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post Apr 28 2024, 12:34 PM
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Usually, bypass decision follows heart Cath.

If you do go to bypass, thoracic epidural is a good choice. Recovery is much quicker than 40 years ago. Six month recovery was common. Now, a week plus. Good luck!
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post Apr 28 2024, 08:52 PM
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Heart cath today confirmed CT scan. The cath lab Dr. was shocked by what they found and commented on how lucky I was to still be around. .Triple bypass here we come, surgery tommorow am.
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post Apr 28 2024, 10:35 PM
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post Apr 28 2024, 11:16 PM
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post Apr 29 2024, 05:08 AM
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post Apr 29 2024, 05:38 AM
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post Apr 29 2024, 06:32 AM
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Best wishes. Need to take care of your self first. House and cars can wait. Mark
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post Apr 29 2024, 07:19 AM
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post Apr 29 2024, 07:23 AM
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QUOTE(914rrr @ Apr 26 2024, 02:45 PM) *

Had my CT Scan yesterday to clear me for an ENT proceedure. Heart Doc calls and says CT scan no bueno. Currently in the hopital awaiting a heart cath with a triple bypass surgery likely on Monday. Really crummy timing as I'm knee deep in a renovation of a house we just purchased. Any insights on recuperation time would be appreciated.
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Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and advice!

On the plus side, I beat my dad's first bypass surgery by 10 years to the good! He lived to be 90 after 2 triple bypasses, several stents, ablations, wearing out 2 pacemakers prematurely , etc.

My heart doc commented that my CT scan was the worst one he'd ever seen (due to blockage size and placement), like ...Hey, you gotta check THIS out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
QUOTE(914rrr @ Apr 28 2024, 10:52 PM) *

Heart cath today confirmed CT scan. The cath lab Dr. was shocked by what they found and commented on how lucky I was to still be around. .Triple bypass here we coime, surgery tommorow am.



Wow, just saw this , sorry to hear but glad that you caught it before the massive one got you !! like others have said here, follow your doctors advice they will tell you what to do , i havent had oper heart but 30 years ago my dad did 2x, and i know he was freaking sore afterward.

personally i have been able to escape the full open heart proceedure, i was on that same cath table back in december after having had sudden onset of exercise induced angina! crazy thing for me was that my CT was really good very low calcium score etc, But out of no were i had this come up, on the cath table i looked up while the dy was being place and i could see the blockage, and as i was listening to them talking( they thought i was out but was awake, verssed does not work well on me, they are saying "wow thats a bad spot hope he can get the stint placed there if not well have to open up" they brought in the specialist and was able to place them so i am very lucky and blessed to not have to be opened up at 58 years old! once you get those done you are going to feel soo much better, i had no idea i was feeling so tired and lack of energy was due to a 95% occlusion in my right coronary!
we'll be praying for a successfuly proceedure for you and a very quick recovery!

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post Apr 29 2024, 08:15 AM
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Best wishes on your procedure and hoping for a speedy recovery !

I just had two more stents placed for blockage in front of a previous stent in Late Feb. I'm very fortunate to have avoided bypasses up to now but anticipate having to have them in the future. I have great cholesterol numbers but somehow mine likes to stick.
Caught a bad respiratory virus in March and just getting back to feeling normal. Good weather this weekend at Air/Water helped me feel normal again.
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post Apr 29 2024, 08:25 AM
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post Apr 29 2024, 09:37 AM
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Wow. All the best wished for a great recovery.
You got this!

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post Apr 29 2024, 09:46 AM
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WOW, fast diagnosis to surgery! Up here everything takes months and months and months. For me, a colonoscopy was ordered last Feb. Labeled urgent by my FP Dr. Procedure date? Late July.
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Thanks again for all the advice, suggestions, prayers etc. !!

Ended up being a double bypass instead of a triple. Cardiac and Surgery docs did a great job in expediting everything. Surgery doc told me I would have likely not had a heart attack and simply dropped dead if they hadn't caught it. It was that bad. My wife was an amazing caregiver, to the point where the nurses were telling her to stop babying me too much. Really glad to come home yesterday. Feeling better everyday.

I am curious, why do recliners in hospital rooms have to be so gawd awful uncomfortable? The one in the ICU was horrible and the one in my regular room was only slightly better. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post May 4 2024, 09:03 AM
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post May 4 2024, 09:10 AM
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Yay! Great news. So glad it had worked out. Now, on to PT!
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post May 4 2024, 12:48 PM
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Just saw this thread. I did the same "Death March" in November of 2016. Wasn't fun but the results speak for themselves. Hope you heal quickly. Took me thru the following spring to get my stamina back. Like they say "Stay away from the light."
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post May 4 2024, 02:06 PM
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Rob,

We are pulling for you!

You have automatically been enrolled in the "Survivors Club"!

We are just like our cars ... cut out the rust (clots, cancer, etc.) ... weld (suture or stitch) a patch and keep it running!

Cheers, Eddie914
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