I Feel 10 Years Younger Than I Am
Maybe i feel 20 years younger. Let me explain.
I had open heart surgery at the age of 58 and felt old. Here is how i felt before the surgery and after the surgery.
i was scared b4 the surgery. I knew i was going under the knife and i also knew that they were going to stop my heart. i felt like a man with no sex drive and acted that way too. Even fantasies to me were something i just couldn't enjoy. i was sure after my surgery i would wake up(maybe) and i would finally be a old man limping around the house, never doing anything again and sitting on a park bench feeding the pigeons for weeks on end. I figured my life was over. i had 2 heart attacks and had 3 stents put in. i felt so old at 58 years old. My life was over.
Then the day came - i said goodbye to my wife and as they were strapping me onto the table i drifted into the bliss of sleep that i knew may be my last. My surgery was almost 11 hours and i remember nothing of it. I woke up in a daze- well i was alive my mind told me so that is good - but i was surprised. I felt pretty good. I had nurses tending to me and they were hot nurses. All i could think of was my wife will be super jealous.They told me "Don't use your arms to sit up now!" "Ask us and we will lift you up." Yep - i had 2 nurses now.
but i felt great... They wanted me to pee in a plastic jug - hell no - but i had to go so i did while they giggled at me. That can't be normal. Well during my previous hospital visits i learned how to turn all my ekg machines and blood pressure machines off. Couldn't get rid of the iv so i walked around with it. So after i went pee- they took my pee container away and a 3rd nurse came in - the head nurse who came in with the doctor. Told me everything went great and how do i feel? - I told him a lot better thank you. So 2 of them left the room and that left only 1 nurse who came and went - long black hair - about 23 years old and really cute. Turns out she was a twin and showed me her photo of her and her sister together. She was a hands on person who had them on me all the time. It embarrassed me a lot and wanted to give me a sponge bath. I told her no and she left but said she would be back.
Well i was feeling better so 8 hours after i woke up from my open heart surgery - i sat up in bed, was a little dizzy but not that bad- and i had to go to the restroom. It was embarrassing to have the nurses stand that while i peed in that thing so i unhooked my machines and muted it and stood up and walked the rest of my equipment to the bathroom. I peed into it while i was in there. When i finished i heard the knock on the door and she was back. "are you in there - why are you out of bed?"
lecture, lecture, yell, lecture. somewhere in there she told me she was going to bring her sister down(she was a nurse too) and both of them would tie me in the bed if i tried that again and spank me.(i told her no fun for her which did not go over very well. ) When she was done - i told her how wonderful i felt and that i feel years younger. The pain was controlled and they started to drop my pain meds.
Anyway - i behaved myself the rest of that day(and night) but I still got up to go to the restroom in the middle of the night(but did not get caught).
The next day i was caught getting up twice in the morning and lectured big time.
i was thirsty and got up to get a drink in the fountain right outside my room in the hall. Busted!!!! - escorted back to bed.
Then i was caught in the bathroom again - forgot to lock the door - well hello to you too - She told me i'm bringing my sister and took me back to bed. The head nurse came in and told me that i had better behave myself or she was going to strap me down. Crap!!!!
Then all of the nurses disappeared - Finally - all right - i felt so good and i had never been in this hospital b4 so i got up - unhooked every thing and went for a walk - about 30 hours after my surgery. i walked slowly and pushing my iv stand with bottles(well bags)attached i turned the first corner - (i went the back way). Nobody in sight - cool - so i then walked about 50-100 yards turning corners and the hospital was really nice and i enjoyed this one area which had a little garden in it. So i continued in a box like pattern walking a ways and then turning another corner. Had not seen one nurse the entire time so i was ready to to turn the last corner less than 30 yards from my room and only 1 turn to get to my room and as i turned the corner -i FROZE. As i slowly walked past the nurses station and then hurried as fast as i can to my room , i had found every one of the nurses. They were having a meeting at that station and when i turned the corner(the meeting stopped and i was so busted!!!!!). All eyes were on me as i made my way to my room, hooked up everything and laid there waiting. Yep - 2 nurses and the head nurse came in and procceded to lecture, yell(yes yell) and then all 3 checked me out but i was fine. I just told them i wanted to take a walk because i felt so great. I felt like i was 38 again.(in all ways as i came to find out later)(only with my wife you who have dirty minds). Well the next day my doctor came in barely 48 hours after my surgery and he sat on the end of my bed and said "i hear you are driving all the nurses on this floor crazy". I told him thank you i feel so good and he told me that is wonderful - you may leave tonight if you wish so i said cool and i packed up my stuff and had nurses throwing a fit that i was leaving.(i'm not ready), (it's not safe), i could pee on my own - i could eat on my own, i could get around on my own so the doctor signed me out.
Aftermath - i never received any of my meds b4 i left, i didn't get my discharge info instructions when i left and i did sign the release forms though. Everybody was mad that i left so early but me. I did have to see the surgeon at his office 24 hours later but i was fine. This story is to help people understand that after a open heart surgery - life starts over again - well at least it did for me.
I had open heart surgery at the age of 58 and felt old. Here is how i felt before the surgery and after the surgery.
i was scared b4 the surgery. I knew i was going under the knife and i also knew that they were going to stop my heart. i felt like a man with no sex drive and acted that way too. Even fantasies to me were something i just couldn't enjoy. i was sure after my surgery i would wake up(maybe) and i would finally be a old man limping around the house, never doing anything again and sitting on a park bench feeding the pigeons for weeks on end. I figured my life was over. i had 2 heart attacks and had 3 stents put in. i felt so old at 58 years old. My life was over.
Then the day came - i said goodbye to my wife and as they were strapping me onto the table i drifted into the bliss of sleep that i knew may be my last. My surgery was almost 11 hours and i remember nothing of it. I woke up in a daze- well i was alive my mind told me so that is good - but i was surprised. I felt pretty good. I had nurses tending to me and they were hot nurses. All i could think of was my wife will be super jealous.They told me "Don't use your arms to sit up now!" "Ask us and we will lift you up." Yep - i had 2 nurses now.
but i felt great... They wanted me to pee in a plastic jug - hell no - but i had to go so i did while they giggled at me. That can't be normal. Well during my previous hospital visits i learned how to turn all my ekg machines and blood pressure machines off. Couldn't get rid of the iv so i walked around with it. So after i went pee- they took my pee container away and a 3rd nurse came in - the head nurse who came in with the doctor. Told me everything went great and how do i feel? - I told him a lot better thank you. So 2 of them left the room and that left only 1 nurse who came and went - long black hair - about 23 years old and really cute. Turns out she was a twin and showed me her photo of her and her sister together. She was a hands on person who had them on me all the time. It embarrassed me a lot and wanted to give me a sponge bath. I told her no and she left but said she would be back.
Well i was feeling better so 8 hours after i woke up from my open heart surgery - i sat up in bed, was a little dizzy but not that bad- and i had to go to the restroom. It was embarrassing to have the nurses stand that while i peed in that thing so i unhooked my machines and muted it and stood up and walked the rest of my equipment to the bathroom. I peed into it while i was in there. When i finished i heard the knock on the door and she was back. "are you in there - why are you out of bed?"
lecture, lecture, yell, lecture. somewhere in there she told me she was going to bring her sister down(she was a nurse too) and both of them would tie me in the bed if i tried that again and spank me.(i told her no fun for her which did not go over very well. ) When she was done - i told her how wonderful i felt and that i feel years younger. The pain was controlled and they started to drop my pain meds.
Anyway - i behaved myself the rest of that day(and night) but I still got up to go to the restroom in the middle of the night(but did not get caught).
The next day i was caught getting up twice in the morning and lectured big time.
i was thirsty and got up to get a drink in the fountain right outside my room in the hall. Busted!!!! - escorted back to bed.
Then i was caught in the bathroom again - forgot to lock the door - well hello to you too - She told me i'm bringing my sister and took me back to bed. The head nurse came in and told me that i had better behave myself or she was going to strap me down. Crap!!!!
Then all of the nurses disappeared - Finally - all right - i felt so good and i had never been in this hospital b4 so i got up - unhooked every thing and went for a walk - about 30 hours after my surgery. i walked slowly and pushing my iv stand with bottles(well bags)attached i turned the first corner - (i went the back way). Nobody in sight - cool - so i then walked about 50-100 yards turning corners and the hospital was really nice and i enjoyed this one area which had a little garden in it. So i continued in a box like pattern walking a ways and then turning another corner. Had not seen one nurse the entire time so i was ready to to turn the last corner less than 30 yards from my room and only 1 turn to get to my room and as i turned the corner -i FROZE. As i slowly walked past the nurses station and then hurried as fast as i can to my room , i had found every one of the nurses. They were having a meeting at that station and when i turned the corner(the meeting stopped and i was so busted!!!!!). All eyes were on me as i made my way to my room, hooked up everything and laid there waiting. Yep - 2 nurses and the head nurse came in and procceded to lecture, yell(yes yell) and then all 3 checked me out but i was fine. I just told them i wanted to take a walk because i felt so great. I felt like i was 38 again.(in all ways as i came to find out later)(only with my wife you who have dirty minds). Well the next day my doctor came in barely 48 hours after my surgery and he sat on the end of my bed and said "i hear you are driving all the nurses on this floor crazy". I told him thank you i feel so good and he told me that is wonderful - you may leave tonight if you wish so i said cool and i packed up my stuff and had nurses throwing a fit that i was leaving.(i'm not ready), (it's not safe), i could pee on my own - i could eat on my own, i could get around on my own so the doctor signed me out.
Aftermath - i never received any of my meds b4 i left, i didn't get my discharge info instructions when i left and i did sign the release forms though. Everybody was mad that i left so early but me. I did have to see the surgeon at his office 24 hours later but i was fine. This story is to help people understand that after a open heart surgery - life starts over again - well at least it did for me.
