No Pain no Gain

No pain no gain
Being a runner you hear that a lot.  However going thru this I must say that for now I have actually had no pain.  Some discomfort from time to time but I have managed to be able answer, zero when asked about my level of pain.  Sort of worrisome since I expect to creep up me at anytime as the drug dosage is deceased.  I am truly learning to be a patient patient.
Just finished a 10 minute walk around the area and think I might do another loop in a few but a doubt it since I don't want to overdo it.
I did learn something after surgery and that is, there are several ways to replace my valve and I was completely wrong on what I thought was going to occur.  It is my fault since I really did not want to know how the sausage was made.  I figured they were the experts so just went with the flow.  My surgeon said he was going to do a mini incision and I thought that meant I was getting Minimal J Incision Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery.  That was crack pot research on my part before hand.
In my mind I thought it was a horizontal incision right below the breast bone or port access.  We had discussed 2 months ago full median sternotomy which is vertical now the chest. Turns out he was talking about minimally invasive sternotomy which is about 1/3 the size.  So far so good but I did learn a valuable lesson when it comes to your body.  If you have any doubt keep asking questions until the doubt is completely gone.  I usually go with the thrust hut  verify approach but lent more on the trust side.  No harm no foul on this part since it all worked out in the end.
Tony