feild dressing......or the gutless method......update 2-27

14 January 2017, 11:52

Fantastic to hear you are recovering so well.

Walter had this operation 36 years ago, and he is still going strong hunting Africa.

We wish you all the best.

14 January 2017, 23:33

Heym 450/400

Somehow I overlooked this thread..

Get well soon Ted..hope you can hike the mountains for Elk this fall.

15 January 2017, 01:59

mart

Best of luck sir for a speedy and full recovery.

"...I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprize, and independance to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson

15 January 2017, 02:12

JGRaider

tedthorn, prayers sent for a speedy recovery. Glad to see you are coming along well.

15 January 2017, 02:32

ted thorn

Guy's

Thank you for the well wishes.

One month ago I was planning my 2017 fall.....wow what humbling cards life can deal you some times....

But for the now

I'm doing a little bit better each and every day.

I'm battling hot sweats and cold chills and troubles sleeping with any comfort. The incision in my sternum is very sore still. Not to proud to admit but I've had more than a couple panic filled bad dreams post opp .....yes I'm going crazy....why? Who knows

I am walking every day and working with the inhaling lung capacity apparatus the hospital sent home with me several times a day.

15 January 2017, 02:57

Heym 450/400

quote:
but I've had more than a couple panic filled bad dreams post opp

Sitting here watching football with a MD...he said night terrors are common after surgery and thought to be a side affect of anesthesia...supposed to subside after a few weeks. Take the internet diagnosis for what it's worth

15 January 2017, 03:27

Beretta682E

Get well Ted and hunting and shooting soon.

Mike

15 January 2017, 04:30

Crazyhorseconsulting

quote:
I'm doing a little bit better each and every day.

That is what counts.

Prayers and Best Wishes for a full recovery.

15 January 2017, 06:23

cessna

I was in your shoes years ago. You will recover just fine. Many good days in the field are ahead of you. Best wishes amigo.

18 January 2017, 04:24

Atkinson

All my old friends have had bypasses etc. The seemed to get by it and are doing much better now, a couple of them been down that road twice..I have had two stints, but that's peanuts compared to your surgery..Anyway you'll get better if you do as you are told,do your exercises and eat right..I send a prayer your way..
Ray

18 January 2017, 06:21

Slider

Wishing you a speedy recovery!!!

18 January 2017, 19:14

John Chalmers

Glad you got through this Ted. All the very best to you and your good lady.jc

01 February 2017, 11:25

georgeld

Ted:
It's been over a week since your last report, how you doing by now?

Have the dreams and pains let up yet?

Best wishes, hang in there and keep working at it, you'll heal up in a couple months and be ready for spring training soon.

George

01 February 2017, 17:55

ted thorn

I have several good things to report

1....No more bad dreams
2....No more fever
3....The glue and tape was removed from my sternum at my last Dr. visit
4....There is no murmer so that means the valve repair is healing and working
5....I'm sleeping in bed with normal pillows and through the night as well
6....No more Rx pain meds....just Tylenol or Ibuprofen
7....Walking about 1/2 mile each day
8....I start cardiac rehab tomorrow
9....return to work Feb 27

About 4 or 5 days ago something changed for the better almost overnight. I started feeling more like myself and my appetite started to return. Strangely, some of the foods I enjoyed before the surgery still don't appeal to me just yet.....but that my be some of the meds.

I'm getting stronger each day and less sore even though my sternum reminds me often that it's not anywhere near healed up.

Better days are ahead.

01 February 2017, 18:37

Palmer

That sounds like a close call. Thank goodness you took immediate action. Hopefully you will be ready for a gobbler or two this season.

ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS

Into my heart on air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.

A. E. Housman

01 February 2017, 19:27

ted thorn

I've already decided to not hunt Turkey this spring because of the recoil of my shotgun.

I'm sure my graft will hold up but my chest might not like it all that much.

I am hopeful that I will be able to cast and set the hook by mid to late April though....

I like to fish when given half a chance to do so

01 February 2017, 19:33

larrys

Ted, that's great news. If you are like me, some things will change for no apparent reason. Before my major abdominal surgery I NEVER got cold. Now I most certainly do.

It just happens. Great news that you are getting better.

01 February 2017, 21:18

Evan K.

I'll take one for the team and will try to tag a tom for ya.

Best wishes on your recovery, glad to hear it has been going well so far!

01 February 2017, 23:01

JGRaider

quote:
Originally posted by ted thorn:
I've already decided to not hunt Turkey this spring because of the recoil of my shotgun.

I'm sure my graft will hold up but my chest might not like it all that much.

I am hopeful that I will be able to cast and set the hook by mid to late April though....

I like to fish when given half a chance to do so

You ought to at least go afield and do the calling. That's most of the fun anyway IMO. Glad you're doing better Ted.

02 February 2017, 00:27

JTEX

quote:
Originally posted by ted thorn:
I have several good things to report

1....No more bad dreams
2....No more fever
3....The glue and tape was removed from my sternum at my last Dr. visit
4....There is no murmer so that means the valve repair is healing and working
5....I'm sleeping in bed with normal pillows and through the night as well
6....No more Rx pain meds....just Tylenol or Ibuprofen
7....Walking about 1/2 mile each day
8....I start cardiac rehab tomorrow
9....return to work Feb 27

About 4 or 5 days ago something changed for the better almost overnight. I started feeling more like myself and my appetite started to return. Strangely, some of the foods I enjoyed before the surgery still don't appeal to me just yet.....but that my be some of the meds.

I'm getting stronger each day and less sore even though my sternum reminds me often that it's not anywhere near healed up.

Better days are ahead.

All good news, glad to hear it!

.

02 February 2017, 01:59

ted thorn

quote:
Originally posted by JGRaider:
quote:
Originally posted by ted thorn:
I've already decided to not hunt Turkey this spring because of the recoil of my shotgun.

I'm sure my graft will hold up but my chest might not like it all that much.

I am hopeful that I will be able to cast and set the hook by mid to late April though....

I like to fish when given half a chance to do so

You ought to at least go afield and do the calling. That's most of the fun anyway IMO. Glad you're doing better Ted.

I'm always torn in late April

Turkey hunt or catch fish......or both

02 February 2017, 08:15

taylorce1

If I had any vacation this year we would do both! You call em, Hannah would shoot em. You and Hannah fish while I get your boat in and out of the water and drink all the beer!

Unfortunately as you know, I didn't earn any vacation for this year. After missing a year of work because of my leg, I'm just happy to be back working.

02 February 2017, 08:21

ted thorn

Vacation......

Chad ol' friend, lack of vacation will keep me out of Colorado until the fall of 2018

My work place required that I use my entire 2017 vacation balance before allowing me FMLA

I will try very hard to make Oklahoma though

02 February 2017, 09:38

graybird

Oklahoma! Boom!

02 February 2017, 12:41

cal pappas

Congratulatons on your recovery, Ted. I wish you the best. And, if you still don't like broccoli after the surgery--that's OK!
Cheers from the far north.
Cal

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06 February 2017, 10:04

ravenr

Sounds like you are doing better each day.
I've been away for awhile and this was great news to return to after our visit before your surgery.
Keep up the good work recovering

07 February 2017, 02:56

Atkinson

Well in that first picture, as my dad used to say, "Son you look like a duck with the sh--t slung outta him" Today your feeling more fit and ready to go, Keep up the exercise, eat right and you'll be packing a deer off one of those mountains before you know it..

How long we live is not important, how we live life is the secret. I get out of bed every morning and thank the good Lord for another day. Well most days anyway, at 82 I forget a lot of stuff!

07 February 2017, 11:08

surefire7

Glad to hear you continue to improve Ted. I think when a person gets their appetite back, it's nature's way of giving you the green light, with nothing but rainbows and sunshine ahead.

Wishing you well.

09 February 2017, 20:35

Biddleman

Welcome to the zipper club. I became a member when I was four years old.
Hope you have a speedy recovery

02 March 2017, 06:16

ted thorn

One day shy of eight weeks I hit the work trail today.

After passing the industrial medicine physical required by my employer I'm back in the shop making chips again.

02 March 2017, 07:49

Antlers

Well done!

02 March 2017, 09:51

DLS

Glad to see you came through well and are recovering. Events like this remind us all that without our health, nothing else matters very much.

02 March 2017, 23:13

Atkinson

The medical society has never found a pill to replace the best medicine we have and that's "time"...come to think of it its "time" that kills us!!..Hows that for philosophy or just plain common since.