I started Pulmonary rehab back in March and it has been going really well. There was a little pause in April for the 9 days that I was hospitalized for an exacerbation, but when I got home I picked right back up. I love PR. It's great to have a motivation for getting off my bum and exercising. I feel stronger physically. I notice that finally have some muscle tone in my arms which I don't think I have ever had. I can walk longer distances now than I could before. And I have met some great people along the way. I am by far the youngest person at PR, but there is still something that we all have in common, and that makes us friends. The staff is wonderful too. I attend three times a week; Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Tues and Thurs we work on on the equipment, and on Fridays we do Chair Cardio exercises and alternate weekly between weighs and tension bands. The chair workouts are not what you would expect them to be. They are quite the workout, and then after the workouts we have group discussions. These are my favorite days because two classes are combined so we get to see everyone.
Well that's all for this post. I am sure I will post more sometime soon.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Heart Cath.
Wow, its been a long time since I've posted. But to be fair, I haven't had working Internet in a few months.
So I had my heart cath done today. When I got there, to the UofM CVC (Cardiovascular Center) I was checked in and put into a room where I was hooked up to monitors for my heart, blood pressure and O2 level. I was extremely nervous so the nurse gave me some IV Valium and then about 45 minutes later I was taken into my procedure. Once I was taken into the procedure room, which looks like an OR the doc that was performing the cath told me everything that they were going to do for me, and then injected more meds to help me relax into my IV. Now came the part that hurt... getting the lidocain injected into the area of my neck that they would be working on. NOT FUN. I'm a sissy when it comes to pain. I wasn't ready for it even though the doc told me what he was about to do. I got myself a little to worked up, so I thought that it was more painful that it actually was.
For someone who has been through so much medically, it seems I am able to handle only so little lately. I'm not sure what is going on with that, but it is definitely something that I need to work on before going through a 10 hour surgery getting my lungs replaced.
So I had my heart cath done today. When I got there, to the UofM CVC (Cardiovascular Center) I was checked in and put into a room where I was hooked up to monitors for my heart, blood pressure and O2 level. I was extremely nervous so the nurse gave me some IV Valium and then about 45 minutes later I was taken into my procedure. Once I was taken into the procedure room, which looks like an OR the doc that was performing the cath told me everything that they were going to do for me, and then injected more meds to help me relax into my IV. Now came the part that hurt... getting the lidocain injected into the area of my neck that they would be working on. NOT FUN. I'm a sissy when it comes to pain. I wasn't ready for it even though the doc told me what he was about to do. I got myself a little to worked up, so I thought that it was more painful that it actually was.
For someone who has been through so much medically, it seems I am able to handle only so little lately. I'm not sure what is going on with that, but it is definitely something that I need to work on before going through a 10 hour surgery getting my lungs replaced.
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