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[Tiddles1959]

morning all

Well i recieved my first letter this morning inviting me to my first consultation after my angiogram 3 weeks ago where I found out I need a triple bypass feeling nervous again hope everyone having a good day

[Sooty55]

You know it needs to be done and you are being monitored, everything regarding hospital admission will be done with great care and you will get the very best treatment going

Try not to fret to much try to relax and seek support when you need it family friends doctors even on this app

All the best x

[MandyMe]

Hello

I can imagine that you’re nervous, do you have support around you? Friends / family?

Don’t be afraid to reach out to them.

Hugs 🤗

[Chappychap]

When I had an angiogram in late 2018 I knew beforehand that there would be three possible outcomes. Manage with medication, stents, or a bypass.

I fervently hoped it wouldn't be a bypass...so of course a bypass was the result!

Looking back a bypass operation was the best thing that could have happened. Sure, the first couple of months after discharge were no walk in the park, but once the Cardio Rehab course was over, and I really got stuck into exercise, weight loss, and healthy eating, then the change was absolutely transformational!

I never appreciated that the creeping effects of angina had been so corrosive. I'd just put it all down to ageing. But the beauty of a bypass is that your angina is totally removed, basically the clock gets reset to zero, and wow, is the impact amazing!

Personally I felt not just ten years younger, but twenty years younger. For over 18 months now I've been sleeping like a baby and waking every morning full of energy.

If I knew then what I know now, instead of feeling apprehensive before my bypass I'd have been banging on the hospital door, trying to get in and have the op as early as possible!

Good luck!

[Tiddles1959 in reply to Chappychap]

Hi chappychap

Reading Your message has really put me in more of a positive attitude I've never been in hospital before guess I been lucky in that sense my main worry about it all is the recovery side of it all just need to get around that in my head but reading your experience its all for the very best thankyou for sharing