a pure liquid diet of single malts and Shandy. At this point she threw her hands up in the air and in an exasperated voice With adjectives shouted, get out you idiots and get that dumb dog off my floor or I am calling the Sheriffs. Hemi and I beat feet before they tossed us in the clink. Reckon we will just have to wait and see ya once you get back home.