Heart by-pass surgery.

[tut]

Anybody had one?

Have to go in for one shortly but believe it is a fairly common procedure nowadays and a lot less intrusive than it used to be.

tut

[campbell]

FIL had a triple 5 years ago.

Big procedure, ribs open etc.

Hasn't taken advantage of his 2nd chance sadly.

What's the consultant telling you, Tut?

[tut]

Going in for an Angiogram but it seems that is only to back up the Scan that I had on Wednesday, ie: belt and braces, so they will go ahead anyway.

Can not be that serious as it is only a single by-pass.

tut

[rossybee]

You sure it's not angioplasty?

Quite a straightforward procedure, both my parents and brother have had it done, extremely non-intrusive.

[Dark]

Assuming you're not a sex mad, adrenalin craving, alcoholic with small pen1s syndrome you'll be fine!

Think of it as an internal scale & polish, hope all goes well.

[rossybee]

....and stay off the wee blue pills

[tut]

I have a good doctor at Keith but the Cardiology specialist at Elgin was the most miserable and non communicative so called professional that I have had the misfortune to meet, even tried to avoid shaking hands which summed him up immediately.

Needless to say I got sod all information from him other than the above, and had to bite my tongue to stay polite.

tut

[tut]

Yep, Viagra is banned, would not even fulfill the last prescription, sorry Don, Sanj, woody, Shug, Smee, etc.

tut

[mwmackenzie]

Cheebus Tut, sorry to hear your needing this, hope all goes well and a speedy recovery!

All the best mate!

Mark

[Victor Meldrew]

Worry not, Old bugger will be fine.. would take more than a little op to keep him down.

Can just hear him already the next time he is up in from of the magistrate for speeding..

"I'm a pensioner you know, just recovered from heart bypass surgery.. I need my licence"

Hope they look after you when you go in, and watch those nurses

[rossybee]

Do as my grandad did - take a bag of loose change to ping on the floor so the nurses bend over to pick 'em up

[robin]

I have a good doctor at Keith but the Cardiology specialist at Elgin was the most miserable and non communicative so called professional that I have had the misfortune to meet, even tried to avoid shaking hands which summed him up immediately.

Needless to say I got sod all information from him other than the above, and had to bite my tongue to stay polite.

tut

There is a good reason for people working in hospitals to avoid shaking hands ... of course if you showed up in standard outfit, he may have had other reasons to avoid

The short answer is that it will depend on what they are doing - I am sure you can ask to have the procedure explained as your recovery time will depend on whether it is done keyhole/up the vein vs. chest open. I am sure that chest open surgery is going to be avoided where possible, but presumably there is still the need to do it that way sometimes.

Cheers,
Robin

[hendeg]

Not by-pass but I had the full cabbaging 6 years ago to fit a patch to my heart.

I was surprised how long it took me to recover. The surgeon told me beforehand that it would be about a year to get back to normal. I was moderately fit and had done an olympic distance triathlon just a few months before. I thought that's the worst case scenario that they tell everyone and it would just be a couple of months. It did take me a full year to even get back to somewhere near normal. I only managed to walk to the end of the corridor by the end of the first week.

Hopefully you'll be able to get keyhole which I guess would be much easier on the body but as you say, it's a pretty common procedure.

[rossybee]

Keyhole far better than a-hole!

[tut]

Does that mean I will not be able to run marathons for a while Gary?

tut