Hello,
As the title states, I'm about 5 weeks outt from post op for a triple bypass. Don't smoke and am not overweight. Heart disease runs in my family so I suppose I should have expected this but I didn't.
Started having bouts of angina back around thanksgiving and through testing and a couple of trips to the ER, ended up having surgery. The big 3 got grafted as 2 were totall blocked and 1 was 70 percent blocked.
I start rehab next week and in the meantime I am trying my best to walk and climb some stairs for exercise.
I have to admit that I really hoped I'd be feeling better by now. I have good and bad days but nights always seem to be the worst. The angina has kicked up again and keeps me up at night some. I mistakenly thought that once the surgery was done, I wouldn't have to worry about the angina anymore. That does not seem like the case though.
Has anyone else experienced the return of angina after surgery? Am I expecting too much too early? Days like today (bad day) seem like they make me thing I'll never be back to what I would call normal.
Sorry for the down post. Sometimes it's just good to talk to other people who have gone through this. Everyone I know has never gone through this so there's noone to really unload on about it.
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Craig Ellis
Bremerton WA
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