Medical procedure, cardiology checkup ... done!

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I posted back in March about a possible surgery to repair an incisional hernia (above my belly button) that developed from my 2003 open heart surgery and made itself known in September 2008 at the NMCOA Mini Meet in Stillman Valley IL and then even more so in mid-February 2009. In March, I had decided to NOT get it repaired, since it was, according to the surgeon, small. However ... as some of you know ... that hernia had started to act up a bit more regularly the last few months (once, while I was visiting friends in Freeport IL in April) ... and with "car" and "road trip" season here, I decided enough was enough.

So, Thursday, May 28, 2009, the incisional hernia was repaired. I wasn't able to drive until the following Monday, which meant I missed out on a GORGEOUS weekend of driving my older 4 Monte Carlos. The following weekend (first weekend of June) was rainy, of course, so didn't get them out for the first time that weekend either.... Ah, well ... plenty of time left in the year...right?


My 6-month cardiology checkup 2 weeks later (Thursday, June 11) went well. Everything looks good; though, the pacemaker lifespan is now at ~5 years. The appointments were quick with the pacemaker clinic and my cardiologist, and I was back home by about 3:30p, after leaving home about 9:30a. BUT, my next appointment won't be so quick. Tuesday, December 15, I will have a stress echo (ugh), along with the pacemaker check and visit with my cardiologist....

Until then ... lots to do in the next few months!



Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...Chitown #2 = 07/25/09
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"Can we stop this time or must we go again?" ... TG Sheppard ... 'Finally'

[twomanymontes]

Glad your back Cort! And that everything is working out for the better. Now stay healthy! LOL!

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Thank you, Dave, but stay healthy ... I wish!

Sunday and Monday nights I've had LITTLE sleep. Tonight is looking like the same way. After oversleeping this morning, just barely making it to work on time, coasting through the day COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED, now, of course, I'm wide awake and can't sleep. Wonderful. This is what makes sicknesses develop. Yuck.



Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...Chitown #2 = 07/25/09
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"So tired that I couldn't even sleep" ... Soul Asylum ... 'Runaway Train'

[twomanymontes]

Not sure if you can, due to your pacemaker, But Try a couple of those Back and neck pain killers, I take them when I'm sore and they knock me out!

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Hmm....I don't think I can take those .



Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"Don't look now, things just got worse" ... Dog's Eye View ... 'Everything Falls Apart'

[twomanymontes]

I wasn't sure. So how have you been sleeping thses days?

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*sighs*

Not too well ... between juggling stuff I have to do with preparations for the Route 66 road trip and a bunch of other things ... life has been hectic, and I barely have time TO sleep, let alone actually GET to sleep.... I'll be wide awake at night, then be tired all dang day ... and feel terrible for not being "more awake" when I SHOULD be.



Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 = Sept 5-16, '09
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"I'm in a state of confusion, I hope things aren't what they seem" ... Travis Tritt ... 'Tell Me I Was Dreaming'