Quadruple heart bypass, what to expect for the future?
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My Father In Law had a big heart attack 2 weeks ago 
he's nearly 70 and has undergone a quad bypass yesterday.
I know every circumstance is different but he's not in bad shape for his age but has lead a fairly stressful life since retirement with property and investments, basically he really hasn't stopped since he retired nearly a decade ago.
I was wondering if anybody knows anybody that has had one or even had one themselves and what the long term outlook has been?
I'm hoping that potentially it is something that will be beneficial to him?
Thanks
he's nearly 70 and has undergone a quad bypass yesterday.I know every circumstance is different but he's not in bad shape for his age but has lead a fairly stressful life since retirement with property and investments, basically he really hasn't stopped since he retired nearly a decade ago.
I was wondering if anybody knows anybody that has had one or even had one themselves and what the long term outlook has been?
I'm hoping that potentially it is something that will be beneficial to him?
Thanks
He should actually get a new lease of life once the initial trauma of surgery is over. But that will take some time. He will probably feel quite withdrawn and vulnerable at first.
It's not an uncommon procedure but IS a major stress on the body. My Mums partner has just had the same and lost a lot of weight.
I know from having had surgery myself recently that it's easy to become depressed in the aftermath of major surgery, but the long term prognosis should be much better than not having had it.
hth
EDIT: He should have been given a lot of guidance on what he can do to avoid the situation recurring; normally "give up smoking and change your diet"
It's not an uncommon procedure but IS a major stress on the body. My Mums partner has just had the same and lost a lot of weight.
I know from having had surgery myself recently that it's easy to become depressed in the aftermath of major surgery, but the long term prognosis should be much better than not having had it.
hth
EDIT: He should have been given a lot of guidance on what he can do to avoid the situation recurring; normally "give up smoking and change your diet"
DoubleSix said:
He should actually get a new lease of life once the initial trauma of surgery is over. But that will take some time. He will probably feel quite withdrawn and vulnerable at first.
It's not an uncommon procedure but IS a major stress on the body. My Mums partner has just had the same and lost a lot of weight.
I know from having had surgery myself recently that it's easy to become depressed in the aftermath of major surgery, but the long term prognosis should be much better than not having had it.
hth
CheersIt's not an uncommon procedure but IS a major stress on the body. My Mums partner has just had the same and lost a lot of weight.
I know from having had surgery myself recently that it's easy to become depressed in the aftermath of major surgery, but the long term prognosis should be much better than not having had it.
hth
It is a fairly gruesome procedure! Thing is the heart attack was out of the blue (for him at least), I'm hoping though that he treats it, if not feels like, a new lease of life.
^ woah! A quadruple at 39!?
My dad had a triple about 7 years ago. Seems to be unaffected fitness-wise. Not to put a worrier on, but my dad has had several stents since to fix various other Aneurysms in other major arteries since. All brought on by a poor diet basically - his cravings for high sat fat foods, even though I keep telling him to sort it out.
I tell you though, he now has s
tloads of huge scars all over his torso. Looks like he does knife fighting for fun.
My dad had a triple about 7 years ago. Seems to be unaffected fitness-wise. Not to put a worrier on, but my dad has had several stents since to fix various other Aneurysms in other major arteries since. All brought on by a poor diet basically - his cravings for high sat fat foods, even though I keep telling him to sort it out.
I tell you though, he now has s
tloads of huge scars all over his torso. Looks like he does knife fighting for fun.Soovy said:
Jeepers.
What caused you to need it?
Appears to be stress, hereditary Dad died of a heart related problem at 44, a few years after I had my OP my brother also was taken by a heart related problem. I've never been grossly overweight perhaps a stone over ideal weight at most, but smoking & work related stress at the time caused me to have a couple of heart attacks, and that started the ball rolling as far as diagnosis was concerned, a year later I had my OP at St Thomas's in London.What caused you to need it?
Surgery has come a very long way since I had mine, I do need another as a couple of mine are blocked. But it's now up to me to decide when I want it, as long as my meds keep me going at this point in time I manage my condition very well.
Big Al. said:
Soovy said:
Jeepers.
What caused you to need it?
Appears to be stress, hereditary Dad died of a heart related problem at 44, a few years after I had my OP my brother also was taken by a heart related problem. I've never been grossly overweight perhaps a stone over ideal weight at most, but smoking & work related stress at the time caused me to have a couple of heart attacks, and that started the ball rolling as far as diagnosis was concerned, a year later I had my OP at St Thomas's in London.What caused you to need it?
Surgery has come a very long way since I had mine, I do need another as a couple of mine are blocked. But it's now up to me to decide when I want it, as long as my meds keep me going at this point in time I manage my condition very well.
Ironically the surgeon told me that his heart was as strong as a bl00dy ox, and that's how he fought the cancer so hard!!
I wish you well mate!
Soovy said:
I wish you well mate!
SoovSorry you lost you Dad, Big C is a different kettle of fish, it's just a big shame they haven't found a cure for it yet.
Bypasses, you just have to learn to except your limitations and deal with them.
Remember OP all is not lost! even when I had mine it was a routine operation and that was 20 years ago.
HTH.
Good friend of mine's father had quad bypass last year at 73. Previous to that, two kidney transplants, the 1st rejected. He has basically been very ill for 15 years.
he has just started doing the garden again and looking to get a bike to do some gentle cycling.
Can honestly say as I have seen his father regularly and that the last six months have been miraculous!
Hope all goes well for you too!
he has just started doing the garden again and looking to get a bike to do some gentle cycling.
Can honestly say as I have seen his father regularly and that the last six months have been miraculous!
Hope all goes well for you too!
The most important bit here, is what happened during his MI (heart attack)? How quickly did he get help? What happened to him medically? Ideally, it would be useful to know what type of MI he had.
If he received prompt medical help, then the prognosis is good. Otherwise, he might have suffered ischemic myocardial necrosis (death or damage to the heart muscle due to lack of oxygenated blood during the MI) then the out look isn't so great.
It is always so important to get help asap if you suffer chest pains: time is muscle!
If he received prompt medical help, then the prognosis is good. Otherwise, he might have suffered ischemic myocardial necrosis (death or damage to the heart muscle due to lack of oxygenated blood during the MI) then the out look isn't so great.
It is always so important to get help asap if you suffer chest pains: time is muscle!
My father in law had a heaert attack and subsequnt quad bypass 4 years ago(he had the heart attack 2 days after our eldest son was born.... Stressful week!). He's had a few issues getting his medication right but other than that he's had a new lease of life. The hardest part was altering his lifesyle to look after his new pipe-work.
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