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Re: Had an awesome night's sleep... 

By: micro in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (1)
Mon, 11 Nov 19 9:37 PM | 27 view(s)
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Congrats on getting some sleep De. A lack of enough blood getting to all the extremities with plenty of oxygen will make body parts ache. You already know this.

For a valve, did ya try the local autoparts store? Or maybe the hardware store. They have lots of valves to pick from.... lol!!

SO, has the surgeon/cardiologist decided and shared with you about the actual valve replacement as to perhaps SIZE and shape?

Will it be norml size to be more like the valve ya got that is good?

Inquiring minds want to know..... Thanks De. Am really glad you got some meaningful rest... That's kinda important...


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Had an awesome night's sleep...
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Mon, 11 Nov 19 5:52 PM 		Msg. 44308 of 62138

I awoke at 7:30 and realized that it was the first time, maybe in years, that I'd had a comfortable night.

It used to be that I could sleep on rocks and be just fine. For the last decade, every part of my body that's had pressure on it has ached at night - even the insides of my knees if I'm lying on a side. I've gotten to where I sleep with hands and feet draped off of the bed, and I toss and turn all night. I think that's what happens when a heart is inefficient.

For the last three days, I've been on a beta blocker that is supposed to give the heart a boost. I think I'm noticing it. This morning was like deja vu: "Oh, yeah! It's all coming back to me. Sleeping used to be enjoyable!!!"

I hope it keeps up - or, better yet, that this is what it will be like when I get the new valve.

It's funny how you forget things when they're taken away gradually. How many times have I mentioned the frog sitting in the pot on the stove, never jumping out of the water even as it is gradually coming to a boil? Here, it's been happening to me all the while - not that I've had a means of jumping out. But problems build slowly and you gradually forget how you're supposed to feel.

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