Patient Pictures of Cheryl Shute Walter

My Photos

3265 days ago

Barbara Adams, Eddie Patton, Wanda Mroz and 2 others reacted to this

My sternum incision glued, drainage tubes incision stitched, pacemaker (left shoulder) stitched two weeks post surgery. The swelling at the top of my incision ...Read more

My sternum incision glued, drainage tubes incision stitched, pacemaker (left shoulder) stitched two weeks post surgery. The swelling at the top of my incision is finally starting to go down.

Elaine Cutri I recognize those bruises :-) Two weeks out, not bad. It may take almost a year for the sternum swell ... Read more

Elaine Cutri I recognize those bruises :-) Two weeks out, not bad. It may take almost a year for the sternum swelling to be completely gone. One day you'll wake up and realize it's not swollen, I speak from experience ;-)

My swelling took three to four weeks to go down. Luckily it did. Sounds like you are making great pro ... Read more

My swelling took three to four weeks to go down. Luckily it did. Sounds like you are making great progress!!

Bob M Nice scar

Wanda Mroz Looks familiar except I don't think I had stitches at all where the tubes were. My swelling was down ... Read more

Wanda Mroz Looks familiar except I don't think I had stitches at all where the tubes were. My swelling was down in about 3-4 weeks. It will eventually go down. Looks like it's healing nicely!

Cheryl Shute Walter The glue and stitches are all gone now, 4 weeks post surgery. The big incision has already healed, b ... Read more

Cheryl Shute Walter The glue and stitches are all gone now, 4 weeks post surgery. The big incision has already healed, but there is still some swelling at the top of the sternum. The stomach scars are indented and pull when I lean over, which I don't like a bit. The pacemaker incision had some nylon (I believe) stitching which was coming out one end. I can still feel a tiny bit of it which snags clothing and makes the scar sensitive. Oh, well, just some more war wounds. I am thankful to be alive!

Elaine Cutri The nylon stitch will come out, but it may take a while. Mine took about 10-12 weeks. Everything has ... Read more

Elaine Cutri The nylon stitch will come out, but it may take a while. Mine took about 10-12 weeks. Everything has healed up nicely 6 months out.

Cheryl Shute Walter Turns out the pacemaker was sewn up with disolveable stitches. They should all be gone soon.

Cheryl Shute Walterposted a photo

3276 days ago

Wanda Mroz, Liz Burroughs, Elaine Cutri and 1 other reacted to this

I lost 20 lbs. pre-surgery and 10 more lbs. post-surgery. You can sure see it in my face.

W. Carter Don't worry as soon as your hemoglobin is back up to normal numbers and you get your appetite back yo ... Read more

W. Carter Don't worry as soon as your hemoglobin is back up to normal numbers and you get your appetite back you will gain it back. I did and 30 lbs. on top of that. :-)

Enrique K Usually you lose 20 to 25 pounds after surgery. Eat healthy and exercise so you can gain it it muscle ... Read more

Enrique K Usually you lose 20 to 25 pounds after surgery. Eat healthy and exercise so you can gain it it muscle and not fat:-). You didn't even need to be in a diet:-)

Cheryl Shute Walter Thanks, but yes, I did need to be on a diet. My husband and I started a good weight loss program in ... Read more

Cheryl Shute Walter Thanks, but yes, I did need to be on a diet. My husband and I started a good weight loss program in August. We have continued eating healthy after my surgery. It's great to have a partner to do it with (especially since he is doing the cooking and preparing meals right now)! My goal is to lose at least 30 more lbs. once I'm able to do more exercise.

Enrique K Sounds great Cheryl! Yes, eating a well balanced diet lots of greens, fruits, protein and exercise wi ... Read more

Enrique K Sounds great Cheryl! Yes, eating a well balanced diet lots of greens, fruits, protein and exercise will do the trick. Good luck with everything. Keep on healing!

Wanda Mroz You look good! I lost weight before surgery... three years ago I have shoulder joint replacement and ... Read more

Wanda Mroz You look good! I lost weight before surgery... three years ago I have shoulder joint replacement and before that I vowed to get healthier for surgery so I did WW and lost 35 lbs. Kept it off since then. I only lost 5 lbs after surgery luckily. It takes time to get that appetite back... some things just don't taste right anymore. Just keep eating healthy and lots of protein and you'll do well. Keep on getting stronger!!

You look great! Wish I could say I lost that much!! Too many goodies in my house! Hope you are feelin ... Read more

You look great! Wish I could say I lost that much!! Too many goodies in my house! Hope you are feeling well!!

Tina Maroon I lost 20 pounds. I couldn't eat for up to 6 weeks after surgery. But then when I started to get an a ... Read more

Tina Maroon I lost 20 pounds. I couldn't eat for up to 6 weeks after surgery. But then when I started to get an appetite back, Oh boy did the weight come back too.

Cheryl Shute Walter My appetite still isn't what it used to be. I am glad that my husband and I trained for better eatin ... Read more

Cheryl Shute Walter My appetite still isn't what it used to be. I am glad that my husband and I trained for better eating habits prior to this surgery. That has really helped. Can't eat the greens yet since I'll be on Coumadin for a while, but we do eat a lot of protein. Now I just need to get out and walk!