Getting stronger

[Carluke]

Tomorrow it will be 2 weeks I have been home. I have had a fantastic follow up by a cardiac nurse,who gave me a right bollocking. Firstly for doing too much walking and for not taking the right amount of pain killers. I am now doing 2x15 min walks and started the full paracetamol and codeine dosage. I am now able to do my chest exercises with hardly any discomfort which means I do them properly. From Monday I will slowly start to reduce the pain killers. I am increasing my walks by 5 minutes every Monday. I am more comfortable in bed now as I can get comfortable on my sides and I am sleeping longer. I am doing small jobs around my apartment,it’s surprising how satisfying it is to accomplish a small task. I am doing coughing and breathing exercises 3 times a day and the result of that is I can take the deepest breaths,been a while since I could do that. The best thing is that my heart is,it’s hard to explain but I suppose the best way is to say I don’t think about it as it doing what it’s supposed to do. Before I left hospital I had an echo done and there on the screen was a perfectly workin valve

[Flowerfanatic]

Fantastic- seems as if you’re doing very well and making good progress but do remember to ‘listen’ to your body and rest when you need to as well!

Best wishes,

Sarah

[080311]

Morning,

Good to read your post you are doing so well.

Aren’t our medical teams fantastic? We are the lucky ones.

Have a great weekend.

Best wishes Pauline

[Nettekin]

Hi carluke. Great to hear you are doing so well and in such a positive frame of mind. Doing what we are told is a big part of getting better! Take care x

[Sunnie2day]

Great update, thank-you! Especially like the way you're being so sensible about only adding five minutes per week to your walking programme.

[Hidden]

So glad to hear that you’re doing well. You needed that little telling off!

The Hearties ❤️ all said take the painkillers and take it easy .

I know - difficult isn’t it? We all want to run before we can walk.

Best wishes and do take care of yourself.

❤️Maisie❤️

[Magicfairy]

Hi Carluke, so glad all is well after the cardiac nurse had words with you 😂, keep behaving yourself you’ll soon be running, wishing you all the best 😊

[Bishop1]

Good morning. Great you feel so well. Keep it up. I'm 7 months post double bypass and I feel good. Must increase my exercise but arthritis in my foot has hampered me a lot. Take care x x

[francesw47]

Well now you have been told eh!! Baby steps become toddler step then bigger more adult steps - you cannot rush it!! But sounds like life is getting better every day - so glad to hear that.

[MountainGoat52]

Great news indeed. I found that my body would tell me how much exercise I could do. Having goals is essential and adding 5 min each Monday sounds ideal. Great to see you are keeping so positive. Onwards and upwards!

[JMR44]

The best news, Carluke. Well done that nurse for taking you on!! Well done you as well, Your positive post is a great help for those of us still near the beginning of our hearty journey. Best wishes for continuing progress.

[Barb6374]

Great news to hear your doing so well , keep it up 😀

[Vicky12345678]

Yes, isn't it amazing @Caraluke that that they can replace a part of your heart and yet so quickly you can so easily forget it happened as it just seems to work like nothing had happened in so many ways!