It's official, I'm having heart surgery on Feb 18th...wow, it's real now.

[chapa]

That's crazy they wake you up that much through the night, and I'm sure once its daylight out and they wake you up at 5 or 6am there is no going back to sleep. Hope you recover soon, and can get the hell outta there!

 

[glenn514]

Yuppers, the man is complaining already...time to kick him out of the hospital!

Glad to know you are feeling better. Color to the ears...who knew? Keep getting better. All the n00bs need ya! And the rest of us just like hearing from ya!

glenn514

 

[Bedlam]

Well, it stands to reason that if blood is going to your EARS for the first time in forever, then blood just might be migrating south with more efficiency, too. Good on ya for a solid indicator of recovery!

If you tell the attending physician you are having erotic thoughts/responses about him, particularly while he is rounding with a gaggle of medical students and residents, you are practically guaranteed a discharge that very day. Then, you can sleep in peace. Just a helpful tip from a medical professional. You are welcome. :-D

 

[bob1852]

If you tell the attending physician you are having erotic thoughts/responses about him, [snip] you are practically guaranteed a discharge.

oh my.

 

[northernlad]

A rant over constantly being woken up every hour in Sicu, and every 4 in the cardio ward By Revvy.

I've come to suspect that the every four hours vitals checking probably
contravenes the body's natural capacity to use sleep as a heal method. As I sit here in my chair, in the cardio ward having not hadd too much sleep (though more than the last few nights,) I'm wondering if it's not bureaucratic medicine and the pharmaceutical industry's conspiracy to actually have to pay vast sums of money for something that, with enough time, the body can do for free.

We've all heard for years that sleep is nature's great healer, yet in the place where theoretically the greatest place of hearing is supposed to be, this old maxim is virtually ignored in favor of data collection with then usually results in the dispensation of drugs to "promote" healing.

Maybe if you'd let me sleep even the minimum that is recommended daily requirement for health and happiness I'd actually feel better, and my bones could be allowed to knit naturally.

Think about this. I'm on heart monitor right now, which is I think monitoring my heart rate, respiratory function and god knows what else. For most of the week especially in bed, I've been hooked to a BP cup and Oxygen censor. So why for god sakes can't you just hook me back to those things at bedtime along with the wifi heart monitor (heck why couldn't you plug the Bp cup and o2 finger sensor INTO my heart monitor) I'm already on and let me sleep? Why do you need to come into my room every 4 hours to do these things?

Again, we know sleep is an important factor, so why won't you let us sleep. You can't deny the role of sleep in healing. Dr Larry Wilson say's this about it;



There's countless articles such as this, about the role of sleep in wound healing.



Yet since the days even before Clara Barton, institutional medicine has adopted the idea of a constant 24 hour cycle of taking vital signs every 4 hours or so, even during the darkest parts of the night, when it would seem our bodies could best benefit from a simple full night's sleep, which it seems from the literature to allow the body to produce on it's own those healing compounds.

I keep coming upon articles by nurses about pretty much what I've been saying about the role of sleep in healing, but they never seem to mention their own culpability it this seeming contradiction or hypocrisy.

Florence Nightengale even wrote of this nearly 200 years ago;



So why oh why can't you just let me sleep?

/rant.

Annnd..... He's back.

 

[smizak]

A rant over constantly being woken up every hour in Sicu, and every 4 in the cardio ward By Revvy.

I've come to suspect that the every four hours vitals checking probably
contravenes the body's natural capacity to use sleep as a heal method. As I sit here in my chair, in the cardio ward having not hadd too much sleep (though more than the last few nights,) I'm wondering if it's not bureaucratic medicine and the pharmaceutical industry's conspiracy to actually have to pay vast sums of money for something that, with enough time, the body can do for free.

We've all heard for years that sleep is nature's great healer, yet in the place where theoretically the greatest place of hearing is supposed to be, this old maxim is virtually ignored in favor of data collection with then usually results in the dispensation of drugs to "promote" healing.

Maybe if you'd let me sleep even the minimum that is recommended daily requirement for health and happiness I'd actually feel better, and my bones could be allowed to knit naturally.

Think about this. I'm on heart monitor right now, which is I think monitoring my heart rate, respiratory function and god knows what else. For most of the week especially in bed, I've been hooked to a BP cup and Oxygen censor. So why for god sakes can't you just hook me back to those things at bedtime along with the wifi heart monitor (heck why couldn't you plug the Bp cup and o2 finger sensor INTO my heart monitor) I'm already on and let me sleep? Why do you need to come into my room every 4 hours to do these things?

Again, we know sleep is an important factor, so why won't you let us sleep. You can't deny the role of sleep in healing. Dr Larry Wilson say's this about it;



There's countless articles such as this, about the role of sleep in wound healing.



Yet since the days even before Clara Barton, institutional medicine has adopted the idea of a constant 24 hour cycle of taking vital signs every 4 hours or so, even during the darkest parts of the night, when it would seem our bodies could best benefit from a simple full night's sleep, which it seems from the literature to allow the body to produce on it's own those healing compounds.

I keep coming upon articles by nurses about pretty much what I've been saying about the role of sleep in healing, but they never seem to mention their own culpability it this seeming contradiction or hypocrisy.

Florence Nightengale even wrote of this nearly 200 years ago;



So why oh why can't you just let me sleep?

/rant.

Hahaha, f-in Revvy.

I've heard that the biggest pain in the a$$ patients tend to be the best survivors. Keep it up man.

 

[ChshreCat]

Now he just needs to load that up on ctrl-v so anytime a noob asks him how he's sleeping, he can paste it in.

 

[smizak]

LOL.

"I keep waking up every four hours to check my beer because I think it's ruined because the little grommet for the air lock got pushed in, what do I do!?!?!?!?!"

 

[Revvy]

I may be getting discharged in the next few hours, or tomorrow morning. We're just waiting on the surgeon to sign off.

 

[Hermit]

I may be getting discharged in the next few hours, or tomorrow morning. We're just waiting on the surgeon to sign off.

You can't sign it when no one is looking?

 

[northernlad]

LOL.

"I keep waking up every four hours to check my beer because I think it's ruined because the little grommet for the air lock got pushed in, what do I do!?!?!?!?!"

QFT

I may be getting discharged in the next few hours, or tomorrow morning. We're just waiting on the surgeon to sign off.

Congratulations. Make sure to ask how many Homebrews he prescribes.

 

[tchuklobrau]

Man revvy gald to hear all is well so far(besides them lettin u sleep). I have two freinds who have had similar surgeries to you, so I know what you are going through> May you recover as well as they did. Best wishes, cant w8 to see your avatar in every other post again.

 

[ChshreCat]

Before you go, you might have the docs look at that discharge first. That's not a good thing.

 

[rod]

great to hear you are doing so well.
told you that you would be around to enjoy your special brew!!

 

[Revvy]

I'm setup at my big Sister's place. Had a nice AND TASTY dinner of roast chicken, corn, salad and Frank's Red Sauce (which if some of you were reading my facebook or Taproom posts last night,) I was craving something with flavor. Though it's higher in salt than I wanted, this is a special occasion. We found a low salt cayenne sauce online yesterday.

 

[Reelale]

Before you go, you might have the docs look at that discharge first. That's not a good thing.

Man, that's messed-up. But yeah, get it checked.

 

[davcar74]

New around here, but your posts have helped me through some questions and sticky moments. Good luck with the cardiac rehab. Expect it to be tough, but you'll get a lot out of it...those folks are miracle workers....You'll get into the gym in no time...

 

[jds]

Welcome back, Revvy.

I think they know it's time to discharge you when you start bitching at them about the lack of sleep and terrible food.

I had similar experiences during my one extended hospital stay of 4 nights. By the time I was ready to go home, I was one cranky ****er. I just wanted real food and to sleep more than 4 hours at a pop.

 

[mlyday]

So what beer are ya brewin' first.

Pacemaker Pale Ale

or

Mis-shapen O'Weenus scottish ale.

 

[TxBrew]

Glad you're out Revvy!

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Glad to hear everything went in your favor. After recovery, healing, etc., time to fire up the kettles!

 

[msarro]

Glad to hear you're well. I don't really know you yet, but I've read a ton of your posts. God speed.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Revvy, good luck on your surgery. I'll have to brew a bacon beer in your honor.

 

[ChshreCat]

Revvy, good luck on your surgery. I'll have to brew a bacon beer in your honor.

Way to keep up to date there.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Way to keep up to date there.

Ok, so I haven't been online for a while...

Still, I hope he's doing well.

 

[Revvy]

Pics or it didn't happen. Taken in my goth neice who's away at college room that I'm recoverying in's room at my sister's house. Not a great pic but you should be able to see the incission, the bump where the pacemaker is at, the bandaids covering where the chest tubes went in, various other holes where things were jammed in, tape goop from the ekg leads and maybe even the bruises from the countless ivs and needle pokes. Handsome ain't I?

 

[helmstreet]

Looking sharp, revvy. Keep on keeping on!

 

[DrinkinSurfer]

Godspeed Sir

 

[Shooter]

You should have turned on those Christmas lights. They would have been a nice touch on the photo!

Seriously, you can tell you've been through the fire, but you came out better on the other side!

 

[MattHollingsworth]

Best of luck for a speedy and thorough recovery.