The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76851 Message #1423411
Posted By: katlaughing
28-Feb-05 - 07:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Katlaughing Needs Good Thoughts (2004)
Subject: RE: BS: Katlaughing Needs Good Thoughts
Thanks to you all. I appreciate it so much! (Brendy, nice to see you!)
If any of you would like to join me, please surround me with a metaphorical "pink blanket of love" esp. the 30 minutes before surgery. I am to be at hospital by 9a MST and surgery will be at 1030a (That's 1230p Mudcat time. We are two hours behind Mudcat.)
Just spoke to the cath lab nurse. She was very reassuring. (I DO feel quite nervous, but have some xanax to take the edge off.:-) Anyway, she said I will have to lie flat for one hour after, then up for a short walk to see how the incision does, then another two hours of lying down, BUT she also said I can elevate my head up to 45% AND have a pillow under my left leg, so that will help with my lower back pain. That's the only pain I remember from the last one of these i had in 1979. I will also be able to eat after, too!*BG*
With your help and the hand-holding from the docs and hospital I feel much more confident and calm than before now. This feels like a mini-trial run for valve surgery.:-)
THANKS A BUNCH!!!
luvyakat