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There were some lovely Italian chocolates at my door when I came home this evening. Yummy. THANK YOU.

Dad had a dr appointment today. We were there 2.5 hours. We got the shower bag so now Dad can shower. Yay. Instructions are to shower the Day I change his bandages. Let's see if he listens.

He asked about driving and the NP said it was 90 days after post op. I said I wish he was told that before so that he could have had a better understanding. We thought it would be once the chest is healed and I know that in all other heart operations it is 8 week...he is at 10. She asked if he was back to work and I said things changed with a new boss. They wanting him driving, but he's afraid they won't wait for him until June. She asked about getting The RIDE from Mass Transit. I said I am familiar with that and he would be picked up just fine, but it could take him 4 hours to get home at night. In the end she told him that if he tolerates the next medicine change that he could drive on the highway late next week. She needs to know that he won't get dizzy or pass out from a new med they are trying him on. She suggested that he try local driving this weekend. He was happy. And told everyone that he could start driving... and I told everyone not that far yet. I know he will push it. Now let's see if work will really take him back part time.

The NP told me that things will find there new normal by July. I hope so.

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palusbuteo

I have mixed feelings for your Dad being cleared to drive, despite what you thought you (and him) were told before, etc.

I know I would probably be really excited and ancy about wanting to drive the moment I heard I was able to.
I remember when I pulled my back last year I could barely get into the car, and, how relieved I was when I was better.
And I often think about elderly friends who still drive despite having to need a cane to walk or other issues, etc.
And I worry about them having a 'medical emergency' while driving, so whenever I hear about such a thing on the news and it caused
major traffic jams, etc. I usually think it's some elderly man trying to get to work because our pathetic and psychotic "health care" and retirement age bullshit in the US, we got old men trying to drive to work in their 80s etc and have a heart attack or something terrible like explosive lower GI problems
while they're trying to survive rush-hour. I hate every minute of this goddamned timeline.

One of my reenacting friends had to downsize to a (imho criminally) smaller apartment than he was in (although the previous place was suffering major water leaks so glad he's not there), and, has zero income and his car finally ate shit a few months ago so he is now without a car, and can't even afford to rent one for half a day.

I know I would be devastated if I could no longer be able to drive to my art studio etc.