3 weeks on after the operation

Hi just had a blood check and thei INR is now 2.4 so it's going up slowly and have another check this thursday .Sleeping is still a little hit and miss but i seem to notice the ticking and also depending on the position in bed it does feel as though the heart is thumping but go's away after a bit of deep breathing .The cut and chest are is sore still and the neck are ,I am only using paracetamols anyway Each day it seems to be better and look forward to the next few weeks of recovery .

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Permalink Reply by John French on December 14, 2011 at 10:06

Aidan - sounds like things are going well. I use the heartbeat river soundtrack, that you can download from CD baby for a few $'s, to stop me noticing the sound of the valve at night. I have it on my IPod and it masks the sound of the valve rather than trying to drown it out with volume. It really did help me get back to my pre-op sleeping pattern.

I think the most uncomfortable/sore thing for me when I came out of hospital was the neck where I had the central lines in. I had a bit of a reaction to the adhesive of the dressing used to hold them in place, which went away over time and the application of a bit of Salvon Advanced Healing Gel (not for use on wounds with scabs, etc).

Regards

John

3 weeks on after the operation

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