Pat's Posts

This week marks the six year anniversary of my first cut (Tuesday). It's also my six month anniversary from my second cut(Friday). February is American Heart Month so I am very on trend with my ticker timing I guess. A bit of trivia, my hair turned grey immediately after that first adventure. Time flies when you are having fun and don't have a central line in your neck?

Such a whirlwind, time is just zooming by. I said goodbye to my rehab team today, all 36 sessions complete. It's funny how much we bond with our caretakers during such intense times in our lives. The upate; the five month date came and went last week, I didn't even notice as I was too busy stepping down off Metoprolol, going to rehab and getting back into work. I'm officially a few pills down a day, back to work full time and ready to enjoy the heck out of this summer. My INR settled in nicely around 2.0 and with an ease that I am grateful for, and I just graduated to 3 week checks! Bonus is that my wafarin dose is very, very low due to the ON-X 1.5 - 2 recco. I don't have another test, appointment, doctor visit until 12/18/21. LIfe is good. For those starting, it's nothing you can't handle, for those in the middle or just out of OR, remember that your story changes every 12 hours. If you are completely miserable, look at the clock and focus on your reality changing in that time frame, you'll be amazed how much it does. This train of thought is what got me through 8 days (twice) of staring at the hospital wall, ruminating in my own thoughts. For those well on the journey, I'm glad to be back with you, I don't want to do this again;-)!!! Since I forgot my 5 month anniversary I am going to pre celebrate my 6 year anniversary coming up on 2/12 of my first cut. Find something to smile about today in all the crazy. Sometimes that's all we can control.