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Hello,
I don't post a lot in here but I've been gone awhile.
If anyone missed me I thought I'd explain what happened.
What did I do to exercise today?
Well, I am glad you asked.
I'm walking.
And walking some more.
Up and onward............tally ho!
And I'm using a walker to do it.
I know, sounds redundant.
The reason I am walking is because that is about all I can do right now.
On June 16th I had a heart attack. Not too bad of one, but still................
Aid car came and stabilized me and off we go to the hospital.
Hospital calmed me down and did their thing.
I slept through the night (good drugs) and in the morning they scheduled an angio.
On the angio table I had what they called a 'massive heart attack'.
Go big or go home I guess. I remember nothing about this or anything else for the next 4 days.
Surgery was 7 hours and change and the last thing the doctor told my wife
before starting was "it's serious and he may not make it".
I did make it just in case you're wondering, but doctor said it will be a long haul
as there is a lot of damage to my heart.
They did a 5-way bypass. Go big or go home again I guess.
4 days in ICU, didn't wake up for 3 days, 2 weeks in cardiac ward and 5 weeks in rehab.
It took me 2 weeks to be able to walk 100 feet. I am my own hero.
So now I'm home with my wife and pooch..............walking.
With my walker. Got almost 1000 feet today but I am pooped.
Tomorrow I will be walking, going to cardiac therapy and walking.
You may have noticed a theme here.
My wife was my rock.
With me every day for 8 to 10 hours for almost 2 months.
I cannot begin to tell you how much that woman means to me.
So, if you see an old man, a bit beat up around the edges, hanging on to a walker,
walking with his beautiful wife and little rat terrier just wave.
I'll try to wave back but if I let go of the walker with one hand I'll probably fall over.
I don't post a lot in here but I've been gone awhile.
If anyone missed me I thought I'd explain what happened.
What did I do to exercise today?
Well, I am glad you asked.
I'm walking.
And walking some more.
Up and onward............tally ho!
And I'm using a walker to do it.
I know, sounds redundant.
The reason I am walking is because that is about all I can do right now.
On June 16th I had a heart attack. Not too bad of one, but still................
Aid car came and stabilized me and off we go to the hospital.
Hospital calmed me down and did their thing.
I slept through the night (good drugs) and in the morning they scheduled an angio.
On the angio table I had what they called a 'massive heart attack'.
Go big or go home I guess. I remember nothing about this or anything else for the next 4 days.
Surgery was 7 hours and change and the last thing the doctor told my wife
before starting was "it's serious and he may not make it".
I did make it just in case you're wondering, but doctor said it will be a long haul
as there is a lot of damage to my heart.
They did a 5-way bypass. Go big or go home again I guess.
4 days in ICU, didn't wake up for 3 days, 2 weeks in cardiac ward and 5 weeks in rehab.
It took me 2 weeks to be able to walk 100 feet. I am my own hero.
So now I'm home with my wife and pooch..............walking.
With my walker. Got almost 1000 feet today but I am pooped.
Tomorrow I will be walking, going to cardiac therapy and walking.
You may have noticed a theme here.
My wife was my rock.
With me every day for 8 to 10 hours for almost 2 months.
I cannot begin to tell you how much that woman means to me.
So, if you see an old man, a bit beat up around the edges, hanging on to a walker,
walking with his beautiful wife and little rat terrier just wave.
I'll try to wave back but if I let go of the walker with one hand I'll probably fall over.