I'm Home OT

[Dennis Hemingway]

Just to let everyone know that I'm home, we got home a short while ago. My Carotid Endarterectomy on the Carotid Artery on the right side of my neck went good on Thursady, but then my blood pressure went wild. It went from real low to very high and everything in between. They finally got it under control today so Loma Linda VA Hospital let me come home this afternoon.

I now have a scar from behind my ear down to the bottom of my neck.

No driving or lifting over 10 lbs for the next 2 weeks.

Catch you later

Dennis:eek:

[Norm's Coupe]

Dennis,

Good to hear everything went alright and you're on your way to recovery.

That said, just make sure you don't do what my brother in law did after his double bypass surgery back in the late 90's. He wasn't supposed to do any lifting either. But........he took his 38 Ford for a drive and ran out of gas. He then walked 2 blocks to the gas station and carried a 2 gallon can full of gas back to the car to get it going again. He wasn't supposed to be doing that kind of stuff. But........guess it didn't hurt him.

[Oldguy48]

Dennis,

Glad to hear that the procedure went well. Get well soon.

At least the doctor didn't tell you you couldn't participate on this forum. That's a directive that would be tough to obey.

[dezeldoc]

Glad to hear it Dennis!! you'll be back to normal before you know it.

[mackster]

great to hear you are home, the hard part starts now! you have to lay around a couch and not do anything for TWO WEEKS!! take it easy my friend. . .

[RobertKB]

That is very good news and I am glad you are on the road to recovery. Two weeks will pass before you know it and you will be playing with your "toys" again. In the meantime, you can post lots on the forum!

[greg g]

Take it easy and heal well. Always good to get home after one of those deals.

[JohnS48plm]

Rest up and enjoy that great California weather. JohnS

[Joe Flanagan]

Glad you're back Dennis. Just hang out here on the forum and do all the heavy lifting in your imagination. And you can start working on stories to tell people about how you got that scar on your neck.

[55 Fargo]

All the Best Dennis, speedy recovery to you, take care.......Fred

[Dennis Hemingway]

Thanks Guys. After I posted this last night I went to bed to get some sleep

(10 hrs). I you know that you don't sleep in MICU, they keep you monitered and check you every 10 minutes.

Dennis:eek:

[Plymouthy Adams]

in two weeks you will be so involved in soap operas that the poor old cars will never know who you are ever again..Hey, be careful out there.!

[Joe Flanagan]

Maybe someone ought to keep an eye on Dennis while he's recuperating, make sure he doesn't develop any bad habits.

[John Mulders]

Dennis,

a speedy recovery from sunny Curacao !

John

[Dennis Hemingway]

Maybe someone ought to keep an eye on Dennis while he's recuperating, make sure he doesn't develop any bad habits.

Are there more bad habits out there that I haven't tried? O-Boy something new to try.

Dennis:cool:

[T120]

..Good to hear you're on the mend Dennis. Spring is in the air and I suppose

there will be a lot of activity in your area in the old car hobby coming up.

[Dennis Hemingway]

..Good to hear you're on the mend Dennis. Spring is in the air and I suppose

there will be a lot of activity in your area in the old car hobby coming up.

I missed the car show yesterday at Calico Ghost Town, but I was told that they had a slient prayer for me at 1:30pm and that was the same time that my blood pressure setteled down. The next show is at the AVI Casino in Laughlin, Nv in 2 weeks I sure hope to be able to go to that one as it is fun, it lasts from thursday to sunday. My next Dr's appt in the day before the show and that will be when I will be told if I can drive or not. I have a buddy who said that he will load and unload the car for me if I need it.

Dennis:cool: