3 weeks post-op

I should have written the good news from the cardiologist post yesterday. Today I am feeling a bit, well, flat. I wonder if part of the flatness is from my Zen-like heart beat. Yesterday, my blood pressure was 112/68 - slow, low, calm. My pulse rate was 66. The trouble is, because of the medication to maintain this slow, calm heart beat, my heart doesn't respond to the messages the rest of my body sends. I feel stuck in first gear. I walk up a flight of stairs and I start to breathe a bit faster but my heart rate doesn't respond by beating a bit faster. Emotions change heart rate as well.

I mentioned the exercise thing to the cardiologist so he changed the dosage of the metoprolol - the beta blocker I take to control my blood pressure.

The appointment went well. The cardiologist thinks I am doing well. I told him I thought I was feeling better every day. When he asked to see what used to be an incision and is now a scar, we all had a chuckle. The scar has a little zig at the top. The cardiologist joked that perhaps the surgeon was drunk at the time. Mr R suggested it was the Coriolis Effect. I think it gives the scar a bit of personality.

As far as returning to work, he said it is up to me. I admit I do have a touch of cabin fever.

My heart with feet is on the uphill climb of recovery.