Golddiggie
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This mean you'll be giving up your 'cyborg' status soon? :rockin: Or will you always be one of the Borg? 
It's official, I'm having heart surgery on Feb 18th...wow, it's real now.
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This mean you'll be giving up your 'cyborg' status soon? :rockin: Or will you always be one of the Borg?
Borg status is permanent unfortunately.
Golddiggie
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As long as they don't try to "assimilate" my home brew... They better keep their hands off my BC, grains and hops too... 
ChshreCat
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Being married to a Borg, I can say that a little resistance can be fun, but it gets better when you surrender.
tallybrewer
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Just take comfort that you have one helluva backup in place!
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Stress Test 9am this morning, we put the metal to the road and see if all this stuff, the new valve and the pacemaker actually work. I'm kinda excited and kinda scared at the same time. Plus I'll see how really out of shape I am.
Borg status is permanent unfortunately.
Locutus Lager??
(dmmt... Showing my geek side again...)
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S**t S**t S**t....I feel like all this was for nothing, the surgery, the pacemaker, everything.
I feel like such an abject failure. I feel like I did worse than a 90 year old man on the treadmill who hasn't had surgery yet.
I don't think I made it to 5 minute on a moderate pace. I know I made it through the first 3 minutes at a pretty slow/average pace and a slight incline. But after 3 minutes he raised it up a little faster and a little more of an angle and I don't know if I made it another minute.
Next thing you know I was bent over trying to catch and dry heaving, just like before the surgery. And that was it for the test. Then he had me sit and monitored me for 5 minutes while I got it together.
This blows....I used to be able to do 30 minutes on a treadmill at a pretty fast clip and a steep incline, as a warm up to an hour workout, with another 10-15 minute treadmill cool down.
That was only a couple years ago. I posted on here two years ago about completing 3 complete circuits of my gyms pace room. I found a post from may of 09.
The tech didn't see anything bad on any of the monitors I was on. He thinks that it's nothing wrong with the valve or anything, just that I'm way out of shape. He said that this is just a baseline and that cardiac rehab is going to slowly bring me back. But what if he's wrong?
What if all this is for nothing.
I expected to be able to do 15 minutes or more with no problem, did I just set my hopes too high?
f**k.
I feel like such an abject failure. I feel like I did worse than a 90 year old man on the treadmill who hasn't had surgery yet.
I don't think I made it to 5 minute on a moderate pace. I know I made it through the first 3 minutes at a pretty slow/average pace and a slight incline. But after 3 minutes he raised it up a little faster and a little more of an angle and I don't know if I made it another minute.
Next thing you know I was bent over trying to catch and dry heaving, just like before the surgery. And that was it for the test. Then he had me sit and monitored me for 5 minutes while I got it together.
This blows....I used to be able to do 30 minutes on a treadmill at a pretty fast clip and a steep incline, as a warm up to an hour workout, with another 10-15 minute treadmill cool down.
That was only a couple years ago. I posted on here two years ago about completing 3 complete circuits of my gyms pace room. I found a post from may of 09.
The tech didn't see anything bad on any of the monitors I was on. He thinks that it's nothing wrong with the valve or anything, just that I'm way out of shape. He said that this is just a baseline and that cardiac rehab is going to slowly bring me back. But what if he's wrong?
What if all this is for nothing.
I expected to be able to do 15 minutes or more with no problem, did I just set my hopes too high?
f**k.
FromZwolle
I don't want to be cremated, I want to be malted.
someone recently tore a hole in your chest, cut out a piece of your heart, and slapped some bacon in there! recovery for that sort of thing is going to take a little more patience!
ironic idn't it?
ironic idn't it?
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LOL.
I know, it's just hard. I'm so anxious to be able to do stuff again. And to get back into shape. I just want to be normal. And I thought I was going to be like Rocky and kick butt on the treadmill this morning. Not nearly be puking after only a few minutes.
commonsenseman
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Man, that must be frustrating. Time is your friend though, I'm sure you'll be wrestling grizzly bears soon enough.
It will come with time, but you'll have to listen to the doctors and settle on a reasonable excercise schedule to get you there.
ChshreCat
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LOL.
I know, it's just hard. I'm so anxious to be able to do stuff again. And to get back into shape. I just want to be normal. And I thought I was going to be like Rocky and kick butt on the treadmill this morning. Not nearly be puking after only a few minutes.
It took you a few minutes? Ya passed me up already!
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I just heard from Dale (manhattanksbrewer) this morning. His surgery went well, most of the tubes are out and he's up and walking. He should be out of the hospital sometime this weekend.
FromZwolle
I don't want to be cremated, I want to be malted.
that's great! thanks for the update, i've been wondering about him.
Hey, Revvy... just wanted you to know I've been thinking about you every once in a while... just remember that recovery is a long process. I agree with the Rocky quote above, but it's good to have a kick-ass attitude.
Yes, Revvy, I thought of you last night as I sipped on my Bourbon Oak Stout while snowblowing. Man, I bet Revvy wishes he could be doing this right now!
Revvy, you'll have to work hard for quite a while but you're going to improve. It just takes a while for muscles (including the heart) to strengthen, for blood vessels to sprout, and for your body to become more efficient at extracting and using oxygen. Keep at it, OK?LOL.
I know, it's just hard. I'm so anxious to be able to do stuff again. And to get back into shape. I just want to be normal. And I thought I was going to be like Rocky and kick butt on the treadmill this morning. Not nearly be puking after only a few minutes.
manhattanksbrewer
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yay they ley me go home today thanks to all for prayers and well wishes
manhattanksbrewer
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Originally Posted by Revvy View Post
LOL.
I know, it's just hard. I'm so anxious to be able to do stuff again. And to get back into shape. I just want to be normal. And I thought I was going to be like Rocky and kick butt on the treadmill this morning. Not nearly be puking after only a few minutes.
Well i tell you what I am in army national guard 6 months ago i was doing push ups sit ups and attempting to run 2 miles LOL now im lucky if i can walk fast out to edge of yard and back to check the mail!!!!! we both just had major trauma to our major organs that control that ability. Yours was worse than mine I only needed valve replacement not pace maker so revvy as a great man once said "relax don't worry have a home-brew" you will get there my friend!
LOL.
I know, it's just hard. I'm so anxious to be able to do stuff again. And to get back into shape. I just want to be normal. And I thought I was going to be like Rocky and kick butt on the treadmill this morning. Not nearly be puking after only a few minutes.
Well i tell you what I am in army national guard 6 months ago i was doing push ups sit ups and attempting to run 2 miles LOL now im lucky if i can walk fast out to edge of yard and back to check the mail!!!!! we both just had major trauma to our major organs that control that ability. Yours was worse than mine I only needed valve replacement not pace maker so revvy as a great man once said "relax don't worry have a home-brew" you will get there my friend!
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Yeah I was kinda waiting for you to come back online last week to talk to you about it. I figured from your FB page you were active duty or something, and probably were more fit than me. SO you'd be a good one to bounce this off of. I've been pretty much sidelined for a year and a half or so or whenever my valve to a powder. It's gonna be really interesting to see what happens with your first post surgery stress test in a month or so.
Looks like we're going through this together, buddy!!!
manhattanksbrewer
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What i found very funny is after surgery the dr said he dont even know how i walked into surgery my opening was only 8 millimeters and the valve they put in was 25 mm he don't even know how i was functioning told him it was hardheadedness LOL yes i will definitely let you know how im getting along
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Sounds like mine, it was smaller than a dime, the surgeon said the surrounding tissue was calcified, and he had to do the same thing, widen the hole. But also the calcification spread to the node, and that's why my heart wouldn't re-start and they had to put in the pacemaker.
I'm curious what meds you're on now that you're out of the hospital...If you don't wanna mention them publicly...I'm curious about how different docs deal with this and what they put you on. My meds will prolly change this week, I see the cardiologist on tuesday now that I've had all those followup tests.
Sounds like good news for both of you!
manhattanksbrewer
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I opted for mechanical valve so I will be on blood thinners (coumadin) the rest of my life and im on a blood pressure medicine (Lopressor) just until everything is regulated, and next 2 i have to take for next ten days Lasix for water retention after surgery K-dur a supplement for pottasium due to lasix LOL and i have percocet for pain
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