Hi!
Bob the Canadian here!
It’s been a while.
I haven’t made a video for almost three months, and there’s a reason for that.
Way back in May, on May 31st of this past year, I had heart surgery.
I had an operation to fix a valve in my heart.
And if you watch some of my videos from April, you’ll see that I’m sometimes a little
bit out of breath.
As I’m walking along and trying to talk, I’m having just a little bit of trouble
breathing.
So I went to my doctor.
In English we say, “I had a doctor’s appointment.”
So I made an appointment with my doctor and that led to a number of tests and they determined
that I needed to have a valve repaired inside of my heart.
So on May 31 my wife brought me to the hospital and she brought me into the hospital entrance.
I had a scheduled operation.
In English we say, “You have an operation.”
You can also say that you have, “Surgery” So I was scheduled for a heart operation.
I was scheduled for heart surgery.
May 31 I went in and you can’t really see it, I’ll back up, but I have an incision
now right here.
It was a minimally invasive procedure so they did not have to go in here, which I was very
thankful for, but they were able to go in through the side and the doctor was able to…
to access my heart and to and to fix the valve.
I came home from the hospital I think it was June 5th.
And, honestly I have to say, the month of June is little bit of a blur.
In English we say, when it’s hard to remember something, we say it was all a blur, or it
was a little bit of a blur.
I’m gonna turn a bit ‘cause it’s getting a little windy.
You can see the nice flower fields behind me.
The month of June was a little bit of a blur.
I had planned to make a video, a video to help you learn English in June, but I didn’t
have the energy and I just didn’t feel well.
In July I had what you would call a complication, in that my heart rate was not constant.
My heartbeat would skip a beat.
So it would go thump thump thump thump……..
thump thump thump thump.
My heart would beat, but every once in a while it would miss a beat.
So July was a little bit of a slow down in terms of my recovery.
After you have a surgery, or after you have an operation you have what’s called your
recovery.
So my recovery time was a little longer than normal.
This past August 1st I started what’s called “Cardio Rehab”.
Cardio Rehab is when you go and work out.
They put me on a treadmill almost every day I walk about 45 minutes to an hour to get
my heart rate up and to help things get better.
So here we stand.
I think it’s August 27th today.
I feel a lot better.
I don’t feel 100%.
In English when you feel great you say I’m feeling 100%.
I don’t quite feel 100%.
I feel about 90%.
But I feel pretty good.
I’m healthier.
I have been eating healthier foods.
And I just have been doing everything the doctors and nurses tell me to.
Anyways, what does this mean for you?
It means that I’m back.
I’m back to start making videos again.
I know this is my second big break.
I know I took a big break a year and a half ago because I had other heart problems.
But I think I’m good now.
I think I’m good to go.
I think I’ll try to make 1 video a week.
Don’t forget to come and find me over on instagram or on facebook as well.
But just super excited to get started with this again.
Thank you so much for all of you that were watching my videos while I was gone for the
break.
But again, I’m feeling way better.
My heart working really well.
I look forward to making you guys a whole bunch of new videos so look for another video
next week and the week after.
As you can see, we’re growing quite a few flowers on our flower farm as well.
And as promised I will do my next video, I’ll do another tour of the farm.
I’ll put a link up here.
I did a tour of the farm way back in the spring when there wasn’t a whole lot to look at.
I’ll do another tour of the farm for next week and you can see all of the gorgeous flowers
that my wife and I have grown.
Sorry to talk to fast in this video.
I’m just excited to be doing this again.
It’s just feels great so I hope you’re having a great day.
Bob the Canadian here.
Learn English with Bob the Canadian.
Look for new videos coming up!
Thanks a lot.
Bye.