Heart Bypass Surgery

It has been exactly 3 months since my unexpected bypass surgery. Since I was in ICU for 12 days prior to the surgery and too sick to know what was going on my husband spoke to 2 cardiologists and the surgeon and made the decision for me to have the surgery. I strongly believe that he made the best decision he could based on the circumstances at the time. After the type of night I had last night - only 55 minutes of sleep because of so much pain in the bones of my chest right up to the base of the neck (at least that is what it feels like)and also when I am reclining it feels like something is being pressed against the base of the neck and I can't breath I wonder if the right choice was made. But then I look at how the experience has made me so aware of things like my blood pressure and instead of popping heavy doses of medication I do all I can to keep it down and now I take a very low dosage of medication. I have diabetes and I am so careful of what I eat that I have been able to go from taking 3 kinds of meds twice a day to 1 kind twice a day. Our weather here is awful but every day I bundle up and go for a 40 minute walk because I know it is good for me. I now do everything I can to help myself. I still feel rotten but I believe in time and with endurance if I persist everyday I WILL feel better and do better. For those of us who need encouragement go back and read Rita's messages. She is positive and has a sense of humour despite all she has been through. For those females out there I thought I'd pass this interesting info. I started re-hab to day and out of 75 participants I was the only female. For those of you who have access to rehab I would strongly recomment participating in it. I found it forces you to try stuff as you are in a group situation and you don't wnat to be the only one not doing the activity. Gail