This weekend marks the anniversary of my triple CABG.
First part of my celebration was completed this morning when I ran my first parkrun. Second part will be tomorrow morning when I have my first full English breakfast for over a year. My wife is not convinced about the second bit so I’ve reminded her that it is important to have some balance!
After the run this morning I plan to make this a regular event - probably once a month. In the spirit of staying true to my healthier lifestyle since my op, the unhealthy cooked brekkie will be strictly an annual event. Hopefully I’ll be able to celebrate a good few more years and remember how lucky I was to get a second chance following my op.
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Many congratulations on your 3rd anniversary, Ralf, and here's to many more happy & healthy years to follow. Enjoy that brekkers, you more than deserve it! ☺️ Carol
So good to hear you are fit and healthy after your triple bypass. I too had one a year ago in January and marked it by doing a 2 day 26 mile hike. Next month I'm climbing Snowdon. After that Hadrians Wall. I've been given the chance to live to the fullest so doing it. All the best!
Great to hear such positive stories. My partner is going in this week for a triple bypass at 57 , feeling extremely nervous and worried about it but it’s so encouraging hearing the positive outcomes on here. If there are any tips or advice on what to expect and helping with recovery please do share, thank you.
Listen to what you are told by the medical team. Their advice is based on experience and the timescales they give you are scarily accurate. You also need to look after yourself. I hope all goes well.
Thanks for the reply. I found the build up to my op was worse than the op itself and the recovery. In terms of advice listen to the experts, do as they say and listen to your body as well. Wishing you and your partner all the best.
Congratulations, it’s a huge milestone 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻. Enjoy that breakfast and keep on running 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. My anniversary didn’t go exactly to plan last July .. might make you chuckle
Not sure about chuckling - sounded pretty scary. Still it’s good that you survived another scare and are still here to smile about it. You must be like a cat and hopefully you’ve still got 7 of your 9 lives left. Today is my actual anniversary so I’ll keep a look out for wasps 😂
This really made me smile — huge congratulations on your anniversary and on smashing your first parkrun! That’s a brilliant way to mark such a massive milestone, and genuinely inspiring to read.
I hit my own one-year heart anniversary this weekend too (stent, not bypass), and I’ve found myself reflecting a lot as well. It’s amazing how much we learn about our bodies — and about what matters — after something like this.
And on the breakfast front… I reckon you could probably enjoy them more often than once a year with a few tweaks! I still enjoy a proper cooked breakfast now and then — just leave out the carb elements like toast, beans, and hash browns, and make sure I cook in proper fats, not seed oils. My bloods last week came back with really solid lipid numbers, so I think there’s room for a tasty balance without undoing all the hard work.
Wishing you many more strong, active, and joy-filled anniversaries ahead — and hats off again for the parkrun achievement.
Thanks for the reply and the recipe/cooking tips. I have to say my wife and I have really embraced and enjoyed the healthier diet since I was diagnosed and making much better choices and feeling the benefits as a result.
Congrats & good story for others on the forum. It's always good to remind ourselves to have the odd treat, after all that's what all the dedication to a healthier lifestyle & meds are for, to give us the opportunity to enjoy this life of ours
Congratulations on the 1st anniversary of your op and to your continuing good health. A stark contrast to the next post to yours on this forum which serves as a reminder of how lucky some of us are. Enjoy your breakfast, I didn't wait 12 months for mine but I left hospital so underweight I needed all the help I could get 😂
Very well done . I was very much inspired by the great Ranulf Fiennes who ran 7 marathons in 7 different countries in seven days I think in about 3 months after his bypass. After my triple over 4 years ago I felt really fit and continued playing tennis twice a week and climbing Scottish hills. However now at 82 I take it a bit slower .- still play tennis stick to the correct diet but still have the odd chocolate cake and I’m dictated by my yearly blood test which so far is ok . Good for you . You sound on the right track. There is nothing like exercise for mental and physical health if you can . It’s great to be alive and am ever greatful to the surgeons who made that possible 😺
Hi. Still getting some discomfort on the left. Although less and less - often seems worse when wearing heavier shirts/coat. My surgeon said this could last 12 months or possibly always be there. Something to do with the nerves coming back to normal. Not a big issue for me just a bit odd - a small price to pay in the bigger scheme of things. Hope your pain eases soon.
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