Thursday, November 18, 2010

A Year Ago Today

A year ago today I underwent triple-bypass surgery. I honestly can't say that it's made much of a difference. At the time, I begrudgingly submitted to it because I was told that if I did not have the heart surgery, I would be denied the transplant. Of course, as I found out under pressing the issue, just getting the bypass surgery was no guarantee that I would be approved for a transplant.

For about two months, around July and August of this year, I felt pretty good. I could exercise without getting winded or experiencing chest pain. Since then, I'm often tired, weak, and unable to walk very far without having symptoms. I sure wish I could have had the transplant surgery this summer when it was originally scheduled.

I am avoiding caffeine, exercising as much as I can, eating right, and getting plenty of sleep. And of course maintaining an amazingly positive attitude. Trying to stay as healthy as possible so that I can pass the EKG I will have to undergo before surgery is approved.

I can certainly see why the ideal time to receive a transplant is prior to the onset of dialysis. And if not then, at least in the first year of dialysis. Feb. 2 of next year will make two years for me. I sure hope things will happen sooner than later.

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Perhaps my friend Mark summed me up best when he called me "a mystical grammarian." I am quite a mix--otherworldly, ethereal and in touch with "the beyond," yet prone to being very precise and logical, when need be. Romantic in the big-canvas meaning of the word, I see the world as an adventure, as a love poem, as a realm of beauty and wonder.

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