I'm sitting in the cardiologists office. I just had an ekg that took longer to hook me up to then actually take the damn test. Wasn't worth the pulled hair.
sorry to hear that brother!
my step-daughter had aorta surgery about 4 years ago and it was SCARY
she came out just fine and I'm sure you will too.
thoughts from my family to yours
Chriso just decided to bump it.
Heh yeah just catching up on my mile-deep Inbox. Better late than never. Well. Uh. In most cases, anyways.
No joke though, now that you've had all of this recuperative effort, I would bet you're now in wayyy better shape than me, dude.
The past two years of idling have not been kind to my fleshy bits at all. Stairs are a Big Obstacle these days between the lack of breath, the dizziness, the ankles, the knees... Luckily I'm out of my desk job, and into a new one with a reasonable (but not overwhelming) amount of stairs and a decent cross-building walk.
But I don't think "daily activity" will fix this, I need to look into finding a P/T program or a fitness trainer or something. One of your posts from March-or-April-ish stuck with me, you had expressed frustration at your body not performing what you felt was a simple task, within what you've "always been able to do". That really got into my head.
I just need to focus on it, without beating myself up over it, I know I can build my initiative up again. I'm just not very good at the whole Life Changes thing. Not my forte at all.
With this! Getting in shape ain't easy. Good luck!Actually I'm not in all that great of shape. I did great during cardiac rehab, but after that I started rehabbing a condo and moving into it which took me 4 months, so I never did what I should have and got to a gym to keep the motivation going. I really need to. I'm good when I actually work out, it's getting to the gym that's my downfall. I wish you were here, we could push each other.
You haven't noticed the date of this thread have you? The surgery was LAST Feb. Chriso just decided to bump it. I'm doing great.
Thanks for the thoughts though.
Hey, if anyone pops in here, I just wanted to mention that one of our members Boswell is having Mitral Valve surgery today....so hold him in your thoughts.
nukinfuts29 said:Man you guys make me feel old.
I'm only 27, but my weight gain lately is out of control.
At our age you can reverse that simply with 20min cardio 5 days a week and making simple food substitutions (i.e. brown rice instead of white, etc.)
I'm 6'4" and I've weighed between 200 and 215 for the last 8 or 9 years just by making simple adjustments.
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Revvy,
They can rebuild you. They have the technology.....
Feel better mang. I'm sure you'll be right as rain after the surgery. I had brain surgery myself this past summer and keep pace with your rehab, but don't push it. You'll be a little bit tired and exhausted at first, but you'll be back to chasing skirts in no time.
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