Hi again Merry and thanks for your reply. You can be sure I am walking! But not quite up to same capacity as before surgery. However, just did 30 min on treadmill at a good pace. One has to do minimum 150 minutes a week!
I am only a little sore when I take deep breathe. I have lots of numbness. It sometimes feels like I am wearing something when I am not.
How were your oxygen levels with your various treatments? My oxygen leveI is fine on the sofa in front of the TV (95 and higher), but with exertion it drops. It was noted during my cardio rehab and during my pulmonary function tests. On the treadmill just now, it dropped to 88/87. Reports say it is pulmonary or vascular. And for both surgeries I was sent home with 3 months of night oxygen. Then I go back to normal.
There is some survey they like you to update after procedures about pain etc. It asks me if my health prevents me from during 2 hours of manual labor. I have never had to do two hours of manual labor so how do I answer that?