It's been 28 days since my open-heart surgery for aortic dissection. Just had my first cardiologist follow up, she wants to keep me walking for at least one more month before she clears me for running. This isn't exactly the end of the world, since I lose weight faster walking than running, and losing a few pounds now will help with the running later. I am already past the 1-mile mark, my next goal is to try to score two walks per day, which hopefully means outdoors, I am not really looking forward to even looking at our treadmill.
I feel like a million bucks, except that I am still getting used to sleep near-horizontally, hard to make that transition after spending 3+ weeks sleeping sitting propped on pillows. I did get cleared to drink up to two cups of coffee per day, but the low sodium/low cholesterol diet are going to be a long-term concern, and I am guessing it's going to be interesting how to balance the low sodium intake with the sodium depletion once we head into the worst part of the summer.
BTW, that first cup of coffee was just glorious.
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