Posted by steve giddings on September 07, 2001 at 12:50:07:
In Reply to: Third Week Slump posted by Dave Funderburg on September 07, 2001 at 09:53:08:
Sure happened to me. The excitement of the cure is gone, you've been up and around, running to some degree on adrenalin and probably doing too much too soon. It takes time to heal. You went through a very significant traumatic event.
You got cut open, had your body cooled down to where you'd be a medical emergency if you presented to an er with that temperature, got sliced up the middle, and had your heart stopped for probably more than 2 or 3 hours. The perfusion rate from the heart lung machine is not as great as your own ticker,and all of you was hurt a little bit by the process. (Doing a great sales job for the procedure here.)
It really does take about 6 months to heal completely, maybe longer. So - give your body time to recover. Take it easy. The a fib will go away as the atrial scars heal. The muscle pain will subside.
Hang in there. It will definitely get better.
- Re: Third Week Slump Dave Funderburg 13:26:21 9/07/2001 (0)