This is time after surgery
I am 46 years old, and I had heart valve replacement surgery on Valentines Day 2003. I found out that I needed the surgery becuase I had a stroke. I walked away from the stroke, which is a good thing, because I know a few things about brain-damaged people, and I do not want to know any more from personal experience.I am always trying to lose weight.
I had this blog site on my mind during my Weight Watchers meeting this morning.
I think it was December 20, 2002, or maybe December 19, 2002, two years ago today, that I first realized I was very very sick. That was the day that my dad went into to have his carotid artery cleaned out. Compared to the prior procedures that dad went through, this seemed to be very minor stuff. However, I was unusually worried for him. Maybe because I wasn't feeling too good myself.
I felt a great deal of tightness in my chest. I was having dizzy spells. I couldn't walk up the hill to get to the subway. I thought I was just too overweight for my own good. I had weighed 257 at one point in 2003, but now my weight was down in the 240s, although I did not remember doing anything special to lose the weight.
While the carotid artery procedure was occuring, I mentioned to my mom that I wasn't feeling so well. We both agreed it was the tension relating to my dad's procedure.
My father got out of the hospital 2 days later. Two weeks after that, he drove from New York to Florida. I continued to feel sick.
More next time.
posted by B @ 12/19/2004 12:19:00 PM
1 Comments:
What you didn't disclose, you sick bastard, is that you kept going to work for what, four days , after having the stroke.
And that your skull is so thick, it took about 6 doctors to finally see that you had suffered one.
Getting that call is in my top 10 of lousy things in my life. Seeing you up and laughing after the surgery was one of my 10 best.
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