Re: Recovering from heart surgery.

[Guest guest]

Hi Randy.

 

I was happy to read that your heart surgery went well and you are on your way to

a good recovery.  I think you will feel less tired now that your surgery is

done.  I know how hard it is to deal with being tired all the time.

 

I am sure you are in a great deal of pain without your RA meds.  I know you are

counting the days until you can re-start your meds. and feel better.

 

I wish you better days ahead, and to be pain free.

 

Take care and rest as much as you can.  You are healing from major surgery so

you do need to rest so you can recover fully.

 

Hugs,

 

Barbara

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[Guest guest]

Wow Randy, that is an attention getter!

I am so sorry to read that you are in so much pain. It is like you get one

thing fixed and something else breaks down! Hopefully the next 8 days will

pass quickly, although I am sure that feels like months already.

I know the cardiac fatigue routine all too well. My oldest daughter was born

with congenital heart problems and it is pretty sad to see your kid kinda wind

down. She had one of the surgeries she needed and just had her second baby 7

mos ago. Her other problem was deemed not that bad so it has been a wait and

see situation. However within 10 days after surgery she had rosy cheeks, red

lips and was bouncy around like a nut.

I am glad that your church family stepped in to help in so many ways. During my

daughters' and my illness we would have been sunk without our " extended family " .

We have no family here in south FL and you don't realize how much you need help

until something like this happens.

I hope the 8 days fly by and that you enjoy all the new energy from your

repaired heart. I will pray that you will be back to your old self shortly.

Gentle, tender angel hugs........

Debs in FL

[ ] Recovering from heart surgery.

Hello all, it's been a long time since my last post. I had heart surgery

last thursday, all went well and it was a success. My rheumatologist said

that I had to stop taking Methotrexate and Enbrel 2 weeks prior to surgery

and 2 weeks post surgery. If I ever wondered if those medicines were working

I now have no doubt, boy I can sure tell that I don't have them and I hurt

like holy you know what! For a long time I've been experiencing xtreme

chronic fatigue and always attributed it to the ra but I've had a double

whammy because problem with my heart also causes chronic fatigue. I am

hoping that I will feel like a whole new person. I can't take my

methatrexate or Enbrel until the 28th of this month, my joints are so

swollen and stiff that I can hardly move, all I do is sit around in my

recliner in pain. There are times I feel like I'm absolutely gonna go out of

my mind and there are times where I just sit and cry. thank God for these

miracle drugs that we have. this would be a very depressing time if it were

not for the hope of feeling better after my heart was repaired, I can't wait

for the 28th to get here so I can go back on my meds. I hope that I'm only

gonna be half as fatigued as before, that would be a huge improvement for

me, that is the hope and inspiration that keeps me positive.

God bless the church that I belong to, they have been awesome through

this whole ordeal. They have been taking turns cooking dinner for my whole

family and bringing it to us, that has made a huge difference and boy does

that really touch my heart. it is so nice to know that so many people care

and take the time to show it. Well I hope all is well with you and you have

pain free days ahead. for all of those new to this group, stick around you

can learn a lot and gain some hope, you'll find this disease does not have

to take you down. there is hope on the horizon. Have patience the right

combination of medications is just around the corner. don't get to stressed

and depressed because if you do it only makes thid disease worse so don't

let it defeat you, fight back!!

......Randy....

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