It’s a landmark day for me, 3 months, the magic 12 weeks ‘back to normal’ marker.
Back to work this week (3days), pitching some balls on the golf course, and mowing the lawn etc. The only remaining meds are a statin and an aspirin dairy. Scar looks decent, chest still a little tight, but all pretty good. I feel ‘normal’ (most of the time).
The reason to tell all of this is purely to encourage all you hearties just about to go through, or have just gone through major heart surgery to stay strong, you will get better, you will be fine, you shall prevail.
Terry x
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Sorry to put a damper on your situation ,but take it easy on Chest exercise as I have found to my own recovery from a CABG in 2016 ,I was also very active before the op and tried too early to get back at it Had a lot of sternum pain and A separated rib ,sternum wires were removed in 2018, but to no avail I still have separated rib and tenderness in my sternum ,now costocondritis is being controlled by pain killers .but now where they thought the pain in my rib was caused by the sternum it turns out I have stage 3 kidney cancer which is the pain in my side And am due to start immunotherapy treatment tomorrow ,
So take the exercise easy and refrain from too much chest And arm exercise as it can separate the sternum before it has had time to heal ,,so give it time
Brian, thanks so much for taking the time to write snd I will heed your wise advice. I’m so sorry to hear about your cancer and I pray that the immunotherapy will work to protect you.
Well done. I'm in the same place, three months post bypass.
I was wondering if they put you on bisoperol and ramipril, and if so did you ask to come off then. I'm on them (along with statins and aspurin) even though I've never had high blood pressuream tokd this is because they are the "standard package' after bypass surgery.
Hi Caroline, I’m sorry if you didn’t hear back from me, I did write but I think the reply didn’t work( or if you get this twice sorry again).
I was on Bisoperol, Amiaderone (for a fib), a statin, a beta blocker and aspirin when I left the hospital a week after surgery. Bisoperol and the Beta-Blocker were listed as ‘long term’ the cocktail of drugs were no doubt life savers but combined they made me very tired, lethargic and dizzy with my Heart rate hovering at around 50 BPM all the time.
When I went to my consultant for ‘six week sign off’ to allow me to drive, surprisingly he took me off everything except statin and aspirin then and there. Was a tiny bit alarming but hopefully was because progress was good.
I must say it helped a great deal in me feeling more ‘normal’ in the recovery and I’m feeling very good 3 months in.
Like you I’m sure, it isn’t all wine and roses. I still have tightness around my sternum and the scar is a bit sensitive to touch but I’m sure these will get better with time. We are still repairing for 6-12 months I hear.
I have a ‘head games’ challenge occasionally where a bit of ‘poor me’ goes on. I just try to let that wash through me, it is what it is, and soon the sun comes out again.
I wish you every success with your recovery and hope we stay in touch on progress.
Thanks for your posts Terry, encouraging and helpful to read and understand your journey. I am 5 weeks today since my Quad bypass and apart from putting up with bad shoulder pain which keeps me awake at night rest of me seems to be healing nicely. Had the ‘clicking’ first few days after surgery but that seems to have settled down... 🙏
Hi F4ruc, nice to get your message brave soldier and I hope you are getting a little more sleep. I had same shoulder pain, my wife bought a little electric heat pad for me and it definitely helped - I hear it’s something to do with how they position you on operating table that causes shoulder and back pain.
I will be 4 months on Christmas Eve, and while I’m reminded of the op every day seeing my scar (fading nicely already) it seems a distant (although scary memory). I’m back on golf course and doing just about everything normally - I’m also back to work 4 days a week.
Five weeks in you will no doubt still be having both physical and ‘head game’ issues F4Ruc, but both will pass mate. I presume you will still be on some medication (Bisoperol?) etc, hopefully you will come off drugs soon too - I’m only on a statin and an aspirin now and feel the better fir it.
Wishing you all the best matey, please get in touch on anything you want to ask about or talk about. I see you are a runner, me too, you’ll be back on the streets by Spring brave boy.
Yep, getting there, would be grateful if you could share a link of that heat pad that worked for you?
I’m on half the meds I was on before which is a blessing as I already have had a few angioplasty’s, hoping meds will reduce down further at 12 week mark.
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression about being a runner, I used to be that kid at school who used to ‘forget’ his PE kit on days we did cross country running (yes, I am that old) so running has never been my thing, but always first kid out on the pitch for football, thankfully I have never stopped playing football except when recovering from surgery! 😉
Will be following your journey and seems you have a brilliant attitude, I think THAT is half the battle back to full health.
Hey F4RUC, happy Friday warrior. I hope you’ve had a decent week, how have you been? Here is the Amazon link for the shoulder and back heat pad that worked great for me :
Had a good week. Still going steady with keeping to twice daily long walks. Consulted with rehab team this morning who have suggested ‘wall’ press ups and light weights exercises from next week. Can also start driving as well from next week but not planning any journey’s till probably in the new year. How are you doing?
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