{"id":11649,"date":"2016-09-26T19:54:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T18:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11649"},"modified":"2016-09-28T11:57:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T10:57:55","slug":"heart-attack-diary-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11649","title":{"rendered":"Heart Attack Diary: #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Heart Attack Diaries: an occasional series of witterings from the fevered mind of a heart attack survivor<\/h2>\n

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So.<\/p>\n

I had my cardiac event ten days ago.<\/p>\n

And I came home from hospital four and a half days ago.<\/p>\n

As two of those days at home were a weekend, when the house was full of girls, those two days don’t count as solo days.<\/p>\n

So that’s two and a half days I’ve been home alone.<\/p>\n

During the angiogram the surgeons made an incision to the ulnar artery<\/a>\u00a0of my right wrist, in order to get to my heart.<\/p>\n

The incision didn’t hurt (much), but the radial clamp which is (basically just a plastic G-Clamp) applied with such continual pressure, to heal the incision after surgery, hurt more than the incision.<\/p>\n

And still does, FWIW, bizarrely.<\/p>\n

Eventually the radial clamp was removed, before I was allowed home, but the list of restrictions – just because of that healing wrist incision – was significant:<\/p>\n

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  1. No driving<\/li>\n
  2. No riding<\/li>\n
  3. No washing up<\/li>\n
  4. No DIY<\/li>\n
  5. No gardening<\/li>\n
  6. No work for a week<\/li>\n
  7. No pressure of any kind on the right arm and this means<\/li>\n
  8. No making tea<\/li>\n
  9. No baths (and no swimming, obv)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’m sure there were others on the ‘do not’ list, but these\u00a0are just the wrist restrictions that come to mind right now.<\/p>\n

    BTW, I will get the list of heart attack restrictions from my GP tomorrow.<\/p>\n

    Lovely.<\/p>\n

    Anyway, I wish I could say that my two and a half days home alone have been eventful.<\/p>\n

    But they haven’t.<\/p>\n

    I’ve been told off a lot for infringing rules 3. and 8.<\/p>\n

    I was also told off for taking too much exercise.<\/p>\n

    I have become adept at showering one-handed.<\/p>\n

    I’ve done a massive amount of thinking.<\/p>\n

    And I’ve been deeply touched by all the good wishes from friends and work colleagues.<\/p>\n

    I’ve also been told that I’ve gone stir crazy which, in just two and a half days of recuperation at home, must be some kind of a record.<\/p>\n

    I’ve also been driving the girls bonkers, but that’s just me.<\/p>\n

    Or maybe it’s just them.<\/p>\n

    Anyway.<\/p>\n

    There may be another Heart Attack Diary\u00a0tomorrow, after the GPs appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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