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I am happy to report that:
(1) I have recovered ~ 80% of my pre-surgery ‘normal’ daily life activities with a few exceptions: one of them, such as tennis playing, is still in the very early stage of ‘warming-up’ …
(2) Most exciting is that my appetite is almost totally back to normal. Thanks to Anna’s 24/7 extremely patient ‘plan, design and execution’ of multiple meals a day to my liking, I have re-gained back almost 75% of my weight lost.
(3) My doctor’s orders on (a) the 9-week Physical Therapy was completed first, and then (b) the final 12-week Cardiac Rehab is 90% finished as of today. My ‘graduation’ from the Rehab is 11/29/2021. The comments from my therapists so far have been: “You are doing fine; above average!” Not bad for an almost 83-year old man.
(4) With doctor’s blessing also, Anna and I will take our first venture out to Houston and Austin, TX from 12/1 to 12/10/2021 to visit our dear family and friends that we have not seen since many moons ago …
Unless some unforeseeable complication occurs, I am making this my final update on my Recovery.
And finally, I would like to share with you what I have learned:
Your loving/caring/encouraging thoughts & prayers, cards, emails, funny jokes, phone calls, Zoom meetings, etc.… have been my daily uplifting force to keep me going during this most challenging period of my life. I am sure this feeling of being blessed will stay with me for a long time.
My heartfelt appreciation goes to you all.
Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!
From Virginia with LOVE,
Alvin
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