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  26     dc:description="Nelson, Bill wrote: Andrew, Been a few days and I thought I would drop you a line. How are things going? Are you enjoying the weather? I have been down with a cold - still coming into to work but..."
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  68                                             <abbr class="published" title="2007-02-22T19:18:15-06:00">February 22, 2007  7:18 PM</abbr>
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  80                                         <p>Nelson, Bill wrote:<br />
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  82 Andrew,</p>
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  84 <p>Been a few days and I thought I would drop you a line.  How are things going?  Are you enjoying the weather?  I have been down with a cold - still
  85 coming into to work but it is dragging me down.  Luckily I have not had to get
  86 too close to anyone.  A number of other people have been staying  ome.</p>
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  89 <p>Sorry, I saw you're message this morning but I had cardiac rehab today
  90 then went out for lunch with my brother. Then I got sleepy...;-)</p>
  91
  92 <p>Hell, I get to take naps now so I took advantage of that!</p>
  93
  94 <p>I'm still doing good. Like I said I'm doing cardiac rehab. Did a 2 hour
  95 walk at Whiterock Lake Tuesday. I think that might have been a bit much
  96 though as I got a cramping like pain under my left rib cage. The pain
  97 has been moving around my chest a little bit. The nurses at cardiac
  98 rehab said I may have done just a little to much and to take it a
  99 little easier so I am. They said there's a lot of nerves and tissue
 100 that are banged around and traumatized from the surgery and sometimes
 101 people feel such pains for a while.</p>
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 104 <p>Did you get to see your doctor this week?  Did he give you a “go back to work” pass?  A week from next Monday is 6<sup>th</sup>.  Will be good to have you back.</p>
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 107 <p>I saw the surgeon last Monday. He just checked out his handiwork and
 108 asked how I was doing. I asked him what he saw when he was in there. He
 109 didn't seem to have a very good "bedside manner" nor was he that
 110 talkative. He said they just went straight to the heart to do what was
 111 necessary. I asked him if my arteries were constricted. He said yes, as
 112 he expected. He told me to keep cleaning the incision and applying the
 113 cream they gave me. I asked him if it were true that bypasses last only
 114 10-15 years and is my best shot to just try to be as healthy as I
 115 could. He said yes that was the best I can do and didn't really put a
 116 length on how long a bypass will last.</p>
 117
 118 <p>All in all I got the impression that surgeons only care and know much
 119 about the surgery itself. Sorta like asking the break repairmen if my
 120 car will perform better and him answering "Well you'll stop better!".</p>
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 122 <p>I see my cardiologist on Monday. I'm getting the impression that the
 123 cardiologist is <i>the man</i> when it comes to after surgery advice.
 124 For example, I haven't had my cholesterol checked and I'm curious what
 125 it has come down to with me taking cholesterol medicine for a month
 126 now. I suspect also that the cardiologist is also the man with both the
 127 <i>back to work pass</i> and the <i>now you can drive</i> pass. I
 128 don't know what I'm gonna do when my brother leaves Saturday and I need
 129 to go to say the grocery store if I'm still not allowed to drive.</p>
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