3 Heart attacks , then by pass surgery.

May 07, 2022, 10:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
They don’t call it the Silent Killer for nothing.

I was doing a pre-op exam on a guy in his 60s last week who came in for a colonoscopy. The nurse showed me the rhythm strip she had obtained when he came in (we do one on everyone). He was in the midst of an MI and completely asymptomatic. He got a three vessel bypass later that afternoon.

See? Colonoscopies really do save lives.

May 08, 2022, 12:03 AM

AZSigs

Glad you're still standing

May 08, 2022, 08:12 AM

photohause

Stay well.

May 08, 2022, 09:28 AM

shoevb

Glad to hear you are doing better after such an ordeal. Stay well and take it easy.

May 08, 2022, 04:22 PM

sjtill

You need to hire someone to do the really necessary yard work, forbid your wife from doing it--you don't want to stress her out any more than she already is. She's had to live through all this too.
I'm glad you had the bypass; also happy the kidney failure was temporary!
You don't mention what your heart function is now, I hope it's still close to normal, or at least that you are on therapy if you have heart failure symptoms.
Feel free to ask questions if you want, my e-mail is in my profile.
I haven't practiced cardiology since 2018 but I haven't forgotten everything.

May 08, 2022, 08:32 PM

Sunset_Va

quote:
Originally posted by sjtill:
You need to hire someone to do the really necessary yard work, forbid your wife from doing it--you don't want to stress her out any more than she already is. She's had to live through all this too.
I'm glad you had the bypass; also happy the kidney failure was temporary!
You don't mention what your heart function is now, I hope it's still close to normal, or at least that you are on therapy if you have heart failure symptoms.
Feel free to ask questions if you want, my e-mail is in my profile.
I haven't practiced cardiology since 2018 but I haven't forgotten everything.

Thank you for the support. I guess my heart function is normal, my BP is stable and my pulse is too. 130/70- 75. I go back to the heart doctor/surgeon Tues for my initial checkup, the again the following week.

My chest is sore. Of course no reaching behind me or I will break my repaired sternum. Of course, you know they broke my sternum to access my heart.

When I breathe, my chest feels constricted, and I'm short of breath. But not like a fluid buildup short of breath. I lost 15 lbs in my 3 week Stat. I try to stay hydrated and pee as much as I can.

May 08, 2022, 09:35 PM

BOATTRASH1

Good you are on the mend.
Hire a yard service.
Keep your “pillow” handy.
Use that infernal breathing thing (incentive spirometer)like they probably told you.
Start rehab when they tell you and do the whole course.