Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent open heart surgery for the third time in 2018 and opened up about his recovery process
for his channel The Pump Club. “I was really freaking out. I woke up and all of a sudden the doctors were in front of me saying, ‘I’m so sorry, but it was unlike what we planned.’”was supposed to be a “non-invasive” surgery. However, the medical team “made a mistake and poked through the heart wall” which led to internal bleeding. Schwarzenegger said that his doctor told him that surgeons “had to open you up to save your life.
“The bottom line is, you cannot roll the clock back. It was a disaster. I was in the middle of a disaster. So now how do I get out of it? You have to shift gears,” he said in the clip. “Collect yourself, shift gears and say, ‘OK, what I need to do now is get out of this hospital.
For his recovery, Schwarzenegger’s game plan was to take things slow and just start by “getting out of bed and start walking.” His goal was to begin with “10 steps” and then gradually increase the amount each time. As he began to make progress, Schwarzenegger sought out the support of his friends for some extra motivation.
“I called my buddies in and said, ‘You guys have to fire me up. You have to count the number of steps that I’m doing,'” he shared alongside footage of him and his pals walking around the hospital. “And this is what we did, every day.
While Schwarzenegger’s motivation came from wanting to get back to work, he credits his success to his optimistic mindset and his
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