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

[Saccharomyces]

Welcome back dude... good to see you are doing well!

 

[sfinger]

Best wishes Revvy, I am sure when you are fully recovered you will have a lot more energy...

 

[Revvy]

Just walked around my sister's living room for 5 straight minutes...I'm a little breathy and sweaty but before surgery even taking a shower would have me to my knees gasping for air and sweating like a pig. Big difference.

Another thing is that I've been retaining water for god knows how long. A lot of this excess weight especially over the last year or more has been fluid. Saturday night in cardiac stepdown I was 306 pounds, today I weighed in at around 286 pounds. And I've been buying size 13 shoes lately. Including the slippers I'm wearing now. 3 weeks ago before going into the hospital they were so tight, now they are floppy and I can fit my thumbs in them....strange, eh?

 

[claphamsa]

306 WOW! you do NOT look that big in your pictures.....

 

[FromZwolle]

strange, or awsome?

keepin you on the prayer list, keep on gettin better!

 

[Hermit]

Just walked around my sister's living room for 5 straight minutes...I'm a little breathy and sweaty but before surgery even taking a shower would have me to my knees gasping for air and sweating like a pig. Big difference.

Another thing is that I've been retaining water for god knows how long. A lot of this excess weight especially over the last year or more has been fluid. Saturday night in cardiac stepdown I was 306 pounds, today I weighed in at around 286 pounds. And I've been buying size 13 shoes lately. Including the slippers I'm wearing now. 3 weeks ago before going into the hospital they were so tight, now they are floppy and I can fit my thumbs in them....strange, eh?

Your dehydrating. If only there was some beverage I could think of that would help with this......

 

[chapa]

Glad you are seeing noticeable improvements!!

 

[Revvy]

strange, or awsome?

keepin you on the prayer list, keep on gettin better!

I'm just glad I kept my "pre-fat" clothes, since I've had to more clothes over the last few months. I thought it was primarily just from inactivity, now I'm beginning to think a lot of it is water. I'm wondering how long ago the valve started to seriously began to deteriorate I wonder if it was around 3 years ago when I got hit with the flu, It corresponded with this weight gain. So if the valve was seriously going and I've been retaining water I wonder how much of this is "water weight?"

From about my 20th birthday til around the time I got sick, I wore a 36 waist, then suddenly I sprouted up.....hmmm

 

[Golddiggie]

Sounds like you're on your way to some serious good health... :rockin:

Glad to know that you're doing well. Hopefully you'll be back to brewing soon.

 

[paul]

Great too see that you are doing so good!

 

[ChshreCat]

I'm just glad I kept my "pre-fat" clothes, since I've had to more clothes over the last few months. I thought it was primarily just from inactivity, now I'm beginning to think a lot of it is water. I'm wondering how long ago the valve started to seriously began to deteriorate I wonder if it was around 3 years ago when I got hit with the flu, It corresponded with this weight gain. So if the valve was seriously going and I've been retaining water I wonder how much of this is "water weight?"

From about my 20th birthday til around the time I got sick, I wore a 36 waist, then suddenly I sprouted up.....hmmm

Your body is devoting a lot of resources to healing you, so I wouldn't be surprised if you lost a good chuck of weight in the process.

 

[timbudtwo]

Haven't been around here too long, but I value your posts Revvy (who I only think of as yoda because of your avatar.)

Get well. Get better. Live longer.

 

[sudsmcgee]

Your body is devoting a lot of resources to healing you, so I wouldn't be surprised if you lost a good chuck of weight in the process.

Plus I presume he's not drinking beer.

 

[Revvy]

Plus I presume he's not drinking beer.

Don't remind me......

Hence, in my desperation I was forced to start this thread- So how bad is O'Doul's Amber?

That's what you guys who started the make Revvy beer thread should have come up with, an N/A homebrew challenge. Try using the BYO Magazine article on How to Brew A Great Non-Alcoholic Beer, and make some NA/HB, and I would be the judge.....

*sigh* Oh well, the best laid plans.....



On a different note, I had the first great night sleep last night. I slept straight from midnight to 5:30 am, got up to go to the bathroom, then fell right back to sleep and woke up again around 9:30.

 

[MeatyPortion]

I'm still not drinking beer either so, hey.

 

[Revvy]

I'm still not drinking beer either so, hey.

See....now we have a second judge

We should have the Revyy/Meaty Post Surg N/A Challenge. :rockin:

 

[Dunerunner]

Sounds like you are recovering well Revvy!

The 1st HBT Revvy N/A Homebrew Contest sounds like a challange to me?

I'm game, anyone else?

 

[MeatyPortion]

See....now we have a second judge

We should have the Revyy/Meaty Post Surg N/A Challenge. :rockin:

My dream come true.

 

[Revvy]

Whelp, I see the cardiologist today for my first post surgery followup. It will be interesting to see if he got the surgeon's report yet and find out about the whole pacemaker thing, if the node really was calcified, or the surgeon nicked it during surgery (which I guess is common) or they nicked it trying to clear some of the calcification. Or if the heart didn't start again purely because it was too swollen from the surgery and if they had waited even longer (which after being on an external pacemaker for 3 days was probably long enough anyway,) if my heart's running on it's own now.

It will be cool to have him assess how good I'm doing. I keep forgetting to notice that I'm breathing better. Right now it's so focused on the pain and healing the chest from the surgery, that the reason FOR the surgery gets a bit lost in the mix.

I've also lost so much fluid weight since the surgery that I think I'm weighing less than when I first ended up at the cardioligost back in July. I've been holding fluid in my lungs for so long. I was 284.8 # at weigh in this morning.....that's quite a ways from the 306 I was on the Saturday before I got released.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I havn't been around much lately to keep up with any news, so i missed this.

Good health, good luck, and to use a quaint old English phrase that is often amusing to American ears.....Keep your pecker up!!

 

[Shooter]

Good health, good luck, and to use a quaint old English phrase that is often amusing to American ears.....Keep your pecker up!!

What's so amusing about that?!?!?!

 

[commonsenseman]

Congrats on losing some lbs Revvy. Hope you recover steadily & you won't have to settle for N/A beer!

 

[glenn514]

Geez, Revvy, your weight loss program sounds a whole lot easier than mine! I actually have to get off my ass and do my workout! But I have lost 35 pounds since October 2010, and more yet to be lost!

Keep healing, Dude! I look forward to a favorable report on your doctor visit today!

glenn514

 

[Revvy]

Just got back from seeing the cardiologist and running errands. Everything looks good on Dr. Gosselin's end. I have a million other appointments now. Gotta see the pacemaker guy for a system check of that. Have to have a fasting blood test next week. Have to have a stress test in 2 weeks, then see the cardiologist in 3 weeks and he'll then see if it's time for cardiac rehab. But so far he likes what he sees. I see the surgeon next week.

 

[Golddiggie]

That's great news Revvy... Did they install the fusion reactor in the pacemaker yet? Don't want that sucker running out... ever... :rockin:

 

[jkarp]

Just a quick shot of Revvy outside his house sporting his new pacemaker:

 

[Golddiggie]

NICE!! Bet someone was going after his brewing supplies... :rockin:

 

[passedpawn]

Don't remind me......

Hence, in my desperation I was forced to start this thread- So how bad is O'Doul's Amber?

That's what you guys who started the make Revvy beer thread should have come up with, an N/A homebrew challenge. Try using the BYO Magazine article on How to Brew A Great Non-Alcoholic Beer, and make some NA/HB, and I would be the judge.....

*sigh* Oh well, the best laid plans.....



On a different note, I had the first great night sleep last night. I slept straight from midnight to 5:30 am, got up to go to the bathroom, then fell right back to sleep and woke up again around 9:30.

FYI, I found that Beck's NA and Becks Dark NA are far better than the others. I think I've had them all.

 

[Bedlam]

Just a quick shot of Revvy outside his house sporting his new pacemaker:

Ha! If somebody could photoshop Revvy's awesome head of hair on his guy that would be pretty sweet. And fairly accurate, from what I understand

 

[meadowstream]

Hope you keep healing up strongly Revvy!