Mended Hearts Open Forum

Wow. You've had a long road of it. I'm happy you've found therapy helping. I think my husband will find it useful too. I do agree that Drs should pay a little more attention to just the physical part of how their surgery affects the patient & explain ...

Hello Karen, I'm sorry to hear that your husband is experiencing mental heath struggles following his surgery. Mike is right that the mental health aspects of recovery from open-heart surgery are often not thoroughly discussed or prepared for. I've ...

He had PTSD so is already on a antidepressant, but maybe DR will want to increase for awhile. he has a video appt tomorrow. And You're right, the Dr never mentioned a thing about depression, or really a lot of things he probably should have. Thanks ...

Hello Karen: Depression in cardiac patients happens more than most people think. I think too many patients are never informed of this possibility. This was a traumatic experience for your husband as well as yourself. He may want to take an ...

my husband had cabg3 about 6 weeks ago. He went in for an angiogram & came home with a triple bypass. He's 77 & Due to several issues, including the artery clips coming off one valve the first night & almost bleeding to death, he ended up in ICU for ...