Just wondering.........

[Nobo12]

Morning everyone,

I am still waiting for my by-pass. I had my pre op appointment at the beginning of October. I am 'pencilled' in for the first week in December but I was also 'pencilled' in for last week too!

All this time sitting around makes me overthink I know but I was just wondering about future non life threatening operations and whether doctors are less inclined to put you forward with a history of heart disease.

I only ask because if I had been asked last year what operation I would most likely have in my old age, I would have said probably a new knee. My heart wouldn't have been in the top 5. This got me thinking though that in future should I require any surgery are they a bit less reluctant to do knees, hips etc? Or do they check your heart status thoroughly first?

As I said, too much thinking time at the moment!

[Run67ELR]

Hi Nobo12

I had a triple bypass in March 19.

Last week I had a partial knee resurfacing and alignment, similar to a partial knee replacement. The medical teams were happy to carry out the knee surgery (privately).

They did the usual checks pre op including bloods, ecg, X-rays and discussed my cardiac medication especially blood thinner Clopidogril.

All was ok. I’m hoping to be back to full exercise in 8 weeks or so. So far so good.

I’m a 70 year old male marathon runner!

[Nobo12 in reply to Run67ELR]

Thank you for your reply. I am not a marathon runner! It's good to know that the medical profession doesn't write us off with age related wear and tear and allow us to be the best we can be.

Good luck with your recovery.