Overcoming the shock of being told you need heart surgery

[Rhayder]

This is a link to my blog on being told I needed CABG, I hope it may help anyone going through this traumatic experience, knowing that what you are feeling is natural and felt by most of us.

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[PadThaiNoodles]

Lovely blog post!

[Grenfell37]

I think you have articulated so well the trauma, shock and belief of a better future.

I’m looking forward to hearing your next blog!

[stevetheadi]

Great post.

I went through the same process as you - shock, denial, acceptance, fear. But in the end it was more or less a pain free experience that has given me a new lease of life.

Looking forward to seeing your next post!

[Ralfthecav]

Great blog. Really resonated with me as similar to my own experiences. Looking forward to future blogs. Think these will be really helpful to people in a similar situation.

[Bluedolphin123]

Thank you for your blog , it’s such a huge shock to hear that you need open heart surgery .

I can hardly believe I’ve got through the wait and had the surgery and 5 months on feeling so much better - was I really that brave, me? Who use to be so scared making a routine appointment but it is me and a much braver happier me too and it was nowhere near as bad or as scary as I thought it would be - I know with confidence that you will be absolutely fine 😀

[Survivor1952]

A very similar journey to mine, except the timescale for me was a total of 4 weeks from diagnosis of a silent heart attack to surgery. I needed AVR but a single CABG was done as well. They’d already tried stents and only discovered the need for AVR when trying to discharge me, they operated 3 weeks later. The CABG was a precaution.

I too was in Papworth and it sounds as if we may have had the same surgeon as, when I thanked him afterwards, he said “it’s only a bit of plumbing”.

I had similar thoughts, why me, should I do this but mainly “it gives me a second life”.

I’m 72 now, 18 months post surgery, running a minimum of 5 miles a week, 3 miles of that is a parkrun on a Saturday morning. I wasn’t a runner until now but did cycle a lot many years ago.

[Clajul]

Thanks for sharing your story,it has benefited you a lot that you could go through and old trauma,feel it,exoress your feelings about your father's loss,you did a veru profound healing!

[Carsry]

Just had a read, I had my double CABG in January 2024, and remember the emotions/feelings well.

I would very much like to follow your blog, but unsure how to go about it