Recovery from Heart Surgery Month III

On my third month since my Cabg surgery. I can't deny that things are getting better. But recovery is taking longer than I expected. I still go to cardiopulmonary rehab twice a week. A few days ago I had to go to Virtua pulmonary. I thought I had a doctor's visit but it was spirometry tests

What has helped me mentally is I have been allowed to return to work even though I'm not 100%. I had a lot of projects that I want to do in the house but physically I just wasn't able to do so, and that led to a lot of frustration. By going back to work I can keep my mind busy and be a little bit more productive. I'm still not allowed to travel the sternum just takes a while to heal.

Spiritually, I'm going to no place. Was trying to get regular in-presence meetings it has been difficult. The Kingdom Hall that I decided to go to is farther away. And my biggest problem is that I cannot walk very well. So I attend the meetings via Zoom. I also try to kill time by reading but the truth is I don't have to stamina and the willpower to read as I used to. I think the medication has a lot to do with this but I am not a doctor so I'm not sure.

The only other issue that I have left to solve it's my dog Odin. 6 months ago we had to put Boe down because of lymphoma. It seems now that Odin has some liver problems. We hope it's not cancer. If it is cancer I would have no choice but to put him down I just can not afford to put the dog under chemotherapy. Also, he is an old dog as well. I would risk it if he was seven or eight years old but he is 12 years old now so he can even die of a natural death no matter what we do.

There you have it, see you all in month 4.

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